Kawasaki Ninja 250 Tyres

[Slyer]

Yeah, I've loving the green with blue coming in close second.

[brendonjw]

Yeah i didnt think Blue was coming to NZ either. Mine came with dunlop tyres on, cant remember what sort but ill have a look tomorrow for you. Im a newby to riding but have found them fine so far (and tyres are something i dont skimp on on my cars)

[Monie]

look at that. 10,000km and its not even green!

ahhhhhhhhh we all know red goes faster .... and its me riding it so what would you expect me to pootle ...........

[blairh]

Dealer seems certain they're getting their first lot of blue ones in now.. but guess I'll find out next week when it arrives....

[brendonjw]

Mine had dunlop Arrowmax rubber on it.

[fatzx10r]

Hi all

I've just ordered a 2008 Ninja 250 (blue), should have it next week! Sat my handling test today and will get my license on Monday.. can't wait!

Anyway, the only thing I've heard against the Ninja is that the stock tyres are pretty average.. from people who've ridden them, what are your thoughts? Should I upgrade the tyres to something a little better? If so, what?

Cheers =)

welcome to kb

think you will find the stock tyres will be just fine. if this is your first bike, im guessing you will be wanting to take it easy for a while to get used to the bike. and the stock tyres should be more than up to this task. just remember that all tyres when new, dont grip very well till they have a few kay's on them. so that would be something to watch out for

nice choice of bike by the way are you getting it from spv?

[blairh]

Cheers man, I think you're right.. the tyres will be just fine for starting on. Sounds like other people here who are pretty advanced find them fine anyway. Yep getting from SPV hopefully some time this week.. have paid the deposit to secure it, can't wait!! Now to get studying the road code...

I was looking around at the other dealers and only other bike I was interested in was a Honda 250, was a 2002 model and had 25,000 k's on it... $5995... so for $1k more I'm getting a brand new bike with warranty... can't go wrong!

[fatzx10r]

Cheers man, I think you're right.. the tyres will be just fine for starting on. Sounds like other people here who are pretty advanced find them fine anyway. Yep getting from SPV hopefully some time this week.. have paid the deposit to secure it, can't wait!! Now to get studying the road code...

I was looking around at the other dealers and only other bike I was interested in was a Honda 250, was a 2002 model and had 25,000 k's on it... $5995... so for $1k more I'm getting a brand new bike with warranty... can't go wrong!

yeah for sure, my flat mate got a new 250 from there. cost not much more than most the 2nd hand stuff in the other shop's. great looking we bike's the new 250 ninja have you seen the yoshi muffler they have down there for them, that would look bloody cool and give it a bit of sound to. good luck with the road code and may see you on the road at some stage or at spv, im there alot, lol

[Slyer]

There are comments about the tyres in this video:
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=WkqDzeCVkX0
These are pro guys remember... most people won't pushing it anywhere near as hard as these guys.

[fatzx10r]

There are comments about the tyres in this video:
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=WkqDzeCVkX0
These are pro guys remember... most people won't pushing it anywhere near as hard as these guys.

i would'nt be worrying about what they say, they would of been pushing the bike's. if your just taking it easy and getting into the ridding thing it will be all good. when i first started riding i could only afford the cheapest nastiest tyre's you could get, they worked ok, i did'nt start crashing till i got into the bigger bike's with good tyre's on them, lol

[blairh]

yeah for sure, my flat mate got a new 250 from there. cost not much more than most the 2nd hand stuff in the other shop's. great looking we bike's the new 250 ninja have you seen the yoshi muffler they have down there for them, that would look bloody cool and give it a bit of sound to. good luck with the road code and may see you on the road at some stage or at spv, im there alot, lol

yeah have been looking at a few of the exhausts, looks pretty awesome... I think I'm spending enough for now but will definitely put it on down the line! Also want to get the sports back for it to cover up the pillion seat.

[blairh]

i would'nt be worrying about what they say, they would of been pushing the bike's. if your just taking it easy and getting into the ridding thing it will be all good. when i first started riding i could only afford the cheapest nastiest tyre's you could get, they worked ok, i did'nt start crashing till i got into the bigger bike's with good tyre's on them, lol

Yeah I'm sure they'll be fine, will definitely just stick with the stock ones. I can always upgrade them in a few months time if I don't like them.

[Ripperjon]

Ummm... so at the risk of sounding unpopular... I've put 5500Ks on mine and am thinking that i could do with different tyres.
They're pretty plasticy as opposed to rubbery and i dunno but it feels like the profile of them is not very confidence inspiring when leaning over. It feels like you reach a certain point where the tyres feel like they're gonna give up. And i don't mean extreme lean by any means.
Having trouble finding the right sizes though.

[Jerry74]

I just replaced my tyres on the Kawasaki with Pirelli Sport Demons, has transformed the whole way it handles etc.....

Try the Pirellis they are bloody good tyres

[Ripperjon]

I was looking at those actually. They look like they have a more gradual profile on them.

Did you put the same size as stock on them?

I've heard of people putting on 140s or 150s instead of a 130 on the rear.

Where did you get them from, btw?