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I wouldn’t go that far… Well not if he posted this on his original thread… nothing wrong with starting a thread on moto products, imo. I dunno, slippery slope kinda thing i guess… but yeh, 3 seperate threads is kinda pushin’ it…

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[megaspaz]

According to Geoff, the ninja 250 will lose about 1/2 its horsepower at an altitude of about 6000 feet. So you will be going very slow at that altitude…

As far as the differences between the gs500 and the ninja 250 goes, i couldn’t tell you as I’ve never ridden a gs500. Sorry…

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[megaspaz]

Agreed. You have to be honest in assessing your own skill level and not try to ride to your friends’ level. Ride your own ride. If they’re your real friends, they will understand.

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Hiya and welcome. I posted a reply to your inquiry in the General topic (https://www.bestbeginnermotorcycles.com/forum/forum-topic/816/lookin-some-input), so I won’t repeat it here. Anyways, it’s nice to meet ya and ride safe.

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Welcome! yeh, the MSF courses are always booked during the summer and beginning autumn months. But if you can get in, it’s a blast. Hope to hear more from ya. (-:

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ShannonG rides a gs500 and so does AaronMerlot. Ben started on a gs500. At your height, weight and inseem, you might be fine with a sv650 as well… but unless you’re friends are pulling 110+ mph on the highway, a ninja250 should keep up fine, provided you aren’t going up in altitude. You’ll be pushing it, but a ninja250 from what I’ve seen is perfectly fine on the highway.

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https://www.bestbeginnermotorcycles.com/forum/forum-topic/718/what-gear-does-everyone-use
https://www.bestbeginnermotorcycles.com/forum/forum-topic/769/textile-versus-leather-gear

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I thought proper route planning was just taking a road that has pavement as long as it looks like it’s heading in the general direction of where you want/need to be.

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The general consensus if this is your first bike and your first time riding evah, then you want to stay away from inline 4 sport bikes 600cc and up. A lot of throttle control needed and goosing the throttle’s real easy to do. Depending on the kind of riding you plan on doing, a ninja250 could be enough for you until you’ve learned enough about riding and/or gained enough skills to move up. But it all depends on you. At your height and weight, it isn’t unreasonable to start of on a 500cc bike either, or an sv650/ninja650r.

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[megaspaz]

Hiya! Glad to meet another bay area rider. You are by far a patient guy waiting for your black ninja.

Last saturday, we had our first bay area BBM meet up. Ben posted pics and some captions here.

It is something we definately want to do again.

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Cool. No problems. Choosing a bike should be a well thought out process. It’s good to see that you’re willing to take the time and look at all angles, unlike me… I bought my bike a week after passing the MSF course, although I did allow myself to be convinced to go for the sv650s instead of a yzf-r1….

G’luck and ride safe!

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So did you get your bike? (-:

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hard for me to say. ben started of on a gs500 and he dropped it a few times when he started riding. I dropped my bike twice when starting. Not everyone drops their bike, but a lot of people do. sh*t happens. I do subscribe that a 250 cc bike is a better bike to learn on. Riding my buddy’s 07 ninja 250, I felt more confident, but either way over time, you’ll learn sooner or later whether on a 250cc or a more powerful bike. But I think you’d learn to ride better starting off smaller.

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Well… I don’t think I ever definitively said the ninja 650 was too much bike. If I gave that impression, then I apologize. I think the only thing I wanted to get across was that the 250cc ninja would be easier to learn on than on a 650cc machine or that you’d learn quicker on a 250cc bike. I should mention, I dropped my sv650s twice the first 2 days I rode on it… from less than ~3 mph coming to stops. I’m not saying you’d drop a ninja 650 or an sv650, but it is handful of bike for a first time rider’s first ride despite them being very new rider friendly bikes.

I can’t really answer if a ninja 500 is better than a suzuki 500 (assuming you mean gs500sf). I’ve never ridden either of them.

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Jiriki got the blue one and it looks pretty slick. I myself prefer kawa green for ninjas, but the redesign of the ’08 ninja 250 rocks.

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