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July 25th, 2011, 09:27 AM
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ninjette.org Monkey Spank
Name: Kevin
Location: Illinois
Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 250R Track-Bike Woodcraft clip-ons and rearsets FZ-6 track bike Posts: A lot.
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My poor lil ninjette
After taking a nice ride with one of ninjettes fellow members yesterday.
I crashed my poor little baby 100 yards from my home. Getting distracted by a waving neighbor and my effort to turn my garage door opener over in my pocket along with the feeling of being safe in familiar surroundings led me to loose track of my position on the road and not slow down enough for the 90 to the left. I was only going 15-20 mph and when I realized my position in relation to the turn I overleaned (which was real easy to do at slow speed) and down she went. I was wearing my gear so....... not a scratch on me BUT........ My poor lil ninjette is now rashed on both sides. once from the track, once from the street. Had to order a new shifter $40. Thats it. The woodcraft rearset bent a little (I bent it back) and I gound off a little of the bottom of the peg. (not enough to replace it as im sure she will be sliding on its side at the racetrack in the hopefully very distant future) The bars were good as my clip-on rotated and moved the important things out of the way. Turn signal broke in a way that it can be put back together. Leason learned??? Yep. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS You are in danger of making poor judgements when your in motion. Wave to the neighbor...... Stop the bike in the driveway........ THEN fish out your garage door opener. Problem solved.
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July 25th, 2011, 09:35 AM
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ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much.
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Oops.
 Glad you're OK, and the bike's pretty much OK as well.  /moved to General
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July 25th, 2011, 09:38 AM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: J.G.
Location: Austin
Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): '09 zx6r Green/Black, (ex-)Diablo Black '09 Ninja 250r Posts: 959
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Glad it wasn't worse - I had a situation one time doing the same thing with the garage door opener. Now, I park the bike on the sidewalk and remove my gear as the door opens.
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July 25th, 2011, 09:47 AM
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ninjette.org Monkey Spank
Name: Kevin
Location: Illinois
Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 250R Track-Bike Woodcraft clip-ons and rearsets FZ-6 track bike Posts: A lot.
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Quote:
Yeah bikes good. These little 250's are tough. Distracted riding is NOT a good idea. Even when you can see your house.
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August 1st, 2011, 06:24 PM
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Name: ...
Location: ...
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bike
 you back at it soon
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August 1st, 2011, 06:39 PM
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ninjette.org guru
Name: Jonathan
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 398
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I low sided my bike last year (really sharp turn, took a bit of a lean and there was sand. A lot as they hadn't cleaned the roads from the winter yet). I was only doing 40kmh (25mph) with full gear so I picked myself up, but my left side of the bike is scratched to smithereens.
I haven't done anything with it becuase it customizes the bike, gives me a unique paint job, reminds me not to be an idiot, gives me something to bring up a conversation and is a pretty good theft deterent (who wants to steal a scratched up 250?)
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