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Phoenix767
October 27th, 2012, 12:06 AM
Black ones finally showing up in Arizona. 3 arrived at dealer yesterday. No green yet.

Phoenix767
October 27th, 2012, 01:12 AM
Glad I waited for the stealth 300. She's a beauty.

NinjetteNewfie
October 27th, 2012, 04:38 AM
Congrats on the great looking bike!!! And its the FASTEST color!!!:D

NinjetteNewfie
October 27th, 2012, 04:40 AM
Is it a flat black or is it a metallic black???

choneofakind
October 27th, 2012, 09:26 AM
...do you see gloss or not? :rolleyes:

Phoenix767
October 27th, 2012, 09:29 AM
Thank you. Metallic black. Looks great. These bikes ride really nice. At least I think they do...I have nothing to compare it to. I"m a die hard motocross guy. New to street bike game. The looks and price of the little Ninjas brought me over. Great forum BTW.

NinjetteNewfie
October 27th, 2012, 11:15 AM
...do you see gloss or not? :rolleyes:

Flat black will look "glossy" with a nice coat of wax, metallic paint has a nice "sparkle" to it in the sunlight.:p

ChrisCusi
October 27th, 2012, 12:54 PM
That's a good looking bike!

Z300
October 28th, 2012, 03:03 AM
danggg love ittt

rjones91
October 28th, 2012, 07:11 AM
My local dealer only got one 300 delivered and it was white. I prefer the black as well as it looks nice in black.

geeker
October 29th, 2012, 05:24 AM
Duncan Outdoors in Conway, Arkansas has a black one - just showed up Friday. I ended up with a white one from Kawasaki Sports Center in Little Rock this weekend. Love it so far.

Ravenger
November 3rd, 2012, 09:40 AM
Over here in South Africa we only got the green so far no black yet, quite bummed, but the green not bad and needed to replace my crashed 250 in order to have transport so couldn't wait

CC Cowboy
November 3rd, 2012, 10:09 AM
I wanted to get a black 300 but now that I see it I'm not sure, it looks so scary. I might have to stick with what I got now.

ChrisCusi
November 3rd, 2012, 12:44 PM
Scary in a bad way? Haha

Phoenix767
November 3rd, 2012, 02:41 PM
The green one is the coolest if you ask me. But black is more incognito.

ChrisCusi
November 3rd, 2012, 03:09 PM
I feel like I need to see the SE in person... Kinda hit or miss. You know?

DaveTheCanuck
November 4th, 2012, 01:42 PM
I feel like I need to see the SE in person... Kinda hit or miss. You know?

I finally saw one in person yesterday. My opinion is still the same, it looks too busy/cluttered :\ I would have preferred plain green, no decals.

ChrisCusi
November 5th, 2012, 12:09 PM
I finally saw one in person yesterday. My opinion is still the same, it looks too busy/cluttered :\ I would have preferred plain green, no decals.

That's exactly what I'm thinking... Really wanna see it for myself.

drbyatch
November 21st, 2012, 07:46 PM
That's exactly what I'm thinking... Really wanna see it for myself.

yeah carbon fibre stickers ?

laaaammmmmmeeee

plain green or green black/white.. would be alot more classy

ChrisCusi
November 21st, 2012, 09:44 PM
Yeah. Pretty much set on a black one.

Tigerpaw
December 2nd, 2012, 06:55 AM
Got a black 300!

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22091&d=1354384099

psych0hans
December 2nd, 2012, 08:39 AM
Got a black 300!

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22091&d=1354384099

Congratulations!!! She's a beauty :thumbup:

redelk
February 18th, 2013, 07:12 PM
Would have preferred a "plain" green. Didn't like the SE livery that came on the ABS model, so I swapped it with a black non-ABS. Had to take the ABS parts off the SE wheels and put them on the plain black wheels.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=488&pictureid=10117

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=488&pictureid=10118

Alex
February 18th, 2013, 10:08 PM
Nice!

Rollo
February 18th, 2013, 11:04 PM
Cheers to another AZ ninjette rider! :thumbup: I've got a 300 SE ABS and they are fantastic bikes. I've had mine for less than a month and still find excuses to go for a ride. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.

c-dog
February 18th, 2013, 11:23 PM
Lucky you got to swap some bits to make a black ABS. Wish the one I have on hold had ABS, I've read a lot of good things about ABS on motorcycles as far as safety.

So the dealership took that stuff off an SE model for you? If you don't mind me asking how much did they add to the price to do the swap? Seems like it would be a lot of work to swap brake lines and ABS controller.

antiant
February 19th, 2013, 12:44 AM
I am also curious about the ABS swap.

redelk
February 19th, 2013, 07:30 AM
So the dealership took that stuff off an SE model for you?

No. I did the swap myself. Being a long time customer and former "part time employee" with quite a bit of A&P experience, he let me take the 2 bikes home, where I'd have more room to do the swap. I would have kept the SE bodywork and just took the decals off, but the ones on the tank had been clearcoated and would have required repainting the tank to get rid of them.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=488&pictureid=10113

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=488&pictureid=10114

If you don't mind me asking how much did they add to the price to do the swap?

The only cost was my time and the gas use in transporting the once black, now a SE non-ABS bike home and then back to the dealership. Since the ABS model in the US is only available with the SE bodywork and the SE bodywork on a non-ABS bike adds $200 to the MSRP, I guess you could say it cost me $200.

Seems like it would be a lot of work to swap brake lines and ABS controller.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=488&pictureid=10115

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=488&pictureid=10116

After the bodywork and tanks were swapped, had to swap the gas caps back so one key would still work on all locks/ignition. Didn't swap ABS unit or lines. Did have to swap the rear rotor and the ABS piece off the front rotor from the SE wheels to the plain black wheels. When the non-ABS bike with it's new SE livery was finished and battery charged, I took it for a short test ride, filled out the A&P sheet and returned it to the dealer.

Having everything off the ABS bike made it easier to install the FI controller, Targa fender kit, K&N, '04 10R front master cylinder w/ adj. lever, swich to GP shift, a temp. pipe hanger, trim the chain guard, wire in the SpeedoHealer and remove emission components and rear footpegs. Also painted the rearsets and various bolts black.

Admittedly it was a nice deal, but it could only happen this way when one has a 20+ year relationship with the dealer and has his trust to do the A&P right and by "the book". Doesn't hurt that over the years, I've managed/wrenched for 3 race teams and bought $$$ of parts and accessories from him.

thisisbenji
February 19th, 2013, 08:02 AM
Such a good looking 300!

c-dog
February 19th, 2013, 03:02 PM
Thanks for the info on your Black ABS! I was making it much harder in my mind. I always have a problem realizing the easiest path and try to make things more complex.

Such a nice setup! Great idea to do the swap also.