In my experience of having this motorcycle, it has been a very difficult relationship.

My first month of having this bike, I was fed up with the lack of power and small top gear. Even before I was to get my 600 mile check up it was up on craigslist.

As the months went on I came to realize that my expectations were just too high. I was trying to compete with my friends with 600 and 1000 cc motorcycles. Now I have come to appreciate this bike even more as time went by! (Esp. as I began to go on this forum an saw how many potential modifications my bike, Coralys can go through.)

Now, I am thinking about keeping this bike for over a year now, instead of just counting the days.

Your turn. I am curious of what people actually think about this bike. Your first thoughts of your first months of riding the bike, and then after that beginning period. I think that my experience is just one in a blue moon because aren't most people having the opposite effects?

I will keep mine even after i finally pry open my wallet and get the 600 i keep thinking about :drool:

Yea, i plan on getting a cbr 600 later on. I just figured, I have the rest of my life to get my dream bike. Why elevate my risk of dying now when there is a pretty good option with the 250 right meow :)

The way I always looked at it, it was a free motorcycle. What I was paying for gas alone before was $300+ a month. So the money I was saving in gas I used to pay off the bike QUICK. Now that the bike is essentially paid off why sell it? Yeah maybe you could get $3,000-$3,500 for it. It's not worth it in my opinion when the bike is paid off.

When you buy a $9k 600cc or 1,000cc bike THEN it's worth selling when you upgrade IMO. Hell when I start going to a university do you think I'm going to park a near $10k bike everyday (when bike theft in So Cali is rampant) or the $3,500 bike? I love the little Ninja, but I'd be beyond pissed having to jump through the insurance hoops to try and recoup the super sports cost!

For as long as she lets me :)

For as long as I can, I've got 40k+ miles on mine now. If I do buy a new one, very likely a new Ninja 250R or maybe a 650R, I'm figuring on passing this one on to my kids as they want to ride it.
Tony

I am torn between the 1-2 years and the secondary (for wife) and get another... But the Wife and I have been talkin' bout getting a couple of quads... that way the kids can come play with us too. But with this fabulous economy we will see haw things are this spring. I had a quad right before I married my beautiful wife and sold it to help pay for honeymoon... knowing that the time would come again to get more. So I am hoping that time is soon...
The bike is fun... don't get me wrong. But there is that funny feeling I get on a quad while whippin' around the dunes (Sand Mtn) that is unexplainable... ""Shivers"" :)

I got my 250 last summer in about August. I will probably sell it this upcoming spring break or summer. Looking to get a bike where I'm almost riding in the bike versus on it (don't know if that makes sense). I've ridden a friends cbr600 f2 and wow. It felt so nice and stable - like a bike. The ninja is a great bike but I find my self looking for maybe the false security of a bigger bike that has better brakes/suspension/tires etc.

Too early to tell for me, but I can't see myself needing a bigger bike for commuting or anything like that. I think I'll keep it until it can't go anymore!

Well this forum's obviously going to be a bit skewed. Most people that would've taken the time to join up will likely be in it for the long run.

For myself, I'll be selling my 06 in its second year but "upgrading" to an 09, which I plan on keeping for another 3 years for cheap commuting to school. After that, depending on how good my student loans treat me, I'll likely keep it as a secondary bike.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9636

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9636

But your thread doesn't have a Poll :p :D

I am going to keep my bike forever. I don't have an ego to stroke. I ride because its in my blood. I have hade 600's, and personally my 250 is a perfect fit for me.

I've had plenty of great reasons to not ride anymore (more about that later) but that's like a death sentence.

I love my bike, pretty soon, I'm going to be keeping up with the 'Big boys' in the corners. The straights are a moot point. I refuse to head up over a buck...
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I haven't decided yet.

I'm having too much fun on this bike. I have my eye on an 07-08 600RR though. But I won't be selling my 250 because it's boring or I'm better than it.

I'm thinking probably towards the 2nd half of this year I'll be in a position to sell my bike and pick up another.

If I was just riding street only I probably would not consider a bigger bike.

If I get another bike 80% chance says it'll be a second bike. I really want a naked/street fighter :)

Actually its one of three in my garage. I plan to keep it for a long long time as its a fun machine and very economical. I personally think gas prices will do nothing but go up. The tires last, the oil is two quarts, the chain is cheap to replace, and at 60 MPG what's not to like.
Bill

I'm keeping this baby as long as I can! Maybe someday, years from now, I might look at getting a bigger bike. But this little ninja is just so much fun and so much more practical than anything else that I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to keep. Not to mention it's cheap to keep.

I plan on keeping mine even after I get my new 250 :) My wife will need one to ride :thumbup:

I'm hoping to be able to keep my 250R. Along way in the future (aka 25 for insurance reasons) I want to get a 600.

I plan on keeping my bike until the motor gives out and then I will buy onother. I have 15,000 miles on it now with no signs of any problems. Hopefully it will last until at least 50,000 miles. HHHHMMMM sounds like a good idea for onother poll...how many miles people have on their bikes.

I had my 250 NSU from 1958 to 1982. I have had several bigger bikes in between. My last bike was a Norton Dunstall John Player Special 750. The Ninja handles better and is a lot more fun--actually outperforms the Norton. I am 67years old and it looks like I will not be getting another bike all too soon--unless I find a JAWA sidecar, in which case, I will buy a 650R and fit the sidecar to it. I can just see it now--a Kawa Green 650 fitted a Jawa sidecar painted Kawa Green with Black upholstery and a black tonneau cover. I would still keep the Ninjette.

Well for me this will be a track bike in the next year I have always wanted to race or feel like I am racing on a bike since I own it it makes no sense to upgrade the bike for the track.I will be picking up the new yammy fz6r

i had initially rationalized buying the 250 as a bike that my wife, who wants to learn how to ride, would use after learning and licensing...

but i must adimit...i dont wanna give it up! :eyebrows:

I just sold my ninjette. :(

I just sold my ninjette. :(

:(

buying another? :)

I just sold my ninjette. :(

sucks for you - great news for someone else!

No matter how gorgeous or powerful the bike, if I can't reach the ground, the seat is too wide, and/or it's too heavy for me then it's no good.

Since Itoshii fits me like a glove I want to keep her until she falls apart many years from now. Would only "replace" her for another Ninja 250.