Ninja 250s in MSF

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Heimdall Einherjar · Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:34 pm

It seems to me that they should only use this bike as opposed to wannabe cruisers like the Rebel and the Nighthawk.

Ninja 250s are as neutral a bike as you can get, so it'd be most likely to teach the widest set of skills.

Am I right?

Aggroton · #2 Unread post by **Aggroton** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:37 pm

its all about appearence of safety...savages and rebels look safe.

VermilionX · Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:13 pm

no ninja 250s, the plastics will just probably be damaged by the students.

Heimdall Einherjar · Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:30 pm

Hey Vermilion, did you know that I'm known as VermilionXenon on another messageboard?

That tripped me out when I saw your name on here.

VermilionX · Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:32 pm

Heimdall Einherjar wrote:Hey Vermilion, did you know that I'm known as VermilionXenon on another messageboard?
.

no i didn't know.

Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:42 pm

Nighthawks, Rebels, etc are easier to operate than the ninjas. No need to wind them up, they're not as "extreme" in their steering geometry, and like was stated, no plastics to break. MSF IS for learning, but it's also about inspiring confidence, and that's what those bikes do exceptionally well.

jmillheiser · Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:09 pm

the ninja 250 has fairings, they dont want that on MSF bikes which get dropped hundreds of times in their life.

Nighthawk 250 or buell blast is about as close as you get to neutral for a newbie bike, both are used for MSF courses. They try to offer a variety of bikes and most MSF facilities have cruisers, standards and dual sports.

VermilionX · Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:42 pm

jmillheiser wrote:the ninja 250 has fairings, they dont want that on MSF bikes which get dropped hundreds of times in their life.

Nighthawk 250 or buell blast is about as close as you get to neutral for a newbie bike, both are used for MSF courses. They try to offer a variety of bikes and most MSF facilities have cruisers, standards and dual sports.

i so wanted to ride a nighthawk in teh BRC, too bad i got stuck on the GZ250 cruiser.

oh well, i got what i paid for... my form DL389!

jmillheiser · Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:06 pm

I ended up on a DR125 during my MSF, in hindsight im glad I got that instead of a GZ250, my preference would have been the rebel (it was the least thrashed of the bikes they had) but a lady jumped on that one before me.

MidSSouth · Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:41 pm

In the video on the MSF Website they show people on Ninja 250's. My class didn't have them because the lady in charge didn't think they would be a good bike to learn on. We had Rebels, Viragos, Nighthawks, some OLD honda with a full length seat and military trainer lights, and a Hyosung GV250<--