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October 28th, 2010, 09:20 PM
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ninjette.org newbie
Name: Devin
Location: Portland, OR
Join Date: Oct 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja EX250F Silver Posts: 2
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new to ninjettes, not to bikes
hey. i've been riding in oregon (and beyond) regularly for 17 years. have a little bit of track time racing and track days at PIR. I've had an old honda hawk 450, yamaha radian 600, suzuki bandit 1200, honda vfr 750, yamaha xs 360. I lived in Malaysia for 15 months and saw so many people having fun on small bore bikes or just using them for daily transport of course. i rented bikes in different places around malaysia and laos. they were always 250 or less and I still had a blast. i've always owned bigger bikes but i think they are just another symbol of the overconsumption of the US culture. granted, a 250 can never give me the feeling of hard acceleration rolling on out of a corner on the edge of breaking the rear loose that i love so much. but life is full of compromises isn't it? when i moved back from malaysia to oregon last month, i was determined to by a small bike and I was the proud owner of a silver 2007 ex250f the next day. it had only 1061 miles on it. hopefully someone just finished breaking it in nicely for me
 Unfortunately I crashed it the first weekend on a ride to mt. st. helens. it was on a hard left hairpin with 15 mph recommended speed posted. we had just stopped for a 20 min break so those crappy stock tires that had sit for 3 years hardening which had never seen the pavement on that part of the contact patch just didn't hang on to that moist shaded stretch of the road that morning. D'oh! My bad for riding it like it was a supersport bike. But it crashed very well and my aerostich protected me completely. i rode the tar out of it the rest of the day anyway, almost keeping up with my friend on the superhawk and leaving the multistrada, fx6 and 650 vstrom in the dust. i glued the turn signal lens back on and she's almost as good as new except for some scratches. i bought her sans front fender so i'm on here looking for a silver, black, or red front fender. look forward to lots of exchanges on here. l8r
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October 28th, 2010, 09:22 PM
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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.
Blog Entries: 7
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October 29th, 2010, 12:03 PM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Rose
Location: San Diego
Join Date: Aug 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Blue Ninja 250R Posts: 650
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October 29th, 2010, 12:03 PM
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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
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Hello and welcome.
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October 29th, 2010, 04:39 PM
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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
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October 29th, 2010, 05:07 PM
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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.
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Welcome to the forum
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October 29th, 2010, 05:34 PM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Jonathan
Location: Beaverton OR
Join Date: Jul 2010 Motorcycle(s): Candy Thunder blue 2009 kawasaki 250r, 2010 Dark Stealth Ducati Monster 696. Posts: 891
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