New member from Maine

WatchesME · May 6th, 2015, 05:09 AM

Hey

New member here. This season I'll be on an 05 250. pretty excited. I live in the city. going to be a fun season on a city bike. been a rider for a long time, i started on an ex250 when i first started riding when i was 15. having owned a few late model r6's, an r1, rc51, goldwing, supermoto's, i thinned the fleet a year or so ago to move into the city and with a recent break up (meaning the ex doesn't get the 250) i now am only down to one bike: the 250.

My plans in the next week are to have it lowered to the ground, not air ride, just static. trying to source stretched swingarms for these things are damn near impossible, so a custom one will need to be made up i think (if anyone has one just "laying" around...hit me up lol). i'll have the front dropped when the clipons come in from woodcraft and hopefully have some photo's as i plastidip the fairings and spray the wheels as well.

should be a good season and sharing the experience with you guys should be a blast! love this community, i have been a lurker over the years as the 08+ models came out and people took a huge liking to them on here. maybe if this ex250 project works out i'll source an 08+ model and have some fun with it!

good to be on here guys, thanks for letting me on!

DEFY · May 6th, 2015, 05:12 AM

Welcome Brandon!!!

WatchesME · May 6th, 2015, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by DEFY

Welcome Brandon!!!

Thanks man! dig the white on your bike in your avatar...I'm planning on dipping mine white with flourescent orange wheels. white always looks killer on bikes!

DEFY · May 6th, 2015, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by WatchesME

Thanks man! dig the white on your bike in your avatar...I'm planning on dipping mine white with flourescent orange wheels. white always looks killer on bikes!

Thanks, its a good color and whatever some people say it's the fastest color lol

WatchesME · May 6th, 2015, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DEFY

Thanks, its a good color and whatever some people say it's the fastest color lol

it most certainly is! well, it at least makes these bikes look plenty fast!

CC Cowboy · May 6th, 2015, 08:15 AM

Portland is such a good town for eating and drinking. Be careful this summer (all two weeks of it).

crazymadbastard · May 6th, 2015, 08:34 AM

Welcome to the light stalker!

Are you lowering and stretching the swinger to avoid the 144 in lbs of engine torque from inducing unintentional wheelies?

Or just for looks?
I am a fan of doing things for aesthetics, so please show some pics!

csmith12 · May 6th, 2015, 08:53 AM

Welcome!

WatchesME · May 6th, 2015, 09:04 AM

Thanks everybody for kind welcome!!

yes, the summer will be all of two weeks, but i assure you, i'll enjoy every damn bit of it like i do every summer!

and come on bro...we all know these 250's produce some serious YUT UGHHH's so keeping that front end down during mad drifts and whoolies require a pretty serious stretch bro....

in all seriousness im doing it for show. my intensions are to scrape fairing everywhere. pretty good slammed ruckus community in southern maine. i would love a ruckus, but i have a ninja 250 that i acquired due to debts owed from the ex, so i really don't want to shell cash for a ruckus. PLUS i can kill them highways dawg on a slammed 250. a ruck would struggle haha.

another reason for the slamming is because i never had an opportunity to slam a bike, always kept them relatively stock aside from remaps or jetting and pipes. so this will be my first slam and stretch. i'll post pics when i get home of the bike pre drop. should be getting soupys rear lowering links and adjustable kick stand in the mail today. the front will be dropped within a week following the rear.

thinking about it more, i will more than likely just modify the undertail to accept a serious drop in the rear pre-stretch than stretch it when i figure out the swingarm situation...going to be fun finding a reasonably priced fabricator to do a custom swingarm. need to stop being lazy and send some emails out lol...

you guys already seem fun, should be an interesting community thats for sure!

snot · May 6th, 2015, 03:08 PM

Welcome

greenaero · May 6th, 2015, 06:51 PM

Welcome Brandon!

cbinker · May 6th, 2015, 07:04 PM

KJohnson21 · May 6th, 2015, 10:33 PM

WatchesME · May 7th, 2015, 09:00 AM

thanks for the welcome guys! my parts are out for delivery today. company happy hour after i leave the office, than i'll walk home and begin the lovely process of slamming this slow turd to the ground! i'll start a build thread with photos of the slammage after its done and start the thread from there going forward i think.

so be on the lookout for that haha

Snake · May 7th, 2015, 10:39 PM

Hello and welcome.

