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Originally Posted by MrAtom
3)Also, the first gear on a ninja is TALL. You should have little trouble climbing hills with it once you get the hang of it.
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All good, practical advice in this thread. And good questions to start it off. All I'd quibble with is that the first gear on a ninjette is incredibly "short", not "tall". What that means is the engine is spinning quite fast compared to the road speed, which is why we have to shift up to second so quickly. A "tall" first gear is on something like kawi's literbikes, which redline at > 100 mph in first gear, while our smaller engined bike redlines at much closer to 30 mph in first gear.
All that means though, is that it is ridiculously easy to start this bike moving without stalling it, even on a hill. The slightest bit of throttle to get the revs up a little, and there is a ton of torque multiplication, due to that incredibly short gearing. Tall gearing requires much more clutch finesse to leave the line smoothly without stalling or giving it more go than would be needed. The ninjette is aimed at beginner riders, and makes starting, shifting, etc. ridiculously accessible, which is a good thing.