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Alex · May 13th, 2013, 03:32 PM

I think there's a little exaggerated outrage here. I don't think there are many experienced riders here who truly believe that the ninjette is the best bike for every single use case for every single rider. Nor do people expect a rider to buy one bike and decide to ride it and only it for the rest of their days. All bikes are fun. Most motorcyclists own a variety of bikes over time.

The mocking and sarcasm seems to start when brand-new or otherwise inexperienced riders list out shortcomings of the 250/300 as what is holding them back as a rider, and if they only had something faster/heavier/sportier/tourier their problems would be magically fixed. It *definitely* gets triggered if the same rider says things like needing to upgrade because they don't feel safe. One of the things that the tiny ninja is fantastic at is as a great starter bike, allowing someone to grow their skills faster, safer, and less expensively than is possible on most other popular motorcycles for a variety of reasons.

May 13th, 2013, 03:32 PM	#40
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	I think there's a little exaggerated outrage here. I don't think there are many experienced riders here who truly believe that the ninjette is the best bike for every single use case for every single rider. Nor do people expect a rider to buy one bike and decide to ride it and only it for the rest of their days. All bikes are fun. Most motorcyclists own a variety of bikes over time. The mocking and sarcasm seems to start when brand-new or otherwise inexperienced riders list out shortcomings of the 250/300 as what is holding them back as a rider, and if they only had something faster/heavier/sportier/tourier their problems would be magically fixed. It definitely gets triggered if the same rider says things like needing to upgrade because they don't feel safe. One of the things that the tiny ninja is fantastic at is as a great starter bike, allowing someone to grow their skills faster, safer, and less expensively than is possible on most other popular motorcycles for a variety of reasons. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)