Faults:

The clutch cable broke at around 19000 miles.

This bike requires a lot of shifting due to the high-revving nature of the engine. Even on my 6 mile commute to work, it must require about 100 shifts.

I bought the bike with a bunch of issues and fixed most of them along the way.

Fuel petcock diaphragm is known to fail - replaced that.

The carburators needed a thorough cleaning, and eventually the cam chain-tension device broke on the forward cylinder, which I replaced myself as well. I was never much of a mechanic, but the Honda service manual and a basic set of tools was all that I needed to tear it down and rebuild it.

General Comments:

Great fun and the bike requires no restraint - full throttle to the red line every shift.

The brakes can definitely get overworked on a mountain road, so have plan-B always in your back pocket if you over-cook a turn.

Very little to complain about save for maybe the narrow seat.

I love this bike. I owned a liter bike at the same time and I never rode the bigger bike. I simply love the VTR250 and its character, efficiency, and looks. Everyone knows the bike and loves it like I do. Honda built a winner with the VTR250 Interceptor.

Faults:

Nothing ever went wrong with the bike.

General Comments:

The bike was a dream to ride and a perfect bike for learning. Perfect for getting around the city and suburbia. I weigh 80+kg and still sat on 100km up and down the Kinglake mountains.

However the Black Saturday Bush fires in Kinglake Victoria took my bike and completely destroyed it.

General Comments:

This is a popular bike among motorcycle couriers in Sydney, cheap to run, smaller than your bigger bikes so easier to get around stopped cars - I'm about 190cm tall and it's not too cramped.

It's also a naked bike so less bits to get damaged on the bike.

2007 - the last year of the VTR 250-end of an era.

Faults:

Battery that came with the bike wouldn't hold charge (replaced under warranty).

Occasionally goes from 1st gear to Neutral instead of second. Sometimes have to force it if you're revving hard.

General Comments:

Extremely efficient; it's a joke how cheap it is to run!

When I first got this bike, I didn't have a great deal of on road experience, but because it was so easy to ride, I found my confidence growing pretty quick. It's a really good learning bike.

Generally pretty comfortable to ride, at slow or fast speeds, but the seat gets a bit firm after about an hour.

Really great handling. It really sticks to the road for a bike that's so light. I've thrown mine into a couple of nice corners at 70-80Kmh, pegs scraping the road, and still felt confident that I wasn't about to lay the bike down.

Acceleration from a standing start lags a bit, unless you keep revs RIGHT up, but roll-on performance surprised me. She's no Aprilia RS, but she's quick for a 250! (Dragged off a VS commodore with ease, kept up with a '02 WRX until about 120-130kmh)

Brakes are alright, they've got me out of a few pickles, but could be better. At legal speeds though, pretty good.

Reliability wise: I give this bike a hiding, it lives in the redline. It's never had any problems.

Would DEFINITELY recommend this bike to anyone.

Faults:

The front fork seal ring broke. Cost about 150 bucks to replace. They replaced them with Suzuki rings that actually work much better.

General Comments:

Most reliable motorcycle I have ever had. Starts every time no matter how long I let it sit, or how cold it gets.

It corners like a beast! Just a few times I have had to take some extremely sharp turns that would have normally dumped a bike or have it slide out, but it kept on going like nothing happened.