Hello from southern Cali!!

sakigirl5 · December 13th, 2011, 01:04 PM

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Kristina and I have been riding for a year now. I have a 2008 Kawi green 250 that I bought stock which is my first bike. Not going to lie I have dropped my bike 2 times. One on a newbie move where I was making a u-turn and hit sand...

.. Second time she has been down I was backed into in a parking lot by a lady who claims she didn't see me in the mirror (Don't you look over your shoulder when you back up?!?) Anyway things I have installed myself thanks to the help of youtube

: Flush mount proton turn signals, seat cowl, Fender eliminator kit, LED tail light. Just got new shoes on her that the shop put on for me and they also installed shogun frame sliders. I did buy a yoshimura slip on exhaust just need to install it when I have some time.

Here are some pics below:

saxnbass · December 13th, 2011, 01:15 PM

Nice bike, welcome. By new shoes, I assume you mean tyres. Which did you get and how bad are the stock ones compared to what you got?

MotoED · December 13th, 2011, 02:17 PM

Ride Safe

Nemesis · December 13th, 2011, 02:19 PM

Hellooooooo, Kristina!

Welcome. If you need anything just give me a holla!

MustangGuy · December 13th, 2011, 03:42 PM

Nice bike! Welcome!

bob706 · December 13th, 2011, 03:44 PM

Welcome to the family

ForceofWill · December 13th, 2011, 04:36 PM

Chalk another one up for cali...Needs moar east coasters

sakigirl5 · December 13th, 2011, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saxnbass

Nice bike, welcome. By new shoes, I assume you mean tyres. Which did you get and how bad are the stock ones compared to what you got?

Thank you everyone for the welcoming. Yes new shoes as in new tires.. I actually needed a new set of tires since the side walls on both my old tires were cracking. I ended up getting Dunlop GT501 on the front and back. Anyone know of a way to prevent the side wall from cracking? I was thinking it was caused by the dry climate out here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nemesis

Hellooooooo, Kristina!

Welcome. If you need anything just give me a holla!

Thanks for the offer Nemesis. I will let you know if I need help

Quote:

Originally Posted by ForceofWill

Chalk another one up for cali...Needs moar east coasters

And hey will cali has some good weather almost year round.. of course there is going to be more of us

nickjpass · December 13th, 2011, 05:28 PM

Welcome to Ninjette! Pretty color, enjoy your bike!

ForceofWill · December 13th, 2011, 06:06 PM

Were those your original tires you replaced? Regardless of mileage, motorcycle tires should be replaced anywhere from 2-5 years depending on who you talk to. Does your bike sit outside all the time? 4 years worth of UV might have had something to do with it.

Trailerboy531 · December 13th, 2011, 06:43 PM

Hey Kristina welcome the ninjette! How do you feel about freeway riding? If you're comfortable you should totally come hang out with the So Cal members - we meet usually at least once a month. I believe in January we will be meeting for a tech day in Indio where we work on bikes and help each other out with maintenance, aftermarket installs, any mechanical issues etc. It'd be great to have you there!

Cazper · December 13th, 2011, 06:46 PM

Welcome to the forums!!! Always good to see another SoCal rider!!! You should definitely keep your eyes out for get togethers... we have a pretty big group of individuals who get together at least once a month for either a tech day, group ride or just to hang out. We are headed out to Indio (Ken and Chrissy's) this Sunday (18th) to help reorganize the garage as we use their place for lots of our tech days... always welcoming to a new member

BTW,
I had cracking in my stock sidewalls as well... the bike is only 1 1/2 years old and the stock tires only had about 9K miles and the bike is always garaged. I think it just has something to do with the quality of the stock tires

*EDIT*
Due to slow typing Max beat me to some of my post... oh well

Trailerboy531 · December 13th, 2011, 07:26 PM

hahah while I was writing it I was thinking "this is totally what Dustin would say"

ManyCavies · December 13th, 2011, 08:12 PM

Welcome to the forum!
I'm the Crissy half of the tech day hosts, would love to meet you.

rusninja · December 13th, 2011, 09:23 PM

welcome! very nice bike :O

Gurk · December 13th, 2011, 09:26 PM

Hey there and welome!!! Come hang with us! Or what Max and Dustin said. lol

Chubbs032 · December 13th, 2011, 10:05 PM

if you need help with the exhaust install lmk im in the SFV

KJohnson21 · December 14th, 2011, 01:43 PM

cocheese · December 14th, 2011, 11:06 PM

ducducgooseit · December 15th, 2011, 11:15 PM

Welcome to the 250 party.

salty · December 16th, 2011, 11:25 AM

Welcome, my gf and I are in the Riverside area and are looking for riding partners.

