Time to make my first post here. I'm Tom and I live in Fayetteville, NC. I bought my 2008 Ninja 250R (green of course) this past February as a retirement gift to myself. Before I retired from law enforcement I had owned two ZRX1200's, one Suzy SV650S and a ZR-7. I thoroughly enjoy riding the 250R...never thought I would like riding a bike below 600cc's but was very wrong.