murc585
January 12th, 2009, 10:50 PM
hello all fellow riders,
just joined the forum and not long ago joined the world of riding. I've been wanting to get a bike for a very long time and haven't had the funds for it until recently. I'm only 22 and to get insurance here in Canada you need to start thinking about which organ you are willing to go without. I read a lot on the redesign of the 250R about a year ago and decided this would be the perfect bike, might as well start off slow and build some skills before hopping on the 600s.
Anyways, I ordered a green 250R in April and my dealer called me the day Kawasaki had their ?2009 model meeting?, which happened to be on my birthday, the 19th of September telling me they were raising the prices for 2009 and that there would no longer be green. He also let me know Kawi had sent him a Red 2008 250R and that I was next on the list, it was a good day. I was also told they would sell it to me for $3999 CND, instead of the $4549 CDN they are selling the '09s for (he had originally guaranteed me that the colours were to stay the same along with the price).
I picked up the bike a week later and I've been in love with my new toy ever since. I tried to get as much as I could out of it before the winter came and got a good 2000 kms of riding out of it before the snow came. Its a joy to ride and I'm desperately waiting for heat to come back and melt all the snow away.
As a new rider, this experience is very new to me, I decided to do my own "first service" to get a little hands on with the bike with some advice from kkim. She was still running like a charm last time I rode her so I guess it went well. I haven't had much time to personalize my bike the way I want to but I just finished my fender chop and it already looks much better. Sorry for blabbering, its the childish excitement of a new rider. I'll update you all once I get her back on the road and have more to say.
Happy riding
Here she is,
http://www.overclock.net/gallery/data/500/medium/ninja.jpg
just joined the forum and not long ago joined the world of riding. I've been wanting to get a bike for a very long time and haven't had the funds for it until recently. I'm only 22 and to get insurance here in Canada you need to start thinking about which organ you are willing to go without. I read a lot on the redesign of the 250R about a year ago and decided this would be the perfect bike, might as well start off slow and build some skills before hopping on the 600s.
Anyways, I ordered a green 250R in April and my dealer called me the day Kawasaki had their ?2009 model meeting?, which happened to be on my birthday, the 19th of September telling me they were raising the prices for 2009 and that there would no longer be green. He also let me know Kawi had sent him a Red 2008 250R and that I was next on the list, it was a good day. I was also told they would sell it to me for $3999 CND, instead of the $4549 CDN they are selling the '09s for (he had originally guaranteed me that the colours were to stay the same along with the price).
I picked up the bike a week later and I've been in love with my new toy ever since. I tried to get as much as I could out of it before the winter came and got a good 2000 kms of riding out of it before the snow came. Its a joy to ride and I'm desperately waiting for heat to come back and melt all the snow away.
As a new rider, this experience is very new to me, I decided to do my own "first service" to get a little hands on with the bike with some advice from kkim. She was still running like a charm last time I rode her so I guess it went well. I haven't had much time to personalize my bike the way I want to but I just finished my fender chop and it already looks much better. Sorry for blabbering, its the childish excitement of a new rider. I'll update you all once I get her back on the road and have more to say.
Happy riding
Here she is,
http://www.overclock.net/gallery/data/500/medium/ninja.jpg