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dcj13 · January 15th, 2014, 06:29 PM

Bought an ’05 KLR250 last month: had 1600 miles and has never been in the dirt or dropped. Rode it around today to run a few errands (30 miles or so), then switched over to the Ninjette. Little Ninja kind of sucked at first in comparison: cramped riding position; leaned forward; had to wrap the RPMs pretty high to get any power.

The baby KLR will go 70 just fine, but there’s not much room for too much more speed. Also, the KLR is squirrellier at speed in that if you wiggle the handlebars back & forth you could get into an uncontrollable situation: much more disconcerting than the hands-off Ninja oscillation between 40 and 50 mph.

Other than not having an electric starter, the KLR250 is a nice all round bike for every day riding.

January 15th, 2014, 06:29 PM	#17
dcj13 Participant Name: Dave Location: South of Seattle Join Date: Oct 2012 Motorcycle(s): '94 K75 std Posts: Too much. MOTM - Aug '15	Bought an ’05 KLR250 last month: had 1600 miles and has never been in the dirt or dropped. Rode it around today to run a few errands (30 miles or so), then switched over to the Ninjette. Little Ninja kind of sucked at first in comparison: cramped riding position; leaned forward; had to wrap the RPMs pretty high to get any power. The baby KLR will go 70 just fine, but there’s not much room for too much more speed. Also, the KLR is squirrellier at speed in that if you wiggle the handlebars back & forth you could get into an uncontrollable situation: much more disconcerting than the hands-off Ninja oscillation between 40 and 50 mph. Other than not having an electric starter, the KLR250 is a nice all round bike for every day riding.