HONDA VTR 250 | Reviewing my Girlfriends Motorbike

In this video I will be reviewing my girlfriends VTR 250 explaining everything you need to know about this great little bike.
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[@kimonoracing]

Hi! I race with VTR250. it's easy to control and beginner friendly. I love it. Greeting from Japan♡

[@roadblastmedia]

Thats so cool they are such great bikes! Thanks for commenting!

[@julianhunter9455]

Motogymkahna!!!

[@Subaruktm]

Hi. Fairings for it ?

[@StratfordWingRider]

Awesome to see a Kiwi out there doing reviews. VTR250 was certainly on my short list when I was buying. Honda build quality for the win!

[@roadblastmedia]

Cheers mate! Such great little bikes always find myself taking it for a ride also when you put an exhaust on they sound super awesome easily one of the best sounding 250s 🤙

[@StratfordWingRider]

@@roadblastmedia - I actually ended up buying a CBR250R single cylinder - mostly because it was quite new (2012) compared to other bikes I'd owned. Plus I really wanted fuel injection this time around. The thing about Honda is that the bikes almost feel new even when second hand. Keep up the great reviews

[@roadblastmedia]

@@StratfordWingRider good choice mate! The cbr is a beauty of a bike any Honda is really they're top notch for quality and can't blame you on fuel injected one less problem to worry about haha. Cheers for the feedback really appreciate it 🤙

[@outlawtorgrene]

I bought my 99 model 18 months ago with 58,000 on it, it now has 10100 KMs and is still going strong.

[@roadblastmedia]

Wicked mate! That's good to hear she's got plenty of life left in her then 😃 they are such great bikes!

[@ruahinesrider]

The VTR are a great bike 🏍️. That was my first road bike all those years ago .Brings back great memories.Hondas were the best & most reliable 20-30yrs ago.

[@roadblastmedia]

Yeah man wicked bike for the price. Couldn't believe how capable it was for a 250

[@intromotovert3409]

Was my first bike. Best learner bike imo. Plus I have a soft spot for sporty style V-Twins, 90 degrees is more balanced and rev happy than the 45 (Nothing wrong with 45 degree Cruisers Imo, but a very different feeling engine). I upgraded to SV650 and it seriously feels very familiar. Would go Ducati Monster but I'm a fan of that Japanese servicing/reliability.

[@roadblastmedia]

Nice one mate!

[@ChamarSenja]

I have a friend of mine who started craze for v-twin engine after he bought a gen-3 SV650..then he bought another SV gen-2 full fairing SF version..

[@robwallis1277]

A bit late to your video, but I love mine. I picked it up as an abandoned cafe racer project. The guy had only started to fit a tail tidy and after market indicators. It's done around 104,000km and runs pretty well. Carbs need a clean and the cooling system needs a clean out, but it's a great fun bike to ride.

[@roadblastmedia]

Never too late mate! Cheers for the comment! Good luck with the project!

[@rebeccaapanui416]

I’ve recently got my first bike and it’s a 2010 vtr250 and I love it. Super easy to learn on and really fun to ride!

[@roadblastmedia]

Awesome! They are such great bikes was so surprised by how capable it was for how old it was. Cheers for the comment!

[@user-vf4fv9fy3c]

My ex thought she’d start on a LAMS Cruiser. Too big and heavy. Sold it and I recommended a VTR250. Much easier to handle, but she lost interest. I used to take for a fang around the Adelaide hills just to keep it all together. I’m a very experienced rider and even though 195cm and 90kg, it was a blast. Solid 41mm forks and for what it was, an ideal learner bike. Great fuel economy too. Around 3l/100klm. For a shorter and lighter rider, ideal. It was punchy enough down low and you could rev it all the way to redline for a decent buzz. Wish they’d made a 500 from this design. The 650 version was just not sporty enough. A mini monster of 500cc would have filled a real niche and taken it right up to the Dukes. Make it slightly larger and a cafe racer style = winner.

[@JamesPattullo-md2ku]

Love the review well done Kiwi . I am going to buy one.

