Brownbikerbabe
17th April 2010, 10:34
Ok, picked up the baby today...My 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Special Edition!!!http://www.flickr.com/photos/veasna_lim/4437492212/
I have been nothing but a cruiser rider and ...holy cow, what a huge attitude adjustment I had to make today for my first ride home on a sporty. Its like the first day of ever riding your first bike...scared stiff...Figures it has to be a windy day! I was holding on for dear life...sportys get blown around!!!
I am used to a lovely heavy bike, nice windshield protection, only 5 gears, heal toe shifter, a long wheel base ...holy cow the steering in a sporty is short and tight, I need to get used to that.
Well, hubby tells me I was going too slow:scooter:...lots of cars behind him, he was driving behind me in his van as a blocker...first day with sporty and all...The gauges read the speed limits, and I was keeping the rpm upto 6000 max as suggested for a new 250 cc bike for the first 1000km, but damn its a completely different riding experience for me. Although bike speedometer read 100 km, hubby swears I didn't go over 80kmph, maybe it was the head wind.... I feel like a complete and utter noob.:blink:
Turning was as if I was on a one of those elderly scooters...slow and steady, new tires and all and now I need to lean MORE! Yikes!:shit: Not used to that. The steering on my cruiser is wide grip and this sporty is alot tighter so a slight nudge and tilt and I am doing cirlcles....:shit: gonna have to go to an empty parking lot some where and do some drills with this new bike me thinks...
There are alot of things I'm going to have to learn, 6 gear shifting for instance, tipping it over more on turns. I am now a human windshield...etc....
but I do have to tell you that being closer to the bike seating wise, I feel alot more incontrol of the bike,where as on a cruiser your basically sitting straight up.
Any tips people for this born again noob?
I have been nothing but a cruiser rider and ...holy cow, what a huge attitude adjustment I had to make today for my first ride home on a sporty. Its like the first day of ever riding your first bike...scared stiff...Figures it has to be a windy day! I was holding on for dear life...sportys get blown around!!!
I am used to a lovely heavy bike, nice windshield protection, only 5 gears, heal toe shifter, a long wheel base ...holy cow the steering in a sporty is short and tight, I need to get used to that.
Well, hubby tells me I was going too slow:scooter:...lots of cars behind him, he was driving behind me in his van as a blocker...first day with sporty and all...The gauges read the speed limits, and I was keeping the rpm upto 6000 max as suggested for a new 250 cc bike for the first 1000km, but damn its a completely different riding experience for me. Although bike speedometer read 100 km, hubby swears I didn't go over 80kmph, maybe it was the head wind.... I feel like a complete and utter noob.:blink:
Turning was as if I was on a one of those elderly scooters...slow and steady, new tires and all and now I need to lean MORE! Yikes!:shit: Not used to that. The steering on my cruiser is wide grip and this sporty is alot tighter so a slight nudge and tilt and I am doing cirlcles....:shit: gonna have to go to an empty parking lot some where and do some drills with this new bike me thinks...
There are alot of things I'm going to have to learn, 6 gear shifting for instance, tipping it over more on turns. I am now a human windshield...etc....
but I do have to tell you that being closer to the bike seating wise, I feel alot more incontrol of the bike,where as on a cruiser your basically sitting straight up.
Any tips people for this born again noob?