Ninja 2013 release event in Times Square NYC! - September 13 - Page 3

Ninja Chris · September 13th, 2012, 10:32 AM

Update: 13 minutes until unveiling according to their official time clock

Old Lemon · September 13th, 2012, 10:33 AM

12 minutes

Lychee · September 13th, 2012, 10:46 AM

An old white guy has taken the stage... I guess it is starting! LOL

EsrTek · September 13th, 2012, 10:57 AM

All that time and setup to get that done to announce 2 bikes!! Seems kind of a waste of time/money.

US getting the 300 and 636..not 1 mention of the ninja 400 (I was secretly hoping that would be in there).

Anyway waiting to see if Honda comes out w a 500R http://www.indiancarsbikes.in/motorc...ja-400r-61905/

Bristecom · September 13th, 2012, 11:02 AM

Uhm, that was pathetic. Are they going to talk about the bikes at all or just stand around like idiots?

akxel · September 13th, 2012, 11:07 AM

2pm pacific or what time zone?

Bristecom · September 13th, 2012, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akxel

2pm pacific or what time zone?

Eastern Time... It's in New York (Times Square). So it's almost over. Go to kawasaki.com if you want to watch it.

Bristecom · September 13th, 2012, 11:17 AM

Aaand it's over. Glad I wasted 2 hours. All they did was roll the bikes out so we could see them but anyone who cared already knew what they looked like! The only thing we learned was that there will likely be a white version available in the US. Ugh...

Penguin1120 · September 13th, 2012, 11:22 AM

Thought the whole event was tacky and not very well thought out. The MC's seemed to annoy the crowd the more they tried to hype them up.

I can't imagine how much money Kawasaki wasted putting this event together.

Bristecom · September 13th, 2012, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin1120

Thought the whole event was tacky and not very well thought out. The MC's seemed to annoy the crowd the more they tried to hype them up.

I can't imagine how much money Kawasaki wasted putting this event together.

Honestly, what a disaster. That was probably the worst product revealing/presentation I've ever seen and it probably cost them huge amounts of money. I feel bad for Kawasaki Japan. Is this what they think Americans want? If you're going to have an event at least have someone talk about the details of the bikes or ride them around a bit or SOMETHING! They would have been much better off just putting it up on their website or doing it at their US headquarters. I doubt anyone in that crowd is actually going to buy one of those bikes. They all looked like they were just there for free t-shirts.

Lil_Green_Demon · September 13th, 2012, 11:29 AM

I'm glad I decided not to watch it. lol Sounds pretty disappointing.

Klondike1020 · September 13th, 2012, 11:41 AM

Just got here

Penguin1120 · September 13th, 2012, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bristecom

Honestly, what a disaster. That was probably the worst product revealing/presentation I've ever seen and it probably cost them huge amounts of money. I feel bad for Kawasaki Japan. Is this what they think Americans want? If you're going to have an event at least have someone talk about the details of the bikes or ride them around a bit or SOMETHING! They would have been much better off just putting it up on their website or doing it at their US headquarters. I doubt anyone in that crowd is actually going to buy one of those bikes. They all looked like they were just there for free t-shirts.

For less money, Kawasaki could have announced "Ninja's invade Newyork..." had a fleet of Ninja 300's and 636's roaming the streets of New York. A few cameras and GoPro's to watch people's reactions as the bikes rode by, maybe interview some hippies on the streets about how cool the new bikes look, then put together a short vid to display on Kawasaki's website and make a few commercials out of it.

Heed · September 13th, 2012, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil_Green_Demon

I'm glad I decided not to watch it. lol Sounds pretty disappointing.

yeah, you didn't miss anything

kingkang204 · September 13th, 2012, 11:53 AM

They're not as good as Apple when it comes to unveiling new products.

Lil_Green_Demon · September 13th, 2012, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin1120

For less money, Kawasaki could have announced "Ninja's invade Newyork..." had a fleet of Ninja 300's and 636's roaming the streets of New York. A few cameras and GoPro's to watch people's reactions as the bikes rode by, maybe interview some hippies on the streets about how cool the new bikes look, then put together a short vid to display on Kawasaki's website and make a few commercials out of it.

You should get hired by Kawasaki's marketing team.

SSG54 · September 13th, 2012, 12:13 PM

I'm still here

Panda · September 13th, 2012, 12:25 PM

I was there an hour ago and left. I'll be back up at 6ish.

choneofakind · September 13th, 2012, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin1120

For less money, Kawasaki could have announced "Ninja's invade Newyork..." had a fleet of Ninja 300's and 636's roaming the streets of New York. A few cameras and GoPro's to watch people's reactions as the bikes rode by, maybe interview some hippies on the streets about how cool the new bikes look, then put together a short vid to display on Kawasaki's website and make a few commercials out of it.