[@A_RosnerNZ]

GF: **Gets using clutch first try** RoadBlastMedia: Props to Honda for making it so easy to ride, props to the previous owner for looking after it so well.... What about props to your GF for getting it so quick?! I've tried to teach 2 people to ride. One just couldn't get it and gave up, the other, they got there in the end but it took waaaay longer than I expected (like, months) for them to get the clutch and gears sorted. So if your GF got it first time, give her some props as well!

[@roadblastmedia]

Haha yeah mate props to her shes a very quick learner got manual in a car first try too! Cheers for the comment!

[@user-vf4fv9fy3c]

PS the 650 version ended up in the Deauville. I had the 700 version for a while. Also bulletproof. Extended Pannier covers and taller Givi screen. Very nice solo touring bike. Shaft drive a bonus as well. A mechanic at my favourite bike shop in the Adelaide hills, which also served coffee and snacks, saw me pull up one Sunday morning, and told me that an owner of a Deauville had put it in for a 200,000klm service, fearing the worst. Internally it was still perfect. Quality engineering and durability. Just routine maintenance was needed.

[@brigsynz]

Yooo good to see some NZ content. On ya bro!

[@roadblastmedia]

Cheers bro!

[@brucekennedy1967]

I love my vtr and just so good in all depts. I'm lucky to have suburbs right near that have fabulous roads with great bends,chicanes,roundabouts,hills etc and so enjoyable on the vtr and enjoy every time I go out. No need for a bigger bike in the city and can have a blast without getting into trouble. All good. Bk

[@roadblastmedia]

They sure are great little commuters mate aswell as being fast enough to have some fun with that punchy little v twin! Cheers for the comment mate!

[@CaptainKirkNZ]

One of these have come up for sale and I'm looking to a bike to learn on, this vid is ace as. Cheers for the info mate.

[@roadblastmedia]

Cheers bro glad you enjoyed the video! Easily ome of the best bikes to learn on

[@itsallabouttheridekeepingi4449]

Hay mate Paul from Australia just watched your review on the VTR 250 , “ I know it was done 2 years ago “ , anyway I now live the the Cairns area of Australia ( for the winter) which doesn’t exist up here 😂😂😂, so thinking of buying a VTR250 to use while I’m up here a few months off the year .

[@roadblastmedia]

Nice one mate cant go wrong great little bikes I have since ridden heaps of other bikes big and small and still long for this little beast

[@Fred-ck1ly]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I have just been to look at 1. A 2002,.. and I am 44 and only just buying my first bike. Lol.. in Taupo N.Z . Everything you mentioned was everything I was concerned about! ❤

[@roadblastmedia]

Nice one mate! No worries at all! Great wee bike especially for learning!

[@aaronp7540]

Great vid, Im just getting my old Vt250 Spada back on the road at the moment. Cant wait to get back on 2 wheels again. Especially with the way petrol prices are going here in NZ.

[@roadblastmedia]

Beauty mate the spada is an awesome bike!

[@aaronp7540]

Though if RE release that SG650 that was shown off last year, or release a 650cc version of the Meteor, I'll definitely be trading the ole Spada in.

[@b-radsadventures6846]

Lovely. We never got the upated version in the states, but I owned three of the older version. (NZ rocks and I miss it!)

[@roadblastmedia]

Nice mate the older ones were actually more powerful if i remember correctly i think they reved out to 14k? Thats seriously cool mate cheers for the comment!

[@lashachakhunashvili1399]

Enjoying it as my first bike 🏍 ❤

[@roadblastmedia]

Nice bro!

[@RJMStraya]

THinking of getting one if I can find it. I'm currently learning on my mate's bike.

[@everyangelisterrible]

great review bro, thanks

[@roadblastmedia]

Cheers!

[@Dreska_]

I've got one, my first bike! Agree with everything you said including clutch & neutral. Just such an easy-mode bike but with an engine & look that makes it fun instead of completely vanilla. Can't really think of a real weakness of the bike. As said in video, pre-2008 are carby. Also some don't have a tacho, not sure if thats a year-related thing. They come in a lot of good paint colours but also black frame or silver frame ones. Black or gold wheels. I think the blue/silver is my favourite, but mines just black on black on black. They're popular racing bikes in japan for low speed cone-weaving gymkhana stuff as i understand it.

[@roadblastmedia]

Yeah mate too right pre 2003 have no tacho cheers for the comment!

