[megaspaz]

yah know i was only 1/2 kidding about that, but getting into racing and trackdays, I know a few instructors/racers that ride 250s that are smoking farking hot and hard to pass and will pass a bigger bike like nothing. the 250 will be a perfect first track bike for learning how to get blazing fast corner entry speed.

[eternal05]

If…scratch that…WHEN she decides to take her 250 to the track, two MANDATORY mods:

1) Better tires. The stock ones blow for the track.

2) Upgrade those brakes! Steel braided lines, better pads, and bigger disk. The brakes are fine for around the city, but on the track they’re worthless.

[Tara]

Lucckkkyyyy!!!! I just finished reading this thread and I’m so so so jealous of your sister! Could you also buy me a Ninja 250?

I hope she’s having fun on it. Congrats!

[megaspaz]

um… you don’t use brakes at the track on a ninja 250… normally, it’s less brakes more throttle, but for the ninja 250, it’s no brakes all throttle! again, i’m half kidding… but srsly, you keep that ninja 250 wound up as much as possible. if you brake, you lose any momentum you got with that bike. The reason why them racers and instructors are so farking fast, is the fact they brake very little and absolutely blaze through the whole damn corner.

[eternal05]

Obviously corner speed is super important on a 250, but coming out of turn 2 at PR, full throttle down a steep hill for a quarter mile into tight decreasing-radius turn 3, you BETTER have good brakes! My ninja really suffered from brake fade…not something you want on the track.

[briderdt]

PR = Pacific Raceways? If so, I can relate, and that’s on a BICYCLE! I’ve run off the road in that one a couple times. Fortunately stayed upright…

[eternal05]

Yeah, you definitely need your brakes at Pacific! Basically the less wide-open and more technical the course is, the more your brakes matter on a 250. On really wide-open sweeping courses with high corner speeds you’re lucky to even hit speeds that would be too high for the corners.

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