First day on my Ninja 250

**imw-hornet** · 28th August 2008, 20:38

Hay Dude , Nice bike , have not seen any in Blue ,,,, looks sweet , Enjoy and remember ,,,,,, Have fun

**Duke girl** · 28th August 2008, 20:55

Like to hear your comment on the mirrors and how well you can see out of them while riding?.

**blairh** · 29th August 2008, 12:26

Originally Posted by Duke girl

Like to hear your comment on the mirrors and how well you can see out of them while riding?.

Yeah, I saw there was another thread about that on here. Personally I don't think the mirrors are fantastic, I do find myself having to move my arm up a bit from my normal riding position to be able to see behind me well. But having said that, it's the only road bike I've ever ridden so don't really have anything to compare it to... I basically just figured they're all like that.

I do, however, keep looking up to see behind me (used to car rear-vision mirror) - gotta get out of that habbit!

**Jerry74** · 29th August 2008, 12:50

Nice bike man

**Solly** · 29th August 2008, 16:15

Nice looking bike...not quite my style [but then I'm not exactly built to fit that style either]

You look right at home on it....might see ya around the streets some time.

**savante** · 29th August 2008, 20:22

Originally Posted by blairh

Hi all

Picked up my baby from the bike shop today.. gotta say SPV in Dunedin looked after me really well, totally impressed with their service.

Had a good fun day of riding around back streets etc and starting to feel like I'm getting the hang of it. Really need to work on hill starts (as I live on a big one!) and cornering a bit faster, still a bit nervous on the corners.. but I think I did ok for my first day!

Ninja is an awesome bike, although I do spend a lot of time worrying about scratching the brand new paint job!

So hoping we'll get a few more nice days down here in Dunedin so I can get out there and get some practice in - today was great! If there's any other newbies in Dunedin who want to come for a slow ride around some quiet streets this weekend, let me know!

Hey Blair!

Mike from Printstop here! - Swing by the store sometime so we can check out your SWEET new ride :-)

Didn't know you were into bikes - I'm hoping to get two wheels this summer (would love a ninja *sigh*)

**No FX** · 29th August 2008, 20:24

Originally Posted by blairh

and cornering a bit faster, still a bit nervous on the corners.. but I think I did ok for my first day!

Dont worry about rushing into going faster you've got years of biking ahead to do that!
Just go at the pace you are comfortable with and speed and cornering will come with time- you woudnt want to lay such a good looking bike on its side

**blairh** · 29th August 2008, 20:26

So true!! Definitely just taking it slow for now.. although even 45 down a straight feels fast

heh

**325rocket** · 29th August 2008, 21:19

nice. looks awesome in blue

**MarkH** · 1st September 2008, 15:49

Originally Posted by blairh

I do, however, keep looking up to see behind me (used to car rear-vision mirror) - gotta get out of that habbit!

I find myself doing the same every time I drive the car for a while then get back to the scoot. Over the last few days I have driven over 900kms in the car and then I go for a ride this morning - the first thing I notice when I look up and to the left is that there is no mirror there.

**blairh** · 1st September 2008, 15:51

Yep.. I also find myself leaning in to corners in the car... doesn't have quite so much effect as on the bike!

**RnB Fan** · 4th September 2008, 14:46

Nice looking bike

Glad to see you are wearing good kit as if you have the misfortune of coming off you need all the protection you can get. Stay safe and have fun.

**ckai** · 5th September 2008, 13:55

I heard the other day that blue is the new green. That's right, kawaski are not doing the green and instead are doing the blue. Really nice blue though. Which pisses the wife off, since she ended up getting a green one a few months ago but her fav colour is blue!

LOL you should have seen her face when she saw it in the bike shop! I left cause I didn't want to be stabbed! Apparently no one new they were getting them.

Have fun dude