SephiaSputnik · December 16th, 2011, 12:33 PM

hallo Kristina! I'm pretty close to Valencia and also looking for peeps to go riding with. We should hang out sometime

Snake · February 11th, 2012, 02:31 AM

Hello and welcome.

Robinhood · February 18th, 2012, 07:39 PM

@sakigirl5: Welcome!

to puttin' in work on your bike. Which tail light is that?

Kevin2109 · February 18th, 2012, 07:49 PM

So when are we all going to hang out?!

Trailerboy531 · February 18th, 2012, 07:53 PM

More importantly why is she not riding all the way down to hang out with us next week?

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96102

December 13th, 2011, 01:04 PM	#1
sakigirl5 ninjette.org newbie Name: Kristina Location: Valencia, CA Join Date: Dec 2011 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250R Green Posts: 2	Hello from southern Cali!! Hey Everyone, Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Kristina and I have been riding for a year now. I have a 2008 Kawi green 250 that I bought stock which is my first bike. Not going to lie I have dropped my bike 2 times. One on a newbie move where I was making a u-turn and hit sand..... Second time she has been down I was backed into in a parking lot by a lady who claims she didn't see me in the mirror (Don't you look over your shoulder when you back up?!?) Anyway things I have installed myself thanks to the help of youtube : Flush mount proton turn signals, seat cowl, Fender eliminator kit, LED tail light. Just got new shoes on her that the shop put on for me and they also installed shogun frame sliders. I did buy a yoshimura slip on exhaust just need to install it when I have some time. Here are some pics below:

December 13th, 2011, 02:17 PM	#3
MotoED ninjette.org guru Name: Edd Location: Los Angeles-CALI Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 SE Pearl/Ebony Ninja 250R Posts: 376	Ride Safe __________________________________________________ [#4]

December 13th, 2011, 02:19 PM	#4
Nemesis CVMA #74 WSMC #750 Name: Nemesis Location: On the track Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): All of them Posts: A lot.	Hellooooooo, Kristina! Welcome. If you need anything just give me a holla! __________________________________________________

December 13th, 2011, 03:44 PM	#6
bob706 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Sean Location: Mary Esther, FL Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 1998 HD Road King Posts: A lot.	Welcome to the family __________________________________________________ http://sandollarmotorcycleclub.com/

December 13th, 2011, 05:28 PM	#9
nickjpass #squid Name: nickypoo Location: Five Guys Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): Track dedicated 2008 ZX6R Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jul '16	Welcome to Ninjette! Pretty color, enjoy your bike! __________________________________________________

December 13th, 2011, 01:15 PM	#2
saxnbass ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Nashville, TN Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 CBR600rr Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	Nice bike, welcome. By new shoes, I assume you mean tyres. Which did you get and how bad are the stock ones compared to what you got?

December 13th, 2011, 03:42 PM	#5
MustangGuy ninjette.org member Name: Roy Location: Cathedral City, CA Join Date: Nov 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 650 Posts: 164	Nice bike! Welcome!

December 13th, 2011, 04:36 PM	#7
ForceofWill Blind 250 Loving Whore Name: Tom Location: Chesapeake, VA Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 250R, 02 FZ1, '20 Fat Bob 114 Posts: A lot.	Chalk another one up for cali...Needs moar east coasters

December 13th, 2011, 06:06 PM	#10
ForceofWill Blind 250 Loving Whore Name: Tom Location: Chesapeake, VA Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 250R, 02 FZ1, '20 Fat Bob 114 Posts: A lot.	Were those your original tires you replaced? Regardless of mileage, motorcycle tires should be replaced anywhere from 2-5 years depending on who you talk to. Does your bike sit outside all the time? 4 years worth of UV might have had something to do with it.

December 13th, 2011, 06:43 PM	#11
Trailerboy531 Gear crash test dummy Name: Max Location: South Bay (So. Cal) Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 race bike, 2014 ZX-636r Posts: A lot.	Hey Kristina welcome the ninjette! How do you feel about freeway riding? If you're comfortable you should totally come hang out with the So Cal members - we meet usually at least once a month. I believe in January we will be meeting for a tech day in Indio where we work on bikes and help each other out with maintenance, aftermarket installs, any mechanical issues etc. It'd be great to have you there!

