New bike

[LiberalNation]

Just bought a new bike (well parents did, paid cash and I hafta pay them back $200 every 2 weeks). A 2008 Ninja 650R, green one. Real nice bike, all the power i could want, balanced and sets well, haven't rode it yet, hope I ain't disapointed in the choice.

[Mr. P]

I donno, I just can't accept a "crotch rocket" as a legitimate motorcycle. It's just a fast way to the cemetery for young inexperienced riders, IMO.

[Pale Rider]

Just bought a new bike (well parents did, paid cash and I hafta pay them back $200 every 2 weeks). A 2008 Ninja 650R, green one. Real nice bike, all the power i could want, balanced and sets well, haven't rode it yet, hope I ain't disapointed in the choice.

Great little bike. Very fast. You'll find it will get you into trouble as fast as it can get you out of trouble. Very impractical for a daily rider.

I donno, I just can't accept a "crotch rocket" as a legitimate motorcycle. It's just a fast way to the cemetery for young inexperienced riders, IMO.

For every one person that crashes on a Harley, a hundred crash on those sport bikes, for the very reason you gave Mr. P.

[LiberalNation]

Great little bike. Very fast.

w00t.

I'm really not a speed demon or crazy when I ride tho. I normally don't push out of my comfort zone. What good is a cool bike if you get a speedin ticket you don't have the cash to pay for not to mention wrecking. Hitting the pavement at 80 doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

[actsnoblemartin]

thats an excellent point, i wont even get on a bike, too scary

I donno, I just can't accept a "crotch rocket" as a legitimate motorcycle. It's just a fast way to the cemetery for young inexperienced riders, IMO.

[Pale Rider]

w00t.

I'm really not a speed demon or crazy when I ride tho. I normally don't push out of my comfort zone. What good is a cool bike if you get a speedin ticket you don't have the cash to pay for not to mention wrecking. Hitting the pavement at 80 doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

Well that bike is fast. Remember dmp and his 650 Suzuki? Didn't take him long to pile that thing up. Just be real careful how far you twist the throttle, because that bike will turn on. My bet is it'll do like 165 mph, with ease.

Maybe you should have stuck with a cruiser style bike, like a Harley Sportster.

[LiberalNation]

Should. It will be like a rocket compared to my 250 honda rebel.

http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/det...ontent=details

[Pale Rider]

Should. It will be like a rocket compared to my 250 honda rebel.

http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/det...ontent=details

No doubt. At least you had a small bike to learn on though. Too many people start right out with no experience at all on a bike like that 650, and they wind up mangled or dead. Can't tell you how many bikes like that I've seen crashed on Geiger Grade going up to Virginia City, or Mount Rose Hwy going up to Lake Tahoe. Both extremely twisty roads they like to race up and down. Bike all messed up in pieces, people laying in the ditch. They go flying past us on our Harley's, but at least we get to where we're going in one piece.

[82Marine89]

w00t.

I'm really not a speed demon or crazy when I ride tho. I normally don't push out of my comfort zone. What good is a cool bike if you get a speedin ticket you don't have the cash to pay for not to mention wrecking. Hitting the pavement at 80 doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

Hitting the pavement at 55 isn't fun, but if you're gonna ride, you're gonna eat asphalt at one time or another. Be careful and have fun.

[Pale Rider]

Hitting the pavement at 55 isn't fun, but if you're gonna ride, you're gonna eat asphalt at one time or another. Be careful and have fun.

And it may not even be your fault. Like the asshole that ran a red light and turned in front of me causing my last crash. Cost the fucker almost $22,500 before it was all said and done. But there's another butt munch out there just waiting to do the same thing again. Got to be REAL careful these days on a bike.

[Trigg]

My husband wants to buy a bike to drive back and forth to work. He's looking at a Yamaha V-star 250 or Suzuki GZ 250, not a big bike just something to drive the back roads and save on gas milage.

Anyone have a comment on these different bikes??

[DragonStryk72]

Just bought a new bike (well parents did, paid cash and I hafta pay them back $200 every 2 weeks). A 2008 Ninja 650R, green one. Real nice bike, all the power i could want, balanced and sets well, haven't rode it yet, hope I ain't disapointed in the choice.

I was always more a fan on low riders. I just have this feeling deep in my soul that my ass is not supposed to be above my head when I'm driving.

[Sitarro]

I would say that your parents are very irresponsible and will regret this decision as you will. There is no second chance on one of those things and unfortunately you will probably take some other young naive girl with you. The entire attitude of that style of bike promotes stupidity and offensive driving when on 2 wheels defensive driving is the only way to stay alive and not end up a vegetable. If they would have bought you a BMW GS650 it would be a different thing, still dangerous for a young, inexperienced driver, but not a race bike that is built for only one thing, going very fast on a RACE TRACK.

I was behind an imbecile, on one of those rice burners, doing about 70 mph in the middle lane of I-45. All of a sudden this clown jumps on to his knees on the seat and cranks the throttle while pulling back and does a 70 mph wheelie, endangering everyone around his dumb ass. Luckily he didn't eat it then he took off doing well over a hundred miles an hour.

insurance must be a treat to pay for.

[Pale Rider]

I would say that your parents are very irresponsible and will regret this decision as you will. There is no second chance on one of those things and unfortunately you will probably take some other young naive girl with you. The entire attitude of that style of bike promotes stupidity and offensive driving when on 2 wheels defensive driving is the only way to stay alive and not end up a vegetable. If they would have bought you a BMW GS650 it would be a different thing, still dangerous for a young, inexperienced driver, but not a race bike that is built for only one thing, going very fast on a RACE TRACK.

I was behind an imbecile, on one of those rice burners, doing about 70 mph in the middle lane of I-45. All of a sudden this clown jumps on to his knees on the seat and cranks the throttle while pulling back and does a 70 mph wheelie, endangering everyone around his dumb ass. Luckily he didn't eat it then he took off doing well over a hundred miles an hour.

insurance must be a treat to pay for.

See it all the time. They love to pull up next to Harleys and do that. I just think to myself, "what a fuckin' moron," and keep on truckin'. I know they'll crash long before I do.

[Pale Rider]

I was always more a fan on low riders. I just have this feeling deep in my soul that my ass is not supposed to be above my head when I'm driving.

I wouldn't mind having one of these kinds of bikes. The Kaw ZX 14 Ninja in fact. But it would be for one thing and one thing only... going fast. It certainly wouldn't be a daily rider. That thing is more an impractical toy than my Harley is.