WatchesME · May 8th, 2015, 06:03 AM

its slammed.

where do i make a thread about my two wheel death machine? like a build thread haha

WatchesME · May 8th, 2015, 07:26 AM

Before:

WatchesME · May 8th, 2015, 07:28 AM

After:

johnydecali · May 12th, 2015, 01:11 AM

Hello hello and welcome!

So how does it ride now that it's lowered?

WatchesME · May 12th, 2015, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by johnydecali

Hello hello and welcome!

So how does it ride now that it's lowered?

oh fine, im going to dremel out the front fender well to get more lows in the front yo'. gotta fit in with the cool kids and all ha...

anyways, planning on dremel'ing out the front fender well under the headlight so there isn't any rubbing on the fender. drop the front another couple inches, and raise the rear about...oh...half an inch or so. maybe an inch. i want to be able to have a passenger with me and ride around in town and not scrape as much.

with that said i may have to remove the center stand to get lower, as well as trim the rear fender well so i can completely static drop it to the ground as much as possible.

keep in mind, i live in the city and don't leave the peninsula on the bike. yes, its capable of going on the highway. yes, its capable of still riding elsewhere, but where its so low to the ground i prefer to not chance losing it on the highway because of bottoming out, hitting a pothole, have the fairing get ripped off, etc. its only a city bike, thus why i want static lows to be as low as possible. my office is 4 blocks from my place and it barely warms up by the time i even get to where im going anyways. idk, just thought i would remind people that of course the bike is still functional, its not practical by ANY means lol...

i'll post more pics up as i take them and lower things more. BRAAAAP!

crazymadbastard · May 13th, 2015, 06:18 AM

Love it!

WatchesME · May 13th, 2015, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by crazymadbastard

Love it!

thanks bro!

May 6th, 2015, 05:09 AM	#1
WatchesME ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Portland, ME Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki Ninja ex250 Posts: 11	New member from Maine Hey New member here. This season I'll be on an 05 250. pretty excited. I live in the city. going to be a fun season on a city bike. been a rider for a long time, i started on an ex250 when i first started riding when i was 15. having owned a few late model r6's, an r1, rc51, goldwing, supermoto's, i thinned the fleet a year or so ago to move into the city and with a recent break up (meaning the ex doesn't get the 250) i now am only down to one bike: the 250. My plans in the next week are to have it lowered to the ground, not air ride, just static. trying to source stretched swingarms for these things are damn near impossible, so a custom one will need to be made up i think (if anyone has one just "laying" around...hit me up lol). i'll have the front dropped when the clipons come in from woodcraft and hopefully have some photo's as i plastidip the fairings and spray the wheels as well. should be a good season and sharing the experience with you guys should be a blast! love this community, i have been a lurker over the years as the 08+ models came out and people took a huge liking to them on here. maybe if this ex250 project works out i'll source an 08+ model and have some fun with it! good to be on here guys, thanks for letting me on!

May 6th, 2015, 05:12 AM	#2
DEFY ᗧ•••ᗣ•ᗣᗣ•••ᗣ Name: Nick Location: NY Join Date: Nov 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R and 2014 Triumph 675R Posts: A lot.	Welcome Brandon!!! __________________________________________________ Spoiler for topic: It might just be the [you] tag

May 6th, 2015, 08:15 AM	#6
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Portland is such a good town for eating and drinking. Be careful this summer (all two weeks of it). __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

May 6th, 2015, 08:34 AM	#7
crazymadbastard I'm crazy,your excuse is? Name: Winston Location: Connecticut Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 2007 ninja Posts: A lot.	Welcome to the light stalker! Are you lowering and stretching the swinger to avoid the 144 in lbs of engine torque from inducing unintentional wheelies? Or just for looks? I am a fan of doing things for aesthetics, so please show some pics! __________________________________________________ My Cafe Racer Build My intro post

