Hello there,

I've been eyeing for a long time to get a Kawasaki Ninja 250, especially the newly released one. Recently I just got my rider's license. I already have been driving cars for many years, but recently I taught of getting a bike to enjoy a more raw experience of travelling. The thing is that i'm hesitating about certain aspects about owning a bike, because from what I can tell, travelling on a bike is very much different from driving a car... I'm afraid that i'll just be wasting my money and getting a bad debt... so, anyone who had a similar wish or experience, hope you can share...

Just to note, I am well aware of the dangers and risk of riding a bike... just want to know if its worth to get the bike (2013 Ninja 300.)

Well, how often I use the bike depends on my skills and courage of actually riding it... because of the fact I haven't rode properly and am quite a newbie i'm still can't say much about it yet, but whenever I go on long journeys and see big bikes pass me, I do feel like doing the same one day. In any case, if all goes well I'll be using the bike quite often, including going to work, finding friends and the occasional trips...

Got another thing I would like to know, is the Ninja 250 a targeted bike to be stolen? what are (extra) the steps to avoid it being stolen?

I did look around at this bike, but from reviews and comments i've heard that it has quality issues and high vibration on highway speeds... any owner care to comment?

Oh yes, seeing that this ninja is a detuned version, so I take it that it uses the new 300cc engine rather than just having a new body with the old 250cc engine right... means we can re-tune it to get back the original 300cc power that it was supposed to have..?

apart from the jacket and helmet, what would be must buys with a new bike? hehe

This post has been edited by br0ther9630: Jan 16 2013, 10:05 AM

lol I plan to buy around that time too

100km journey:
haha, maybe ninja 250? more fuel efficient, still quick, save some $$ too?

This post has been edited by br0ther9630: Jan 16 2013, 02:13 PM

wow thanks for the insight on the bike maintenance, I was searching high and low about maintenance costs! BTW is it easy to DIY all of this if one would like to save some costs..?

poison!

a question just popped into my mind as i day dream of getting the ninja... what do real owners of such bikes really do with their machine? Use it to work every day, keep it for the odd weekend ride? I mean... sometimes the reasons that we give ourselves so that we buy our 'toys' are never implemented when we finally bought it LOL..