That would actually be pretty cool!

Klondike1020 · September 13th, 2012, 02:47 PM

He of anyone else is here text me
5856830483
They gave 100 $ gift cards to people to show their keys as a pic of them on their bike

Bigballsofpaint · September 13th, 2012, 07:57 PM

my friend won one of the gift cards with a picture i text him, he was on one side of the audience and i was on the other. It had 3 of us on our ninjettes in the picture. I thought it was a fun event, your right thought it was more for the common tourist in time square than for a hardcore enthusiest. Got a ton of free stuff!

Klondike1020 · September 13th, 2012, 09:31 PM

It was a disappointment. Big time . When they asked people to cheer for the stunt team no one did. But at least I got to sit on the bikes and what not. It was extra disappointing how the kawa reps didn't know the new specs. Didnt know about available upgrades. Didn't know anything. I talked to about 8 reps and none had useful info besides msrp .

I think it was a big rouse to make sport bike more main stream show off trendy. Get the urbanites and punk kids into it for squiding it up and looking cool.

Jono · September 13th, 2012, 09:39 PM

Yeah when I watched it online I saw two guys talking out of their asses while two stunt bikers were doing lame ass stunts. And most of that was them hitting the rev limiter and then doing burnouts and they even dropped their bikes quite a few times. It was stupid. Couldn't watch that **** for more than a few minutes.

dirty nasty · September 13th, 2012, 09:50 PM

I stopped by to check out the bikes. Watched the stunting for a minute and decided it sucked. The bikes were gorgeous! Kinda disappointed they had a KZ900 on display rather than an H1 or an H2 smoker. The Top Gun Ninja was present. They were handing out Monster like mad, which I was only happy with because I had done a lot of riding and had to do a LOT more. The guy they had rapping about stunting and the Kawasaki Ninja was hilarious, but with what he had to work with, I suppose he was a good rapper. I got to sit on the new 636 and it feels SAWEEET! Well, as much as you can tell about how a bike will feel from sitting stationary on it, which is absolutely nothing. I left shortly after arriving and went and explored the rest of the city with a lady friend with the rest of my day, which was a freaking blast!

They should have had test rides. That 636 was calling my name.

00NissanNinja · September 13th, 2012, 10:59 PM

"Make some noise!!!!!!" I was damn shut up, every two seconds watching the stream lol. Jason Britton didn't even do his stuff either...and his teammate kept dropping the bike that was funny though.

September 13th, 2012, 11:07 AM	#86
akxel ninjette.org newbie Name: akxel Location: San Diego Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): None Yet Posts: 8	2pm pacific or what time zone? Last futzed with by akxel; September 13th, 2012 at 11:09 AM. Reason: inproper grammar

September 13th, 2012, 11:53 AM	#95
kingkang204 ninjette.org guru Name: Matthew Location: Washington Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): Bike-less, Can I ride yours? Posts: 318	They're not as good as Apple when it comes to unveiling new products. __________________________________________________ RR stands for Responsible Riding... Right?

September 13th, 2012, 10:59 PM	#105
00NissanNinja I hate driving... Name: S Location: SW Ohio Join Date: Jul 2010 Motorcycle(s): 13 Triumph Street Triple R, 09 Ninja 250r (Sold 4/20/12) Posts: A lot.	"Make some noise!!!!!!" I was damn shut up, every two seconds watching the stream lol. Jason Britton didn't even do his stuff either...and his teammate kept dropping the bike that was funny though. __________________________________________________ 09 ninja 2fiddy SE Driving slow things fast

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September 13th, 2012, 10:32 AM	#81
Ninja Chris ninjette.org member Name: Christian Location: Orange County, Ca Join Date: Jan 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Black & Yellow Ninja 250 Posts: 70	Update: 13 minutes until unveiling according to their official time clock

September 13th, 2012, 10:33 AM	#82
Old Lemon Lays er down Name: Michael Location: Maryland Join Date: Apr 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Lime green Ninja 250R Posts: A lot.	12 minutes

September 13th, 2012, 10:46 AM	#83
Lychee sail away Name: Jon Location: San Jose Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): gixxer (sold), ninjette (upgrade!) Posts: 964 Blog Entries: 8	An old white guy has taken the stage... I guess it is starting! LOL

September 13th, 2012, 10:57 AM	#84
EsrTek ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Murfreesboro, TN Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): '13 300 Posts: A lot.	All that time and setup to get that done to announce 2 bikes!! Seems kind of a waste of time/money. US getting the 300 and 636..not 1 mention of the ninja 400 (I was secretly hoping that would be in there). Anyway waiting to see if Honda comes out w a 500R http://www.indiancarsbikes.in/motorc...ja-400r-61905/

September 13th, 2012, 11:02 AM	#85
Bristecom ninjette.org member Name: Brian Location: Indianapolis Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): None Posts: 37	Uhm, that was pathetic. Are they going to talk about the bikes at all or just stand around like idiots?

