# Thoughts: Bike For ~$2500 bones

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [January 21, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-bike-for-2500-bones/42218 "2008-01-21T16:07:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thoughts-bike-for-2500-bones/42218/14 "2008-01-22T07:43:28Z")

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> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> Well I hope my car can beat up on some 600’s this summer, but we will see.
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> How are the cb599’s ? I don’t want to spend a boat load of money, but would like something fun to zip around on. I’d also like it to get some good gas millage to try to save me some money during the summer running to school and work etc.
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> Are the blasts actually crap or are they just slow? I mean I don’t really care about speed on a bike, it really just needs to be able to be taken on the highway, and ride double sometimes.
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> I’ll keep on looking I guess thanks for talking me out of this guys…lol 🙂

are they crap? no. they will run and get you from a to b. They are however one of the most boring things to toss a leg over though.

If you have your license, as the weather gets warmer go to a few dealers and take some used bikes for rides and find one that is enjoyable as well as practical.

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