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Heres the story. I'm already done with the msf class. I'm buying my first bike and have it down to 3 bikes. Kawa's Ninja 250 or 500 and Suzuki's gs500. The main thing it comes down to is the seat heighth and how low I can get it. I went to kawasaki dealership and they said they had nothing to lower ...

ninja79 wrote:500 is much better for commuting

How is the 500 better for commuting? I figured that the 250 gets better gas mileage...and would be better for everyday riding to work....or so on.

I've passed my msf class and it was great. I had no previous experience and learned a lot. I'm going to look at bikes this week. After a lot of thinking i've narrowed it down to a sport bike either the ninja 500 or gs500f. My question is to those of you who have take the msf class. How easy was it t...

how tall are you? or what is your inseam?

Hey all, I know you guys are all full of specs. Not that it matters but can you tell me the acceleration 0-60 of the 250R and 500R. Also the horsepower for these two kawi bikes..thanx

So is the 250R = honda civic?

Yeah true....to be more accurate a Kawa 250R...

Hey all, I'm still debating whether my first bikes going to be a 250 or 500. The main factor will be when I pass my msf class. I did want to ask all the 250 riders, is it hard to keep up in traffice? I read that it was somewhere. I live here in the panhandle of florida and the traffice isn't bad lik...

On my other forums people have suggested shaving the foam down...Is this expensive to have a pro do it?

Hey all, chase here again. I'm still planning on taking my msf in october. Anyways i'm looking at the ninja 500 or 250 like many other starters on this forum. My brother has a 2005 ninja 500r and I like to sit on it sometimes to get a feel. The only problem I see is that my feet can't sit flat on th...