Signs that you ride a 250/300

[subxero]

I feel like a similar thread exists, I did a search to no avail, if any search ninja's can find it link it up for a merge

Any way, basically just mention small quirky things you notice about these small displacement bikes be it riding or wrenching, whatevs

I got thinking about this the other day when I was riding as I had one of these moments and had to chuckle a little to myself and figured I would post up.


You know you ride a ninja 250 when you get really excited that your bike is still pulling 6th gear up hill on the highway and think "Man! The bike is running good today!! " Then only to realize on the return trip 15 minutes later that you had a 20mph tail wind going up the hill

[Floki]

You know you're on a 250 when you try for 7th gear.
It never happened on my other bikes lol

[Rifleman]

you know you ride a 250 if you twist the throttle until it stops every time you ride.

[LittleRedNinjette]

Originally Posted by Rifleman

you know you ride a 250 if you twist the throttle until it stops every time you ride.

:what he said:

[Rifleman]

Originally Posted by LittleRedNinjette

:what he said:

I got to chuckle. I took my daughter to a friend of mine, he has a Yamaha Zuma. She wanted to give it a ride before she got a 250 of her own.

to start off, she wants to ride behind me... so we are sitting at the curb and I'm twisting the throttle like I do on my TLR... vvvvvvrrrrrVRRvrVRRRRvRRRR

he's like, "what are you doing"... I told him taking her for a ride.

he said, basically you pin the throttle until you are going the speed you want and then back off.

If you do that on the TLR, you are on your back, looking at the sky, with a motorcycle on top of you.

[allanoue]

You know you are on a Ninjetta when you realize your lawn mower has more displacement.
(500cc Briggs & Stratton)

[LittleRedNinjette]

[adouglas]

You know you ride at 250 when someone asks you about the size of the engine and you smile and say "guess."

[DEFY]

You know your on a 250 when the bike manufacturer doesn't even bother putting a sticker on it to mark the model.

[kdogg2077]

You know you're on a 250 when 9000 rpm is your "casual cruising speed".

[johncrist1988]

You know you ride a 250 when you go riding with your buddies and all of them consistently say, "Enjoy your ride, bro!"

...and that's the last you hear from them until you hit your destination.

AND that's completely okay with you! because two of them paid the go fast tax on the way.

[Somchai]

Sometimes the little / small frighten the bigger ones...

Link to original page on YouTube.

[subxero]

you know you have a 250 when a new exhaust and some tuning nets you 25% more hp

[Sirref]

You know you're riding a 250 when you try to open the throttle and realize that it's already pinned

[Suki2003]

You know you ride a 250 when your riding gear cost as much as the bike.

[gitoy]

you know you are on a 250 when you can outmaneuver a rabbit...don't ask me how i know...

[Rifleman]

you know you ride a 250 if your tire prices start with the number 1

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Rifleman

you know you ride a 250 if your tire prices start with the number 1

my pregen tire prices start with a 9

[Ghostt]

When your asked, "how much power it has?"

My standard answer is, "enough to get into trouble, but not enough to get out of trouble"

[Sirref]

@Ghostt
that is entirely too true :'(

[Ghostt]

Originally Posted by Sirref

@Ghostt
that is entirely too true :'(

I say the same thing about my EX500.

[johncrist1988]

Originally Posted by Ghostt

I say the same thing about my EX500.

Which begs the question: How much power is enough power to get out of trouble?

[cadd]

You know you're riding a 250/300 when you can get over 200 miles per tank and still have enough gas to get home.

(note: I purposely chose light traffic, little to no traffic light, 45-55mph back roads for this tank to see how far I can push it. My goal is to hit 250 miles. I think I can do it!)

[Ghostt]

Originally Posted by johncrist1988

Which begs the question: How much power is enough power to get out of trouble?

Depends on the amount of trouble

My old FJ1100 had enough for both, most of the time.

[Ghostt]

Originally Posted by cadd

You know you're riding a 250/300 when you can get over 200 miles per tank and still have enough gas to get home.

(note: I purposely chose light traffic, little to no traffic light, 45-55mph back roads for this tank to see how far I can push it. My goal is to hit 250 miles. I think I can do it!)

My average so far is about 50 mpg, my best is 59 mpg.

This is over 5k miles, and 27 fill ups,

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by johncrist1988

Which begs the question: How much power is enough power to get out of trouble?

generally speaking a modern 600cc I4 or faster is enough to get you "out of trouble" It's all about top end there or the ability to go off road

Originally Posted by cadd

You know you're riding a 250/300 when you can get over 200 miles per tank and still have enough gas to get home.

(note: I purposely chose light traffic, little to no traffic light, 45-55mph back roads for this tank to see how far I can push it. My goal is to hit 250 miles. I think I can do it!)

this reminds me

you know you're on a 300 when you complete a two hour endurance race on one tank of fuel and could still go for another half hour (these bikes dominate open track days, they're easy on the body and fuel so you can stay out on the track for hours on end)

[Ghostt]

When asked why not a 600 or bigger 4 cylinder?

My answer is " with only 2 cylinders, I have half the problems, and maintenance

[verboten1]

Originally Posted by Suki2003

You know you ride a 250 when your riding gear cost as much as more than the bike.

FTFY

My pants cost more than my first 250. My Helmet Cost more than my first 250. My boots cost more than my first 250....lol

[Ghostt]

Originally Posted by verboten1

FTFY

My pants cost more than my first 250. My Helmet Cost more than my first 250. My boots cost more than my first 250....lol

funny, and very true

[dcj13]

You know you ride a 250 when 60+ mpg is not unusual.

[johncrist1988]

Originally Posted by dcj13

You know you ride a 250 when 60+ mpg is not unusual.

You know you ride a Ninjette when you pull into a Walmart and are not surprised when that one guy comes up and asks, "How much for your 650?"

[cadd]

Over 300 miles on this tank!!! Over 75mpg. Record for me. It was hard to keep throttle smooth.

300.6 miles. Required 3.98 gallons of fuel.

Link to original page on YouTube.

[Suki2003]

Originally Posted by verboten1

FTFY

My pants cost more than my first 250. My Helmet Cost more than my first 250. My boots cost more than my first 250....lol

Either your first 250 was a complete POS.. or you bought proper gear.

[subxero]

good sign you ride a 250, your bike is worth just as much use mint as it is use crashed

[JohnnyBravo]

When you and your riding buddies pull up to the gas pump for the second time and you finally decide to put a few drops of gas in instead of eating sandwiches in the store

[csmith12]

When you consider farting as a turbo boost.

[subxero]

^ Is that your race secret? Beans the day before the race, it's like NOS

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Floki

You know you're on a 250 when you try for 7th gear.
It never happened on my other bikes lol

This! Every time.

You know you ride a 250 when you realize that you don't need a tach because it's just constantly screaming.

[csmith12]

Originally Posted by subxero

^ Is that your race secret? Beans the day before the race, it's like NOS

Well, you could just do nothing on those long back straights or.... you could try to push one out for a just a little more.

[subxero]

Originally Posted by csmith12

Well, you could just do nothing on those long back straights or.... you could try to push one out for a just a little more.

The best thing is I totally believe you actually do this