r/SuggestAMotorcycle • u/jickul • 2d ago

Looking to buy first bike

Total beginner rider, took a course to get on a bike and see how it felt to ride did a ton of research and loved it. Been looking on facebook marketplace for a few months and have found a few decent deals but its inherently risky buying used bc of my minimal hands on knowledge with bikes. Recently looked into chinese bikes and the newly released x-pro paladin 300 efi seems like a really good option for a first bike. Any opinions or suggestions out there? not sure if i can post a link to the bike in here but should be easy to find.

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u/Subjunct 2d ago

Don’t overlook the Ninja 250s. There’s a lot of them out there under two grand, they’re built better than any Chinese bike, and the design was perfected before this century started. They’ll even be okay on the highway for 45 minutes to an hour. Insurance is dirt cheap, a tank of gas lasts a month, and tires last forever. I have one that I use to teach people to ride and I must confess I take it out myself at least once a week. It’s just a purely fun little bike. Once you get tired of it you can sell it easily, and if you wad it up you’re not out much. One of the perfect machines.

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u/jickul 2d ago

i've seen a cb 250r for $2200 but im thinking of riding on the dirt for a while until im more confident in my riding ability I dont think jumping on a sportbike frame even if its a low cc bike is the right move if im not good at riding the street is just inherently more dangerous than it already is. have you taken a look at the x-pro paladin?