SF Bay Area Ninjetters invited for FE/fun runs 9/27-9/30

greenaero · September 8th, 2013, 08:03 PM

Alan Smith and I will be doing some testing on our streamlined Ninja 250's for the upcoming 2013 Vetter Las Vegas Challengehttp://craigvetter.com/pages/2013-Challenges/2013-Las%20Vegas-Challenge.html. We thought we would extend an invitation to our friends here to join us for a ride.

Update: The ride will be on Saturday 9/28/2013, departing at 10:30 AM from a Union 76 Gas station at 200 Greenville Rd., Livermore 94551. The course will be to Mines RD to “The Junction” to a break. Then heading for Patterson on Del Puerto RD. At Patterson we will take a lunch break before heading back on HWY 33 to Corral Hollow/Tesla RD back to the starting point, the union 76 station on Greenville RD. There we fill top off our tanks and compare fuel economy. The pace will be MGR/noobie friendly Total distance is about 114-miles. See you Saturday morning, YMMV.

tfkrocks · September 8th, 2013, 08:51 PM

I'm down for any time sep 27-29.

greenaero · September 8th, 2013, 09:20 PM

Great! Hopefully we'll get some more riders.

Jiggles · September 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM

That saturday

greenaero · September 9th, 2013, 09:01 AM

Hi Sean, Great! Saturday 9/28 would work fine so far. SO that's 4 of us so far.

anacron · September 9th, 2013, 09:13 AM

I'm up for that Saturday.

Lychee · September 9th, 2013, 09:38 AM

tough mudder that weekend

greenaero · September 9th, 2013, 02:14 PM

And Adi makes 5 !

Jon, Sorry you can't make it Saturday, next time perhaps.

Snprshot3 · September 9th, 2013, 09:34 PM

Im free as long as its after 1pm. Unfortunately I have work from 9am-1pm.

greenaero · September 11th, 2013, 09:55 AM

Hi Loren, 1 PM is probably too late a start for most people but we'll see. So far it looks like the consensus for the ride is for Saturday 9/28/13.

greenaero · September 23rd, 2013, 11:19 AM

Bump, check the first post for the latest

tfkrocks · September 23rd, 2013, 11:24 AM

Damn I forgot about this. It's hard to decide between this and a ride for pie...

CycleCam303 · September 23rd, 2013, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tfkrocks

Damn I forgot about this. It's hard to decide between this and a ride for pie...

But pie is American! Wait that ride wasnt yesterday?

tfkrocks · September 23rd, 2013, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycleCam303

But pie is American! Wait that ride wasnt yesterday?

BigB has one planned for this coming Sat. The allure of delicious food is very strong lol.

greenaero · September 27th, 2013, 08:25 AM

The ride will be tomorrow. Saturday 9/28/2013, departing at 10:30 AM from a Union 76 Gas station at 200 Greenville Rd., Livermore 94551. The course will be to Mines RD to “The Junction” for a break. Then heading for Patterson on Del Puerto RD. At Patterson we will take a lunch break before heading back on HWY 33 to Corral Hollow/Tesla RD back to the starting point, the Union 76 station on Greenville RD. There we fill top off our tanks and compare fuel economy. The pace will be MGR/noobie friendly Total distance is about 114-miles. See you tomorrow, thx Vic

greenaero · September 28th, 2013, 04:29 PM

I got back from our ride earlier afternoon. It was just Alan and me so we went on our usual fuel economy testing route rather than the route we had initially planned. Alan rode his non-streamlined Ninja 250 that he has raised the gearing to 15/33 and used a small aero-trunk that he made. Alan has had the valve timing changed for more low-end torque. I rode my streamliner on which I had added a bellypan and raised the back of the windscreen. My gearing is also 15/33. The weather was perfect; warm to hot with gentle winds. We rode to Tesla RD, to Corral Hollow Rd to Tracy then crossed over to Hwy 33 to Patterson. We stopped there for some lunch and had some great burritos. We reversed our route back to the gas station and refilled. Alan went the 106.7 miles on .893 gallon for 119.48 mpg.

I went the 106.7 miles on .728 gallon for 146.6 mpg.

This was a new personal best for me. It was also a best for Alan on this bike. A very good day all in all.

September 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM	#4
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	That saturday __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

September 9th, 2013, 09:38 AM	#7
Lychee sail away Name: Jon Location: San Jose Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): gixxer (sold), ninjette (upgrade!) Posts: 964 Blog Entries: 8	tough mudder that weekend __________________________________________________ Unregistered found this post helpful. Track Day Preparation Checklist 1. Financial 2. Mental 3. Physical 4. Gear / Bike

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greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	Great! Hopefully we'll get some more riders.

September 9th, 2013, 09:01 AM	#5
greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	Hi Sean, Great! Saturday 9/28 would work fine so far. SO that's 4 of us so far.

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anacron ninjette.org guru Name: Adi Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Apr 2013 Motorcycle(s): Triumph Street Triple R Posts: 380	I'm up for that Saturday.

September 9th, 2013, 02:14 PM	#8
greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	And Adi makes 5 ! Jon, Sorry you can't make it Saturday, next time perhaps.

September 9th, 2013, 09:34 PM	#9
Snprshot3 ninjette.org newbie Name: Loren Location: San Jose,CA Join Date: Aug 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Posts: 9	Im free as long as its after 1pm. Unfortunately I have work from 9am-1pm.

September 11th, 2013, 09:55 AM	#10
greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	Hi Loren, 1 PM is probably too late a start for most people but we'll see. So far it looks like the consensus for the ride is for Saturday 9/28/13.

September 23rd, 2013, 11:19 AM	#11
greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	Bump, check the first post for the latest

September 23rd, 2013, 11:24 AM	#12
tfkrocks ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rebecca Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300 w/ ABS, 2014 NC700X, 2008 Ninja 250 (sold), 2002 Ninja 250 (sold) Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jan '18, Sep '13	Damn I forgot about this. It's hard to decide between this and a ride for pie...

September 27th, 2013, 08:25 AM	#15
greenaero Motorcycle Hypermiler Name: Vic Location: Livermore CA Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): 1999 & 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R's Posts: A lot.	The ride will be tomorrow. Saturday 9/28/2013, departing at 10:30 AM from a Union 76 Gas station at 200 Greenville Rd., Livermore 94551. The course will be to Mines RD to “The Junction” for a break. Then heading for Patterson on Del Puerto RD. At Patterson we will take a lunch break before heading back on HWY 33 to Corral Hollow/Tesla RD back to the starting point, the Union 76 station on Greenville RD. There we fill top off our tanks and compare fuel economy. The pace will be MGR/noobie friendly Total distance is about 114-miles. See you tomorrow, thx Vic