So, here I am waiting for a 2006 Suzuki GSXR-600 that I decided I was going to buy and my car gets stolen. Now, rather than to go ahead and immediately turn around and get another car, I decide to take a little advantage of California's good riding weather and I went and spent $2900 on a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 250 in the Raven color... err... I mean BLACK!!! :lol :finger
VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
And a little back history:
Now, I've got some riding experience on some older 600's from Yamaha and Suzuki that I've been lucky enough to borrow from friends that have extra bikes because they bought newer ones, but other than a dirt bike that I bought too long ago, I didn't have any 'regular' riding experience on a regular basis.
So, I figured it'd be a safe bet to go ahead and buy a smaller bike and ride it every day (because I have no car, although I can borrow my sister's car when I like cause she never goes anywhere) to work and whatnot. Well, although I wasn't 'bad' at the older 600's I rode, it was definitely a very humbling experience on this little ass Ninja 250.
While turning, upshifting from 2 to 6 and downshifiting, stopping, etc. was all good (afterall, those are the easy parts), I realized my weakness was in starting in first and starting on a upgrade hill.
Well, in just the past 3 days of riding I've pretty much gotten rid of starting the bike in first without lurching and am now as smooth as can be and am now working on starting up hills. Like I said, everything else I'm fine with.
Although I didn't want to buy the little Ninja 250, i have made up my mind to get the 600 in March and AM VERY GLAD I DECIDED TO GET THE 250 FIRST.
For anyone not a believer in starter bikes (myself was one of them), trust me it's well worth it. While you may think you're smooth and whatnot, you definitely don't want to find out on a more powerful bike and I do not regret for one second about purchasing this bike. I know that 4 months of 7 days a week riding will improve my skills 20-fold. Like I said, I've all ready got some experience on the 600's, just didn't realize until i bought the 250 how much improvement I needed to make in other areas.
Here's a bike of the cute little bike... should I put some red rim stripes on the wheels!!!?? :lol :finger :fact
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VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
And a little back history:
Now, I've got some riding experience on some older 600's from Yamaha and Suzuki that I've been lucky enough to borrow from friends that have extra bikes because they bought newer ones, but other than a dirt bike that I bought too long ago, I didn't have any 'regular' riding experience on a regular basis.
So, I figured it'd be a safe bet to go ahead and buy a smaller bike and ride it every day (because I have no car, although I can borrow my sister's car when I like cause she never goes anywhere) to work and whatnot. Well, although I wasn't 'bad' at the older 600's I rode, it was definitely a very humbling experience on this little ass Ninja 250.
While turning, upshifting from 2 to 6 and downshifiting, stopping, etc. was all good (afterall, those are the easy parts), I realized my weakness was in starting in first and starting on a upgrade hill.
Well, in just the past 3 days of riding I've pretty much gotten rid of starting the bike in first without lurching and am now as smooth as can be and am now working on starting up hills. Like I said, everything else I'm fine with.
Although I didn't want to buy the little Ninja 250, i have made up my mind to get the 600 in March and AM VERY GLAD I DECIDED TO GET THE 250 FIRST.
For anyone not a believer in starter bikes (myself was one of them), trust me it's well worth it. While you may think you're smooth and whatnot, you definitely don't want to find out on a more powerful bike and I do not regret for one second about purchasing this bike. I know that 4 months of 7 days a week riding will improve my skills 20-fold. Like I said, I've all ready got some experience on the 600's, just didn't realize until i bought the 250 how much improvement I needed to make in other areas.
Here's a bike of the cute little bike... should I put some red rim stripes on the wheels!!!?? :lol :finger :fact
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