May 6th, 2015, 08:53 AM	#8
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	Welcome! __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

May 6th, 2015, 09:04 AM	#9
WatchesME ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Portland, ME Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki Ninja ex250 Posts: 11	Thanks everybody for kind welcome!! yes, the summer will be all of two weeks, but i assure you, i'll enjoy every damn bit of it like i do every summer! and come on bro...we all know these 250's produce some serious YUT UGHHH's so keeping that front end down during mad drifts and whoolies require a pretty serious stretch bro.... in all seriousness im doing it for show. my intensions are to scrape fairing everywhere. pretty good slammed ruckus community in southern maine. i would love a ruckus, but i have a ninja 250 that i acquired due to debts owed from the ex, so i really don't want to shell cash for a ruckus. PLUS i can kill them highways dawg on a slammed 250. a ruck would struggle haha. another reason for the slamming is because i never had an opportunity to slam a bike, always kept them relatively stock aside from remaps or jetting and pipes. so this will be my first slam and stretch. i'll post pics when i get home of the bike pre drop. should be getting soupys rear lowering links and adjustable kick stand in the mail today. the front will be dropped within a week following the rear. thinking about it more, i will more than likely just modify the undertail to accept a serious drop in the rear pre-stretch than stretch it when i figure out the swingarm situation...going to be fun finding a reasonably priced fabricator to do a custom swingarm. need to stop being lazy and send some emails out lol... you guys already seem fun, should be an interesting community thats for sure!

May 6th, 2015, 03:08 PM	#10
snot sammich maker Name: snot Location: West Ohio - in the kitchen Join Date: Feb 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 white 300, 09 KLX 250 SF, 09 thunder blue 250(traded) Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '15	Welcome __________________________________________________ https://www.brocksperformance.com/VZ...0035+C450.aspx

May 6th, 2015, 06:51 PM	#11
greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	Welcome Brandon! __________________________________________________ 235 MPG Hypermotorcycling to a better tomorrow

May 6th, 2015, 07:04 PM	#12
cbinker Track Clown Name: Chris Location: Kingman, AZ Join Date: May 2012 Motorcycle(s): '08 250R, 21 MV F3 800, Kawasaki 400 build Posts: A lot. MOTM - Sep '15	__________________________________________________ TEAM ALFALFA www.apexassassins.com

May 6th, 2015, 10:33 PM	#13
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?

May 7th, 2015, 09:00 AM	#14
WatchesME ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Portland, ME Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki Ninja ex250 Posts: 11	thanks for the welcome guys! my parts are out for delivery today. company happy hour after i leave the office, than i'll walk home and begin the lovely process of slamming this slow turd to the ground! i'll start a build thread with photos of the slammage after its done and start the thread from there going forward i think. so be on the lookout for that haha

May 7th, 2015, 10:39 PM	#15
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.

May 8th, 2015, 06:03 AM	#16
WatchesME ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Portland, ME Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki Ninja ex250 Posts: 11	its slammed. where do i make a thread about my two wheel death machine? like a build thread haha

May 8th, 2015, 07:26 AM	#17
WatchesME ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Portland, ME Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki Ninja ex250 Posts: 11	Before:

May 8th, 2015, 07:28 AM	#18
WatchesME ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Portland, ME Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Kawasaki Ninja ex250 Posts: 11	After:

May 12th, 2015, 01:11 AM	#19
johnydecali ninjette.org member Name: john Location: San Francisco Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): '12 Ninja 250r Posts: 68 Blog Entries: 6	Hello hello and welcome! So how does it ride now that it's lowered?

May 13th, 2015, 06:18 AM	#21
crazymadbastard I'm crazy,your excuse is? Name: Winston Location: Connecticut Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 2007 ninja Posts: A lot.	Love it! __________________________________________________ My Cafe Racer Build My intro post

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