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Old April 25th, 2014, 01:29 PM   #90
akima
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Name: Akima
Location: England
Join Date: Jul 2011

Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R FI

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MOTM - Oct '13
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Originally Posted by Sirref View Post
the 250 attracts people who want to genuinely learn how to control a motorcycle as well as people who are so goddamned good at it that they can't ride anything else on the streets without getting into massive legal troubles
... that, and nooblets like myself!

I think I'd get myself in legal problems if I had a bigger engine. As it stands, I ride my poor little ninjette as fast as I feel I safely can everywhere I go... if I had a faster bike and I thought I could ride it safely at a faster speed, I'd probably end up riding everywhere at that faster speed!

If I ride at the pace of traffic around me I find it too slow and my mind tries to wonder off to think about other things when I should be concentrating. If I ride at my own pace, then I'm pretty much alert (and smiling!) the entire time, and concentrating on everything around me.
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