Marcus, I´ve riden one and agree. I was/am still, close to buying one. Thanks for your candid thoughts. I checked "Wimpies" site about the NX 250 and his forum had lots of entries regarding beefing up suspension, etc.. Do you think there is any hope that this bike could be tranformed into a street leaning XL or should I just stick with the other line if I want to hit the dirt. I don´t know if this will get to you since it´s 2 years later.... Thanks