July 19, 2010 at 2:29 pm
#27585
TrialsRider
Participant
Heavier more powerful bikes also take more to stop and change direction. You’re safer on the machine that you can handle than on one that can power out of a situation, unless you are concerned about road rage drivers in sports cars, 250 street bikes should be fine for 2 lane roadways, one up.
I traveled considerable distance on 2 lane roads for many years riding a TS185 Suzuki fit with full knobby tires and survived. Admittedly it’s the multi lane expressways that make a tiny bike feel like a slow moving vehicle, 45 miles on a 400 series highway would not be fun, a 500cc single or larger would be.