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Posted: 15:40 - 07 May 2021 Post subject: |
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Nice one - I 'll sit on my hands and give the 300 a try. If anyone is interested I'll happiy post a review of a 300 by a serial 600 rider.
Stay safe, keep it rubber side down. ____________________ Kwak 636 (2005)
Past - 2016 Ninja 300 (dark grey); K4 GSXR 600 (sexy yellow); 2002 CBR600FS; 2004 GSXR 1000; 2006 Kwak 636; 2005 Yamaha XVS 1100 Dragstar (facepalm); 2005 Kwak 636; 2011 Yamaha R125. |
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Small bikes rock!
I know it’s obvious, just remember it’s not a muscle bike, get your mindset into that and it’ll be fine .
I have a couple of 250’s and have no issues in traffic.
I stick to A & B roads.
I’m not fazed to take my 250’s on the motorway if I really need to.
A 300, should cope , no problem. ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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I would regret it, but aside from the handling, I've never really been a fan of the small stuff, unless it was 2T.
They are good for city riding though, so you'll only miss the extra on those motorway jaunts probably if that's all you do. But if all I did was cities and motorways, I'd be missing all the things I love most about biking. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Quote: | To you intelligent and experienced riders, |
That ain't me, but I'll offer an opinion anyway.
I think it will be fun. If I wanted to get into track riding, I'd probably go for either a 300 "sports" or a CB500. Elastic engine, forgiving of error, etc.
No, it probably doesn't deserve the "Ninja" title, but that's all marketing hype from the 80s anyway. Ninjas were a movie sensation back then.
I've recently got myself a little classic bike to whizz about on, on short rides. It will be a few weeks before it works, but it's going to be set up nicely. Right tool for the job, etc. The sort of bike you buy when you know the sort of rides you usually do, and what makes you tick. More fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow, etc. |
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Honestly, I have more fun riding a fast bike slow than vice versa. I've no idea why, it makes no sense. When in town I'd much rather be on my 900 than my 500 or 250. It's comfy, and believe it or not, easier (or certainly as easy) to ride slowly. It's turning circle isn't bad at all, either. It's slim enough to filter as much as the smaller bikes, yet has more presence.
Then, once out of town, it's piss easy to overtake. The only time it can get difficult is tight b-roads, which admittedly is where a 300 would start to properly happen. But on lanes smaller than tight b-roads the 900 comes back again - because there's only so many liberties you can take through tight corners on lanes that're only wide enough for one vehicle. I ride a lot of those kinds of routes, not least because of where I live, but also because I now really enjoy it. A couple of years ago I did everything to avoid them - but there's such a huge network of such lanes in my area that I somehow got into it, through exploring. And now it's a regular habit.
Probably the best bike for it would be a GS, or failing that, a Tiger or similar. A twenty year old sports tourer, not so much. But one thing it does have going for it - and this is where a 300 would fail - is eminently adjustable suspension. With not much in the way of travel, it's good to be able to fiddle - even better to get a dedicated suspension guy to set it up for where and how you ride. Not sure how much fiddling can be done on lower spec'd bikes.
The long and short of it is, of course, you have to think where you're going to doing most of your riding. And - also really important - for how long. A 300 is fine for a half hour, an hour - maybe an hour and a half on good roads, if you're small, lithe and not too heavy. But it might get to be a PITA - figuratively and literally - otherwise. ____________________ "Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."
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My daughter had one of those 300 Ninja things and used it in and around Sydney for a while (somewhat less experienced than you, or even I, but she got about in Sydney traffic alright, and then out to the countryside. So if it can do an Aussie big city and out to the countryside (not outback, mind ) ... then it can probably do the same here.
Although yeah, it might be a bit gutless for what you're used to. ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Then there are Street Triples*, which give you some of the best of both worlds.
Sorry, but it had to be said
*Apparently not in that London though, where they are seen as belonging to The Collective. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Small 4Ts are just too gutless and bland imo. 2Ts of small capacity at least had character in their power delivery, and enough sudden go to grab at gaps in moving traffic with a bit of judicious booting of the gear lever. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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What would a relatively highly tuned 400cc (or thereabouts) 4T triple be like? I can't think if anything like that has been tried by any manufacturer? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | Honestly, I have more fun riding a fast bike slow than vice versa. I've no idea why, it makes no sense. |
I'm sort of the same, but nowadays, fast bikes can also be of relatively low weight and sharp handling. The only thing you're not doing with them is caning them in the twisties. They just require a little more control with the throttle. But the nice thing is, when the road opens out, you have all that lovely power to indulge in. It isn't like it used to be where fast bikes (other than 2Ts) were necessarily heavy and poor handling. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 354 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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