First of all when a anyone is buying a new bike, he/she should first decide which kind of bike is needed.
For e.g:
Sports bike (R, ninja 300)
Sports Tourer bike (cbr 250, ninja 650)
Tourer bike ( super low, avenger)
Street bike ( duke 200 or 390)
Commuter bike( passion, pulsar )
As my need was performance with comfort , so I decided to get cbr 250r C ABS, which costed me 193000 on road in march 2013. This bike very comfortable with great performance and its very adaptive due to adjustable rear shocker. I also took test drive of duke 390 which I thought would be great as it looks on paper but once u ride a sports tour Than u can’t be satisfied with a street bike irrespective of how much power it has. It’s really easy to maintain and very cost effective too.
Its service cost me only 1200-1500, with service interval of 6 months or 6000 km. And if u need bike to roam in city traffic or for stunt ability than its not for that. It’s made for touring with limited sports abilities. It’s really a mature bike and definitely not for hooligans.
Even after 300 km ride u will not feel pain or tiredness at all but in starting your wrist need to adapt to its handle bars, that won’t take more than few rides.
Thank you for reading this.