That is the main reason, acceleration is ‘unimpressive.’ If you drive a prius, then you will be happy with this motorcycle… however, I drive a modified subaru wrx… I couldn’t wrap my head around how I was moving slower on a motorcycle than my car!
That being said, I had a ton of fun with the bike… and I think I am much more comfortable shifting/turning than someone who has the same riding time as me on a larger bike. I tend to learn things quickly and want a greater challenge (one I think would be offered by the 650R).
If I could afford it, I would have both the 650R and 250R. I would use the 250R as a track bike (there is a 250 circuit not too far away).
The other main reason was sort of hinted at in my original post in ‘general’ about upgrading 250R vs getting 650R. It works on the highway, but I feel sorry for it! The little engine is spinning away at 9-9.5k rpm (when you are forced above the speed limit to pass a truck, obviously I wouldn’t normally be doing 80-85…). If I can’t sell it and end up keeping, then I will up the power by re-jetting/full exhaust and then use this extra power to keep the same acceleration characteristics but change the sprocket sizes to lower the RPMs.
If I was going from a 250R to a Hayabusa so soon, then I’d hope you guys would be trying to stop me