Kawasaki Ninja 250R

Buy something else and restrict it, £3100 buys a lot of something else, and then you can pull the washers out and have a proper bike afterwards.
 
Been thinking of doing that but not a lot of bikes restrict very well, from what i have read anyway.
 
got to echo atpbx, Restriction does affect the performance (duh) in different ways, since I had mine it it occasionally hesitates under full acceleration, it will also coke up the spark plugs as the bike will run rich but aside from that I cant think of any other reason why not to restrict?
 
I take it you can't ride a proper bike because of your age? If so, just buy a bigger bike, get the restriction certificate and ride it around de-restricted.*












* If it all goes horribly wrong and you crash. You didn't hear that from me.
 
I really really wouldnt reccomend riding it de restricted, if caught (very unlikely) or have an accident (very possible) and they find its not restricted you are not riding within the conditions of your licence so not only is your insurance void your riding without a licence so its bye bye licence time.
 
Currently 19, cba to wait till im 21 only next year but long way away on a bike. Currently on a 125cc.

I do like the 600cc ninja but its a lot bigger in size and im not sure if i would feel comfortable going from 125cc to a 600cc...... would i adjust quickly or not?
 
jaket said:
Currently 19, cba to wait till im 21 only next year but long way away on a bike. Currently on a 125cc.

I do like the 600cc ninja but its a lot bigger in size and im not sure if i would feel comfortable going from 125cc to a 600cc...... would i adjust quickly or not?
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You would only have (roughly) the same power to weight ratio, depending on what bike you bought.
 
get a 400 then.. :p I went from instructors 125 to my 400 and felt a LOT safer on the 400, yea they are heavier that stands to reason but because of that they feel a lot more stable at speed and smoother, if youve ridden a bike before im sure youll be fine.
 
atpbx said:
You would only have (roughly) the same power to weight ratio, depending on what bike you bought.
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Thats true, just don't wana crash.... wouldn't be good where i work :P.

Rich1988 said:
get a 400 then.. :p I went from instructors 125 to my 400 and felt a LOT safer on the 400, yea they are heavier that stands to reason but because of that they feel a lot more stable at speed and smoother, if youve ridden a bike before im sure youll be fine.
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Been looking at 400's not very many that I like.... Recommend anything similiar to the style of the ninja/zx?
 
:p knew this was coming, the VFR 400 is similar ish in looks to the zxr perfectly sized for me at 5' 7" and rides really well, its restricted and you do notice it in the power delivery but its still not slow look up some pictures they have a really nice single swing arm
 
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250Ninja Under powered and overweight.

400's to me are still learner bikes with the 'nearly my first big bike' stigma on them.

I went from 125 to 1100 without any problems and it was unrestricted back then. So if you like the 600 go for it and you won't have problems with it being restricted. No point buying something if you not 100% happy with it IMO.
 
Rich1988 said:
while I agree with finglonga the vfr and zxr can still keep up with bigger 600's without any trouble
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ohh, thats a stretch, both ridden in anger would see the 400's left a very long way behind, only on roads with almost constant sharp corners is this the case.
 
jaket said:
I do like the 600cc ninja but its a lot bigger in size and im not sure if i would feel comfortable going from 125cc to a 600cc...... would i adjust quickly or not?
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You’ll probably find the ‘bigger bikes’ as I did – a million times better than a 125! Seriously, I cannot describe the complete difference I felt going from the 125 on training, to a 500cc – everything just works so much better and you actually enjoy the ride so much more.

A big bike goes better, stops better, steers better and is, in my opinion, much safer on the road – drivers don’t see the “L” plate on a small bike and target it (well treat you like ****), and the added weight means that you’re not as badly affected by cross winds.

As for how you’d personally find them, I don’t know – I can tell you this for a fact though, I vividly recall how I felt when seeing an R1 out on a lesson once; it was a case of ‘how the hell can someone ride that thing, its huge!!!’, but a couple of years later I myself own one and it feels no bigger than my 636 Ninja.

I would go for a bigger bike if I were in your shoes tbh, get it restricted and see out your two years, and then come de-restriction time, you’ll have a totally different bike!

Scort.
 
A suzuki SV650 is a good bike to retrict as it has a lot of punch low down the rpm range which is where you shall want it on a restricted bike.

Whilst the 400's are ok to restrict they only get going from about 8000rpm up and thats the spot where the restrictor kit stops the power going any higher.
 
Rich1988 said:
while I agree with finglonga the vfr and zxr can still keep up with bigger 600's without any trouble
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Really not true at all!

Personally I'd wait out the year-and-a-bit and do a DAS course. Restricting bikes is a right pain in the butt and is no fun at all. A year ain't all that long :)
 
the ninja 250r looks ok but like others said it's woefully underpowered....and quite lardy

the 400s are good, but they are abit to much like hard work on the road... I had a VFR400 NC24, was a lovely little bike but was very buzzy, lotsa revs and not much oomph. still a lot of fun though

not sure on what license your gonna have, but if your restricted to 33bhp then the ninja 250 is prolly a good bike... restricting any bike that naturally makes a lot more power produces a really bad bike to ride

there was one up poole quay last tuesday and it fitted in with all the rest of the bikes just fine...
 
I love the 400's, and they're perfect for the shorter guy (i'm 5'8), The R6 and Daytona 675 at least are just a tiny bit too tall to be 'comfortable' for me, can ride them fine but not ideal.

I've had both an FZR400 and a VFR400, and the VFR would be my choice anyday (still got my NC30 just it's a racebike now)

I'm actually now looking at getting another NC30 for the road, I did buy a Daytona 675 but got rid of it for two reasons, firstly I needed the money for racing and secondly it just seemed pointless to have something so quick on the roads, riding the NC30 round a track at 100% of my ability was far more fun than riding the Daytona on the road where you can't push anywhere near 100%.

So yeah, buy an NC30 and be happy :) :p
 
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