June 25th, 2015, 05:24 AM | #1 |
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Signs that you ride a 250/300
I feel like a similar thread exists, I did a search to no avail, if any search ninja's can find it link it up for a merge
Any way, basically just mention small quirky things you notice about these small displacement bikes be it riding or wrenching, whatevs I got thinking about this the other day when I was riding as I had one of these moments and had to chuckle a little to myself and figured I would post up. You know you ride a ninja 250 when you get really excited that your bike is still pulling 6th gear up hill on the highway and think "Man! The bike is running good today!! " Then only to realize on the return trip 15 minutes later that you had a 20mph tail wind going up the hill
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June 25th, 2015, 06:05 AM | #2 |
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You know you're on a 250 when you try for 7th gear.
It never happened on my other bikes lol |
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June 25th, 2015, 06:24 AM | #3 |
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you know you ride a 250 if you twist the throttle until it stops every time you ride.
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June 25th, 2015, 07:09 AM | #4 |
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:what he said:
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June 25th, 2015, 07:15 AM | #5 |
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I got to chuckle. I took my daughter to a friend of mine, he has a Yamaha Zuma. She wanted to give it a ride before she got a 250 of her own.
to start off, she wants to ride behind me... so we are sitting at the curb and I'm twisting the throttle like I do on my TLR... vvvvvvrrrrrVRRvrVRRRRvRRRR he's like, "what are you doing"... I told him taking her for a ride. he said, basically you pin the throttle until you are going the speed you want and then back off. If you do that on the TLR, you are on your back, looking at the sky, with a motorcycle on top of you.
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June 25th, 2015, 07:30 AM | #6 |
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You know you are on a Ninjetta when you realize your lawn mower has more displacement.
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June 25th, 2015, 07:30 AM | #7 |
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June 25th, 2015, 07:37 AM | #8 |
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You know you ride at 250 when someone asks you about the size of the engine and you smile and say "guess."
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June 25th, 2015, 07:44 AM | #9 |
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You know your on a 250 when the bike manufacturer doesn't even bother putting a sticker on it to mark the model.
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June 25th, 2015, 07:53 AM | #10 |
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You know you're on a 250 when 9000 rpm is your "casual cruising speed".
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June 25th, 2015, 08:22 AM | #11 |
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You know you ride a 250 when you go riding with your buddies and all of them consistently say, "Enjoy your ride, bro!"
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June 25th, 2015, 08:32 AM | #12 |
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June 25th, 2015, 08:36 AM | #13 |
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you know you have a 250 when a new exhaust and some tuning nets you 25% more hp
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June 25th, 2015, 08:39 AM | #14 |
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You know you're riding a 250 when you try to open the throttle and realize that it's already pinned
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June 25th, 2015, 09:44 AM | #15 |
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You know you ride a 250 when your riding gear cost as much as the bike.
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June 25th, 2015, 11:29 AM | #16 |
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you know you are on a 250 when you can outmaneuver a rabbit...don't ask me how i know...
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June 25th, 2015, 01:07 PM | #17 |
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you know you ride a 250 if your tire prices start with the number 1
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June 25th, 2015, 01:18 PM | #18 |
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my pregen tire prices start with a 9
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June 25th, 2015, 01:45 PM | #19 |
in your machine
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When your asked, "how much power it has?"
My standard answer is, "enough to get into trouble, but not enough to get out of trouble"
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June 25th, 2015, 01:59 PM | #20 |
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@Ghostt
that is entirely too true :'(
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June 25th, 2015, 02:27 PM | #21 | |
in your machine
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June 25th, 2015, 02:28 PM | #22 |
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June 25th, 2015, 02:30 PM | #23 |
cadd cadd cadd
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You know you're riding a 250/300 when you can get over 200 miles per tank and still have enough gas to get home.
(note: I purposely chose light traffic, little to no traffic light, 45-55mph back roads for this tank to see how far I can push it. My goal is to hit 250 miles. I think I can do it!)
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June 25th, 2015, 02:35 PM | #24 | |
in your machine
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My old FJ1100 had enough for both, most of the time.
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June 25th, 2015, 02:39 PM | #25 | |
in your machine
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This is over 5k miles, and 27 fill ups,
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Quote:
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you know you're on a 300 when you complete a two hour endurance race on one tank of fuel and could still go for another half hour (these bikes dominate open track days, they're easy on the body and fuel so you can stay out on the track for hours on end)
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June 25th, 2015, 03:16 PM | #27 |
in your machine
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Location: Summer Shade, Ky.
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When asked why not a 600 or bigger 4 cylinder?
My answer is " with only 2 cylinders, I have half the problems, and maintenance
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June 25th, 2015, 03:25 PM | #28 | |
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My pants cost more than my first 250. My Helmet Cost more than my first 250. My boots cost more than my first 250....lol
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June 25th, 2015, 04:10 PM | #29 |
in your machine
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Location: Summer Shade, Ky.
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funny, and very true
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June 25th, 2015, 04:13 PM | #30 |
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You know you ride a 250 when 60+ mpg is not unusual.
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June 25th, 2015, 04:26 PM | #31 |
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June 25th, 2015, 04:45 PM | #32 |
cadd cadd cadd
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Over 300 miles on this tank!!! Over 75mpg. Record for me. It was hard to keep throttle smooth.
300.6 miles. Required 3.98 gallons of fuel.
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June 26th, 2015, 05:52 AM | #33 |
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June 26th, 2015, 06:58 AM | #34 |
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good sign you ride a 250, your bike is worth just as much use mint as it is use crashed
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June 26th, 2015, 08:11 AM | #35 |
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When you and your riding buddies pull up to the gas pump for the second time and you finally decide to put a few drops of gas in instead of eating sandwiches in the store
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June 26th, 2015, 08:19 AM | #36 |
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When you consider farting as a turbo boost.
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June 26th, 2015, 08:43 AM | #37 |
dirty boy
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^ Is that your race secret? Beans the day before the race, it's like NOS
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You know you ride a 250 when you realize that you don't need a tach because it's just constantly screaming.
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June 26th, 2015, 10:06 AM | #39 |
The Corner Whisperer
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Well, you could just do nothing on those long back straights or.... you could try to push one out for a just a little more.
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June 26th, 2015, 10:54 AM | #40 |
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The best thing is I totally believe you actually do this
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