[@damo1140]

cool bro ty for review

[@roadblastmedia]

Cheers man!

[@skypechess]

It's winter here. My VTR is sleeping in the garage. You made miss it more than before.

[@roadblastmedia]

Ahh bugger mate winter is always so bad for bikers were very lucky here in NZ both our winters and summer is warm enough for riding! Hope you can get on the vtr soon mate!

[@garysouthwell5762]

Love the countryside; is that Auckland? My parents and brother and sister lived their in Massey and Kumeu up North for about 10 yrs! I loved my VTR 250 Yellow one, stock exhaust.!

[@roadblastmedia]

This is Tauranga city mate! Theyre great little bikes too bad i had to sell this one to get in to a bit of adventure riding wouldve kept it if i could afford to!

[@DrAGoNxSL]

Nice 🙂

[@simonallan9941]

Old? lol 😄 yes they definitely knew what they were doing, long before 18 years ago, my 89 VTR 250 (92Xlvis implant) is unbelievably dependable and handles awesome 👌 but I never bother to try and find neutral 😐 why do people worry about that? I always just turn her off in gear, which acts like a park brake on uneven surface, and starts so easily that I just pull the clutch and push the button and go, no worries at all 🤗

[@roadblastmedia]

Nice one mate! Theyre great little trusty machines!

[@ShamwariYako]

My 2003 model manages to find nuetral just fine when I need first at a traffic light.

[@roadblastmedia]

@@ShamwariYako haha every time 😂😂

[@surojitpal3948]

NZ is truly a beautiful country

[@roadblastmedia]

Definitely bro love the roads here so much to look at

[@surojitpal3948]

@@roadblastmedia yes can't really tell me you are in uk or usa...

[@roadblastmedia]

@@surojitpal3948 Nope New Zealand through and through my friend 🤙

[@surojitpal3948]

@@roadblastmedia that Queenstown looks like almost Switzerland

[@e_j_]

Yo! How is it for you being a bit taller? I'm considering it for my first bike but i'm 190cm/6'3 ish

[@roadblastmedia]

Im 175cm around 5'9 and it was a perfect fit it was even low enough for my girlfriend to be comfy id say itd be best to sit on a few different bikes to get the feel. Being 6'3 the VTR might be a bit on the cramped side. A KTM Duke 390 would really suit your height. I was going to buy one before my RC390 but it was a bit on the tall side for me. Sitting on lots of bikes is the best bet. I now work at a motorcycle shop in Oamaru and have had the chance to sit on and ride 100s of bikes. Definately makes a difference in choosing the next one for sure. A good fit is extrimely important especially starting out!

[@e_j_]

@@roadblastmedia ay thanks for the detailed reply! Figured that'd be the best thing, sitting on as many as i can first. Cheers bro

[@MenderSlen579]

what rpms are you sitting at in 100kph?i might commute on the highway from time to time.

[@roadblastmedia]

I think it was around 6.5-7k rpm at 100kmph

[@MenderSlen579]

@@roadblastmedia does it stress at 7k?

[@roadblastmedia]

@@MenderSlen579 nah can do it all day long

[@Beanerds]

Don't forget its only 150 odd kg's ,, but I am bias as my wife has one that she learned to ride on and is her work bike in terrible Perth traffic 25km each way , she loves it as do I . The engine is a pearler ,, my darling tells me off when I say ,,,, imagine this 250 in a ' Go Kart ' hmmmmm ?

[@Jimeoin351]

How tall and heavy are you?

[@roadblastmedia]

5ft 9 68kg

[@AridersLifeYT]

they aint old man, 30+ years for a bike is old.

[@roadblastmedia]

I guess not 20 years and 56 thousand ks is still alot for a little 250 plus the other bikes we own were barely a few months old so a bike with 20 years under its belt would seem old to me i see what youre saying though

[@AridersLifeYT]

@@roadblastmedia 130,000 km on my old spada still running strong. Km isn't the issue. It's maintenance.

[@roadblastmedia]

@@AridersLifeYT nice mate thats a great run for such a small cc bike thats awesome!

[@skypechess]

@@roadblastmedia a vlogger from Japan mentioned VTR250-s with 400k kms on.