To shift the gears on a motorcycle there is something important you should learn from the service manual and that is just exactly how many gears your bike has. Most bikes have either 4 or 5 gears. Modern Sports Bikes have 6 gears.
First put the bike in neutral, it is half way in between 1st and...
Do I really need to answer this? The 250 of course. And number 2, Sport bikes are NOT for riding around town ;)
Edit: @ xxx, The frames are the same, therefore the 650 makes turns just as well as the 250. duh