Yeah, after hopping off heavy supersports onto ninjettes, I'll never go back. Light weight is so much more fun!
Well, one good thing about ZX-25R is it's not going to cost $9-10k like original estimates. But I still can't get over the weight. How did they make negative progress in 20-yrs?
I just picked up NSR250R frame for my 2-stroke project. It does weigh 30-lbs less than Ninja 250R frame, so going from alloy to steel frame added some weight. I suppose to keep costs down, they did away with lots of engineering to keep weigh low. Because it is possible to make lightweight steel frames.
Also picked up 3x CBR250RRs in boxes. Should be enough to build 2x bikes I think. There's a group of geezers that started racing these things about 15-yrs ago and lots of them are getting out. It's a little lighter than old ZXR-250 and has more international support as far as parts goes. We'll see what 19 000 RPM redline with gear-driven cams sounds like soon enough!
