[SafetyFirst]

Do I really need one for a 07-and older Ninja 250?

[zeppelinfromled]

My understanding is that you never need one. It’s a matter of not wearing down the pain on the tank. Pants constantly rubbing against it, etc can wear down the paint with time. It seems a bit paradoxical to me. If you cover it, it doesn’t wear down, but you can’t see it so it doesn’t matter if it wears down.

[Munch]

Actually it can do just as much harm as it can good to. It can trap dirt and debris….. rain and other substances under it. Doing the exact thing your supposed to be protecting it from… why do thing car bra’s have pretty much gone by the way side.

[Clay Dowling]

is not that chesty, and doesn’t need that kind of support.

[Dagger]

They can protect from paint wear but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to remove it and clean under it regularly. And the point made about not being able to see it so who cares if it doesn’t wear down… The purpose is for future resale.

[zeppelinfromled]

Yeah, I know that’s the reason that people have them. I would just rather appreciate my bike when I own it, even if it loses me a little money when I sell it. And a caveat to that is that I don’t like the way that the tank bras look. If someone both likes the way that they look and wants to maximize value when the sell it, then a tank bra is perfect for them. But for me it would be a trade off, and I came down on the side of having it look good (by my standards) while I own it.

[Clay Dowling]

Sounds exactly like the elderly people who wrap their furniture in plastic or put a blanket over it, so that it never fades or gets dirty. They’ve merely traded one bit of craptasticness for another.

[zeppelinfromled]

Yes. That is the perfect analogy.

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