[TX_Dj]

+1 sendler's comments.

I just picked up my CBR250R this morning. I've been riding 32 years (24 on the road) and have ridden just about everything under the sun. I tend to have the most fun on a 250 because you can ride them to the limit day in day out without much risk of a ticket (though any of them will get you a ticket on any road in the US!).

My last 250 was a Rebel 250 (great bike!) and I rode the snot outta that bike for 15,000 miles and averaged 68 mpg lifetime. And it's not even fuel injected!

I picked my CBR250R up this morning, in the middle of a torrential downpour, and proceeded with 25 miles of MotoMan's break-in procedure. It'll get the first oil/filter change this evening when I get home, with about 40 miles on it (double what MotoMan prescribes, but shouldn't be much of a problem). After that, I'm setting a baseline for 3-4 tank fulls of just riding it like I stole it. After that, I'll see where I'm at, and work towards better FE.

I'm not looking to break 100+ mpg, per se... but if I can do that and still have great fun, then I'm all for it.