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Keen
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PostPosted: 20:49 - 05 Oct 2003    Post subject: my new bike Reply with quote
Hi
finally got myself another machine. Its not exactly a rocket ship but it should do around 110 (only had it at 95 so far), and it'll get me around Florida for a year without any hassle and without breaking the bank (I'm a skint student).
I bought it down in Miami, got the greyhound down (not nice, I don't recommend it, the kind of people who don't own cars in the US....) and then rode it the 360 miles back. Good fun.

Kawasaki Ninja 250r- 250cc 4-stroke twin
2002 model, 3000 miles, showroom condition all for £1200.
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John
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PostPosted: 21:18 - 05 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like the look of that Smile

How does it sound?
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Keen
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PostPosted: 21:30 - 05 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
sounds good for a 250, pretty loud, but I'm used to the high pitched whine of a 2 stroke so it was bound to sound good to me Smile

theres a sound clip here https://www.geocities.com/ninja250nate/ninja250.mp3
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John
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PostPosted: 23:56 - 05 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sounds quite a lot nicer than my 2stroke Wink

Come next summer i'll have a 4st Wink
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one1895
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PostPosted: 13:14 - 06 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks nice bud. Wink
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Major_Grooves
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PostPosted: 13:19 - 06 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah yeah, but be honest - you really wish you were riding the Planet again don't you? Wink
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Racer X
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PostPosted: 15:32 - 06 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice 250 Kawa!!!
Haven't seen one of those in a while!!
Take good care of her mate!!
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Keen
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PostPosted: 19:34 - 06 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Yeah yeah, but be honest - you really wish you were riding the Planet again don't you?

you got me Smile I miss the way the planet looked, but I don't miss pushing it home or buying expensive badly made parts. Plus, the rev counter on this bike is keeping me highly amused, it was a real pain how the planet didn't have one.
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Scotty
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PostPosted: 19:44 - 06 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
John wrote:
Sounds quite a lot nicer than my 2stroke Wink

Come next summer i'll have a 4st Wink


Be proud of the 2 stroke scream!
imagine a 250cc Twin 2 smoke, you know its squeel would have you smiling at delight Very Happy
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Major_Grooves
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 07 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Keen wrote:
Plus, the rev counter on this bike is keeping me highly amused, it was a real pain how the planet didn't have one.


I don't think I ever rode the Planet properly because I never had a clue how many revs were good and how many were killing it so I just never even tried to thrash it.
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Dusty
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PostPosted: 16:45 - 07 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Major_Grooves wrote:
Keen wrote:
Plus, the rev counter on this bike is keeping me highly amused, it was a real pain how the planet didn't have one.


I don't think I ever rode the Planet properly because I never had a clue how many revs were good and how many were killing it so I just never even tried to thrash it.


Surely you got used to it though? It must have had a rev limiter? Couldn't you just have backed off/changed gear when it started hitting the limiter?
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Keen
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PostPosted: 18:20 - 07 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah I just used to thrash it anyway which is probably why its so fucked up.
I just know I never wanna buy another bike without a rev counter.
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Major_Grooves
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PostPosted: 11:53 - 08 Oct 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dusty wrote:
Major_Grooves wrote:
Keen wrote:
Plus, the rev counter on this bike is keeping me highly amused, it was a real pain how the planet didn't have one.


I don't think I ever rode the Planet properly because I never had a clue how many revs were good and how many were killing it so I just never even tried to thrash it.


Surely you got used to it though? It must have had a rev limiter? Couldn't you just have backed off/changed gear when it started hitting the limiter?


Nope I was too paranoid. I just wanted it to last till I did my test so I could get a big bike (with a rev counter Wink ). All this talk of 2 stokes seizing up got to me - besides it was restricted anyway so i was probably thrashing when I was going up steep hills! Laughing
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