December 13th, 2011, 06:46 PM	#12
Cazper ninjaholic Name: Dustin Location: Oceanside, CA Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' SE 250R (sold), 03' ZX-6R, 99' XL1200C SP Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	Welcome to the forums!!! Always good to see another SoCal rider!!! You should definitely keep your eyes out for get togethers... we have a pretty big group of individuals who get together at least once a month for either a tech day, group ride or just to hang out. We are headed out to Indio (Ken and Chrissy's) this Sunday (18th) to help reorganize the garage as we use their place for lots of our tech days... always welcoming to a new member BTW, I had cracking in my stock sidewalls as well... the bike is only 1 1/2 years old and the stock tires only had about 9K miles and the bike is always garaged. I think it just has something to do with the quality of the stock tires EDIT Due to slow typing Max beat me to some of my post... oh well __________________________________________________ 09' SE Ninja 250R $2,547.83 worth of mods installed... come on Unregistered, you know you want to know what? Check my Blog "Modification List"

December 13th, 2011, 07:26 PM	#13
Trailerboy531 Gear crash test dummy Name: Max Location: South Bay (So. Cal) Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 race bike, 2014 ZX-636r Posts: A lot.	hahah while I was writing it I was thinking "this is totally what Dustin would say"

December 13th, 2011, 08:12 PM	#14
ManyCavies ninjette.org sage Name: Crissy Location: Indio, CA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): . . . . . . . 2000 Suzuki Intruder VS800 "Suzi", 2008 Kawasaki Ninja EX250 "Yoshi" Posts: 507	Welcome to the forum! I'm the Crissy half of the tech day hosts, would love to meet you. __________________________________________________ GO GREEN!! GOT MY PINK ON!!

December 13th, 2011, 09:23 PM	#15
rusninja Ninjette wanabe :D Name: Ruslan Location: San Jose Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): white 300 :D Posts: A lot.	welcome! very nice bike :O __________________________________________________ VROOOM vrooom >.>

December 13th, 2011, 09:26 PM	#16
Gurk Done here. Name: - Location: Track Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): - Posts: A lot.	Hey there and welome!!! Come hang with us! Or what Max and Dustin said. lol

December 13th, 2011, 10:05 PM	#17
Chubbs032 ninjette.org member Name: Chris Location: LA Join Date: Dec 2009 Motorcycle(s): 250r Posts: 199	if you need help with the exhaust install lmk im in the SFV

December 14th, 2011, 01:43 PM	#18
KJohnson21 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ken Location: Indio, CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Kawasaki EX250 "Yoshi", '99 Kawasaki Concours "Grace", '06 Concours "Belle", '06 Yamaha YZF600R "Slick" Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	__________________________________________________ < ATGATT > Sweat you can wipe off, Road rash you can't. HEY!! Unregistered!! Does your bike have a name?

December 14th, 2011, 11:06 PM	#19
cocheese ninjette.org member Name: Jason Location: LA Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2008 EX250R Posts: 34

December 15th, 2011, 11:15 PM	#20
ducducgooseit Name: ... Location: ... Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): ... Posts: 999	Welcome to the 250 party.

December 16th, 2011, 11:25 AM	#21
salty ninjette.org newbie Name: Alex Location: riverside, ca Join Date: Nov 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 ninja ex250 Posts: 3	welcome Welcome, my gf and I are in the Riverside area and are looking for riding partners.

December 16th, 2011, 12:33 PM	#22
SephiaSputnik ninjette.org member Name: Laura Location: Thousand Oaks Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): Suzuki SV 650, Ninja 250 Posts: 36	hallo Kristina! I'm pretty close to Valencia and also looking for peeps to go riding with. We should hang out sometime

February 11th, 2012, 02:31 AM	#23
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	Hello and welcome.

February 18th, 2012, 07:39 PM	#24
Robinhood ninjette.org member Name: Jay Location: San Diego Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250, 2007 GSXR 600 Posts: 232	@sakigirl5: Welcome! to puttin' in work on your bike. Which tail light is that? Last futzed with by Robinhood; February 22nd, 2012 at 08:15 AM.

February 18th, 2012, 07:49 PM	#25
Kevin2109 KThanksBye Name: Kevin Location: Orange County Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2006 zx636r Posts: A lot.	So when are we all going to hang out?! __________________________________________________ ----> My Youtube! <---- Unregistered, watch my youtube page!

February 18th, 2012, 07:53 PM	#26
Trailerboy531 Gear crash test dummy Name: Max Location: South Bay (So. Cal) Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 race bike, 2014 ZX-636r Posts: A lot.	More importantly why is she not riding all the way down to hang out with us next week? http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96102

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