my first bike was a 250 it was great i loved it but the problem was that a month after i was riding it i wanted to upgrade to something bigger, my friend has a buell and i rode it the other day and honestly the only problem with his bike was that i felt like i was riding a dirt bike because of the handlebars so my question is would you eventually be wanting to ride a cruiser or a crotch rocket, if so make a choice from there, the buell is like a cruiser and the 250 is like a crotch rocket