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Everyone lives on the east side of the state!! Does anyone live on the west side of michigan?! or north sid eof indiana! i want to meet up and ride! ARG!

well i agree with you that the looks of the ) are awesome. Good luck with everything, and if you are truly in the market for a ninja 250R you might want to start looking at an 09 because they are extremely hard to find. Good luck and welcome…

DOES

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rust on chain=bad maintained…use Chain wax once a week

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nice joke Rab, lol…or maybe not…

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hardy har har…lol…

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i followed motoman’s method and my bike runs great! of course i only have 200 miles on it. I changed the oil at 140 instead of what motoman said, but he was correct about metal shavings in the oil…i should have taken a picture…

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hello and welcome! Im new to this site as well, but can tell you that you will love riding! It’s not just a regular hobby, its a fricken lifestyle!

Good luck! Im sure you have loads of questions but if you do a bit of searching on this site you will be able to find answers to most of your questions

Welcome again!

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YEA! Michigan rider! I live in West Michigan, in Holland actually. I own a 2008 ninja 250 and am a college kid as well. Where do you go to school?

The 250R is a perfect starter bike, it has plenty of power for new riders. I can go 75-80 with ease and with some throttle left on the highway. It is a very nimble and easy ride bike. If you are looking at getting bike for the first time it is a great bike. Now, if you are anything like your friend who is like “Bigger is better” then you might grow out of it quickly, but i think i’ll be with this bike for awhile. I hate to use the old adage but, “it’s not the size that matters, its how you use it”

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right, you know, im pretty bad at searching before hand…now i know my bad thanks man

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welcome

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i used to live in the Netherlands and rode a aprilia RS50 as a 16 year old. I had it for two years and rode it year round.

However,
Europe does not get nearly as much snow as the states does. Given, i dont know how much snow Flagstaff gets, if it is anything like Holland, Michigan(where i live and we get 120 inches a year…) then its probably not a good idea. But if it is light snow, as long as you learn how to ride in the summer and fall before it gets too snowy, then you can practice on the snow with knowledge of how to ride. All it really takes is practice. (obviously, if its a snowstorm it might not be smart to ride)

Good Luck

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yea, this is true, i read in a thread, maybe not on this forum, a funny discussion between two guys who were arguing about engine size. One said, “if you’re gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!” (the old adage) The other replied, “i’d rather be live cute teddy bear than a dead grizzly!”

I thought that was a good way to put it

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well i disagree with the statement that the 650R will get less gas mileage than the ZX-6R. Although i think it also depends on how you ride the bike. what speeds, etc. The harder you ride it the less gas mileage you get. If both bikes were riden very similarly and then taken the gas mileage, it would be very similar. I understand his argument about larger displacement bikes, but with only a 50cc difference it wouldnt matter that much. Now for a difference of like 500 CC’s then yes, i can see that.

Gas mileage is affected in other ways as well, most of these i think are obvious (same as in cars) but here it goes.
-Tire pressure(check often)
-Fuel filter(once every 6 months or so, depends on how much you ride it)
-Speed (driving in a higher gear with lower RPM’s saves gas)
-Clean Air Filter
-Clean Oil (check twice a week)
-Altitude
-Temperature
-Wind

and the list could go on, but yea…thats basically it

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when i first started to learn, on a 100cc racing dirt bike. My grandfather was helping me. I was like 10 or 11. I was on the bike and i liked hearing the engine rev, so i did so, and as the engine started to idle i heard my grandfather say let out the clutch, but i let it out too fast…and Whoops! My first wheelie!!! it lasted all of 2 seconds and then the bike landed and i fell off the bike and the bike took off!! And so my love for motorcycles began…lol…it was fun. That was my hardest part was learning about the clutch. It took me about 3 or 4 hours for me to get it

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The sales pitch for the ducati monster’s are that it is a good bike to learn with but i would be careful of getting one. THEY WILL be expensive to upkeep because they are a Ducati (mercedes/bmw) of motorcycles. the GS500E looks a little like it, but you are goign to be hard pressed to find something that looks close to a monster, because it is such a unique bike.

It is smaller than most of it’s other sports so it might be, but i HONESTLY am not sure. So, sorry i couldnt help anymore

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yea acidpope that would be a great review if at all possible. Im looking forward to it

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