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Thanks for the info about the size. It seemed pretty good just sitting on it, but that’s by no means a good indication of how it’ll be after an hour of riding.

I like it so much, I just may take my MSF course at a Harley dealer, through the ‘Rider’s Edge’ program so I get to ride one for a few days and see how it feels.

–Matt

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The funny thing was – I talked to this older guy who was manning the desk, told him I’ve never ridden before, he gave me this long diatribe about not starting on anything over 500cc, then he handed me off to a salesman who showed me the Vulcan 500 for about 30 seconds, then immediately started showing me all these 900cc bikes. No mention of the Ninja 250 (they also carry Kawasaki), and after the response I got from the guy when I asked about the Blast – I decided it was time to head elsewhere.

I’m going to look for another Kawasaki dealer in the area and visit it next time I have time to go look around.

–Matt

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Yeah, I want something to commute on when the weather is good, and just go out and ride for fun. I don’t want to race, and I don’t really care too much about how fast the thing can go, to a point. If it can keep up with interstate traffic on occasion and not get me into trouble merging, then it’s fine.

I’m just looking for something comfortable, reasonably inexpensive to buy (most likely used), and fun to ride. My wife is already hesitant, since she says she puts up with enough dangerous stuff from me due to my job (I’m a pilot in the Navy), I don’t really want to freak her out any more than I have to by buying something too crazy.

–Matt

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I guess what I was saying is that I’m not overly tall or heavy, so I’m not worried about overcoming that with power. I know that the size/comfort factor matter, and I just need to go and sit on a bunch of bikes and see how they feel.

I have to say, after doing some more reading, I’m really considering the Buell Blast and the Ninja 250 is definitely sneaking up my list.

–Matt

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