What is wrong with blade ? spareparts price or availability ? performance? What about the new EFI model.
Just curious cause i'm planning to get one..

Like ben_panced said..

I know one Blade 250 owner who have plenty of problem with his bike.. and sparepart are harder to get.. better get the 650 if u want the Blade..

20K...how much is a Ninja 250 anyway?

wow...so many response already. haha, thanks guys. i think when talked about bikes, we will never stop talking.

i think i come to decision, to buy kawasaki 250r. well, it cheaper, and suits me as a beginner. some blog says dat, kawasaki 250r got really easy handling. but i still say, if not because of weird shape of front lamp of blade, and very hard to find spare part, i would choose naza blade, because its sound, its shape, very closed to what we define as a superbike in Malaysia. hehe

i hope in the future, i can buy a big bike.....hope not before my age is 40, hehe.

 
just make sure the grip of your money in your wallet is maximum too 

Btw i need to know the blade 's redline limit.
Like for instance. We cant pump blade 's engine limit to what level?
Like for the final gear before reaching redline how mch is the speed?
Im a heavy rider myself but dont have enuf cash to for a 600.
I owaz pump my fz150 to 150-160kmh.
EVERYDAY.
minimum 140.

new one of coz, anyway, my earlier budget was to buy er-6f, so this kawasaki 250r is more cheaper.

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Added on October 28, 2010, 12:49 pm
haha, i think afta i buy the bikes, will open new thread. HOw to Modify kawasaki 250R. hehehe. Btw, how can i get the superbike sound. i means better sound, wat type of eksos i need to buy?

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Added on October 28, 2010, 12:52 pm
woo...dat wat i need to hear.the first thing i wan to change, the mesin jahet sound. haha, thanks,

the cheapest exhaust still the expensive meh. afta buy, might be using default for a long time, before i can modify this thing. btw, do u know about the gadgets. i means the best helmet, the jacket....etc.

yeah, actually im a little disappointed with er-6f. have a big cc, but somehow small, and sound like kapcai. good price though. i think i go for full face helmet.

i think blade or er6 bike sounds not so nice even u change exhaust lar..dont waste money...er6 sounds like vn500 ...ahahaha...i saw 1 new ninja250 change the exhaust under the seat...maybe you should do tat...but i still think the old zx2 sounds better esp. if u stuff more cotton inside...

If u want 250R i want to let go mine 
some said better take the facelifted version, lol not actually facelift only change new color, which is 2008 and above.
My personal FC on Blade 250R is full tank around RM30 (17 liter capacity) RON95 can get 402.2km...after that my bike die on the road side 
Speed between 130-140km/h..

So you're not recommending it ?

ZX2R is good for learning & experience the feel of riding big inline 4 bike....& due to its compact size it can behave almost like 150cc or kapcai on the road....still can ciloking at moderate speed without need to be quite slow like riding the 1000... (but still if you ride a bike most of time you still in front of the car while waiting the traffic light...no matter what bike it is except goldwing or Harley Dyna cruiser lol)

BTW,the downside is same as eyrayus said...the overall compact engine dimension leading to very small internal part & it is DOHC!!!(Even old proton & most of 90's affordable sedan also not use DOHC so you can imagine what would happen if you "manage" to get all those tiny little valve colliding with piston head....that surely cost alot! )

I have been tracked my ZX2R quite a time for last 2 years....pretty good if you know how to maintain it & willing to put $$$ for expensive fully synthetics engine oil & doing a regular check up.
I always change my fuel filter when I change the engine oil,& that was happen around 3-5 month or 3500-4000 KM or whichever come first.

Carb also been checked once a year with cleaning & setting,& air filter & air box will be inspected & I will change the new filter element around 2 month if I use the bike often,or 4-5 month if there is a rainy session...(prefer to ride my kapchai or drive when rainy session    )

The bike reliabilty is not as bad as you think but because it old metal horse...so you know the drill.
At least during my time of owning this baby ninja,I never get any broken valve of degrading in engine performances(It still can clock 240km/h at the tacho...& smoothly rev to 18k without jerk or feel of power cut-off)