When I'm Right I'm Right!!!

[Tmall]

We're on your side. Being condescending to the others....

[pauldun170]

I'm going to put it on record that a 250 Ninja is an annoying bike to ride on the highway.
However, I did enjoy riding it (belonged to a friend who traded it in for an R6 16 months later).

I wouldn't want it as my only bike though.
That would suck balls.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I'm going to put it on record that a 250 Ninja is an annoying bike to ride on the highway.
However, I did enjoy riding it (belonged to a friend who traded it in for an R6 16 months later).

I wouldn't want it as my only bike though.
That would suck balls.

Hey, I like it in town! I'd also would mind a Piagio or Vespa either. When the road opens up though, that is not the bike to be on period.

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I'm going to put it on record that a 250 Ninja is an annoying bike to ride on the highway.
However, I did enjoy riding it (belonged to a friend who traded it in for an R6 16 months later).

I wouldn't want it as my only bike though.
That would suck balls.

I agree with this post....

[RACER X]

i thought it was fun.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by RACER X

i thought it was fun.

In town I agree but there would be money spent on brakes and suspension if it were mine... yuck!!!

[Kerry_129]

Originally Posted by shmike

The notion that smaller is always easier / more docile is inaccurate at best.

Good point, and applies to the 2-fiddy as well. It forces you to work it to maintain momentum, and isn't necessarily easy. And you can still overcook a corner, it's just not as likely to overwhelm a new rider nearly as easily as they're trying to figure out and increase cornering speeds.


Tig - this is what you said in your first post:

Originally Posted by TIGGER

She has been very unsatisfied with the lack of power from the 250 (really, no) and she's tired of getting left behind. I'm really concerned that she is gonna lose it but all I can do is coach...

I can understand where keeping a 250 wound-out all the time gets old, especially considering your flat-land location. It's just the 'get a bike with more power to go faster and not get left behind' thing that jumped out at me. I know you're concerned about her & will do your best to help her stay safe though - hell, she's probably going to be better off than most of us guys jumping on whatever as our first bike and immediately acting like fools & getting in over our heads!

Any confirmation on whether she's actually lost the money or not?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Kerry_129

Good point, and applies to the 2-fiddy as well. It forces you to work it to maintain momentum, and isn't necessarily easy. And you can still overcook a corner, it's just not as likely to overwhelm a new rider nearly as easily as they're trying to figure out and increase cornering speeds.


Tig - this is what you said in your first post:



I can understand where keeping a 250 wound-out all the time gets old, especially considering your flat-land location. It's just the 'get a bike with more power to go faster and not get left behind' thing that jumped out at me. I know you're concerned about her & will do your best to help her stay safe though - hell, she's probably going to be better off than most of us guys jumping on whatever as our first bike and immediately acting like fools & getting in over our heads!

Any confirmation on whether she's actually lost the money or not?

Aw now you've gone and taken all the crazy out of this thread...thanks a lot!!!

Yea maybe, I didn't say it right but she is a gifted rider, seriously. Her corner entry is very good and what little brakes she uses is mostly done for mid corner correction purposes. She is a trail braking bitch!!! If we go through a 35 mph "curvey" section of road she barely touches her brakes and will do them at about 70 mph consistently. To be honest, I need to work with her on her body positioning, she tends to stay on the bike MSF style and just lay it over to get around the corner-mostly okay when your top speed is 90, not so good when it's 160... I'm not exaggerating when I say that the corners are gone on her rear tire.

As far as her money goes, it's hard to say... her Credit Union and Chase (bought Washington Mutual) are working on it. I'm guessing that it's gone myself.

[Kerry_129]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Aw now you've gone and taken all the crazy out of this thread...thanks a lot!!!

My bad.

Any chick that hasn't done at least 50k on a 125cc wound-out at 18-grand is a squidette with an irresponsible assclown for a boyfriend!!!

Better?


That sucks if the funds are really gone - you'd think that since it's an electronic transfer which was almost immediately identified as fraudulent, there would be (definitely should be) a way to reverse it.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Kerry_129

My bad.

Any chick that hasn't done at least 50k on a 125cc wound-out at 18-grand is a squidette with an irresponsible assclown for a boyfriend!!!

Better?


That sucks if the funds are really gone - you'd think that since it's an electronic transfer which was almost immediately identified as fraudulent, there would be (definitely should be) a way to reverse it.

Yea I think things are looking up somewhat, from what I can tell the transfer can be recalled. Also, the guy has sent two more messages saying that the bike has been shipped and he gave her a phone number to call if she has questions... I'm sure that he is trying to prevent any suspicion or buyers remorse with leads me to believe that he's concerned that she'll reverse the transaction. This guy has balls, I emailed him about the bike and he tried to direct me to his EBay auction as well...