September 13th, 2012, 11:17 AM	#88
Bristecom ninjette.org member Name: Brian Location: Indianapolis Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): None Posts: 37	Aaand it's over. Glad I wasted 2 hours. All they did was roll the bikes out so we could see them but anyone who cared already knew what they looked like! The only thing we learned was that there will likely be a white version available in the US. Ugh...

September 13th, 2012, 11:22 AM	#89
Penguin1120 ninjette.org member Name: Andrew Location: Northern VA Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250R, 1993 CBR900RR, 1974 CB360T Posts: 17	Thought the whole event was tacky and not very well thought out. The MC's seemed to annoy the crowd the more they tried to hype them up. I can't imagine how much money Kawasaki wasted putting this event together.

September 13th, 2012, 11:29 AM	#91
Lil_Green_Demon Winging It In Life Name: Umar Location: SoCal Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250R; 2011 250R (sold) Posts: A lot.	I'm glad I decided not to watch it. lol Sounds pretty disappointing.

September 13th, 2012, 11:41 AM	#92
Klondike1020 Intrepid Adventurer Name: Josh Location: Rochester/Buffalo NY Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2004 GSXR 750 , 71 cb350streettracker, 07 Polaris Predator 500 Posts: A lot.	Just got here

September 13th, 2012, 12:13 PM	#97
SSG54 ninjette.org member Name: Benny Location: Brooklyn NY Join Date: Sep 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: 149	I'm still here

September 13th, 2012, 12:25 PM	#98
Panda not an actual panda Name: dan Location: philadelphia Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250, 2009 CBR600RR (Sold) Posts: A lot.	I was there an hour ago and left. I'll be back up at 6ish.

September 13th, 2012, 02:47 PM	#100
Klondike1020 Intrepid Adventurer Name: Josh Location: Rochester/Buffalo NY Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2004 GSXR 750 , 71 cb350streettracker, 07 Polaris Predator 500 Posts: A lot.	He of anyone else is here text me 5856830483 They gave 100 $ gift cards to people to show their keys as a pic of them on their bike

September 13th, 2012, 07:57 PM	#101
Bigballsofpaint ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jay Location: CT Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2015 636 ABS - 69 Honda 305 Posts: A lot.	my friend won one of the gift cards with a picture i text him, he was on one side of the audience and i was on the other. It had 3 of us on our ninjettes in the picture. I thought it was a fun event, your right thought it was more for the common tourist in time square than for a hardcore enthusiest. Got a ton of free stuff!

September 13th, 2012, 09:31 PM	#102
Klondike1020 Intrepid Adventurer Name: Josh Location: Rochester/Buffalo NY Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2004 GSXR 750 , 71 cb350streettracker, 07 Polaris Predator 500 Posts: A lot.	It was a disappointment. Big time . When they asked people to cheer for the stunt team no one did. But at least I got to sit on the bikes and what not. It was extra disappointing how the kawa reps didn't know the new specs. Didnt know about available upgrades. Didn't know anything. I talked to about 8 reps and none had useful info besides msrp . I think it was a big rouse to make sport bike more main stream show off trendy. Get the urbanites and punk kids into it for squiding it up and looking cool.

September 13th, 2012, 09:39 PM	#103
Jono ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jono Location: Memphis, TN Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Triumph Street Triple, 2009 KLX250SF, 2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold), 2006 Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: A lot.	Yeah when I watched it online I saw two guys talking out of their asses while two stunt bikers were doing lame ass stunts. And most of that was them hitting the rev limiter and then doing burnouts and they even dropped their bikes quite a few times. It was stupid. Couldn't watch that **** for more than a few minutes.

September 13th, 2012, 09:50 PM	#104
dirty nasty ninjette.org sage Name: Karl Location: MA Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2000 Kwak Ninja 250 and 1998 Yamaha YZ400F Posts: 534	I stopped by to check out the bikes. Watched the stunting for a minute and decided it sucked. The bikes were gorgeous! Kinda disappointed they had a KZ900 on display rather than an H1 or an H2 smoker. The Top Gun Ninja was present. They were handing out Monster like mad, which I was only happy with because I had done a lot of riding and had to do a LOT more. The guy they had rapping about stunting and the Kawasaki Ninja was hilarious, but with what he had to work with, I suppose he was a good rapper. I got to sit on the new 636 and it feels SAWEEET! Well, as much as you can tell about how a bike will feel from sitting stationary on it, which is absolutely nothing. I left shortly after arriving and went and explored the rest of the city with a lady friend with the rest of my day, which was a freaking blast! They should have had test rides. That 636 was calling my name.