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Geoff650R wrote:I wish lane splitting were legal here in MA, it'd make it a lot easier for me to justify doing it. Sure it's fun, but there's many times its not worth the ticket to me.

Though on a stretch of I95 you're allowed to run on the shoulders from something like 6am - 10am and 3pm - 7pm. I noticed the time was about 3:15 when i was on that bit of superslab and i took full advantage of the shoulder.

PS - if you're redlining it with 90 miles on there, make sure you follow hard breaking procedures and change that oil.

this is not a new bike.. 1995.. OLD ninja. 90 miles .. (99 miles now) is how much I have riddent it so far.. and just listed for entertainment puposes...


see how many miles I can go without getting hit.

By the way I WOULD NEVER BUY A NEW NINJA 250. from 1987(?)-2006 they are almost the same. (except the disk brake in the back, Guages etc.) Why Pay $4000 when I can buy virtually the same one for $ 1000. May be a New R6 though.

camthepyro wrote:What's wrong with that? I'm 17, do I sound completely ignorant?

You dont sound Ignorant.. Just that the others wanna look smarter than you.. I know how it is dude.. ( generaly speaking, everyday life, not speaking of bikes) I was at your age onece.

where I work at almost every one is over 34. Only I and one other guy is in 20s. Even though we all are at the same Rank, they have no respect for us. Totaly Ignores us. Its hard to get along with most of them. And I am the new guy at work which makes it even worse.




Just be glad U got in to MC at 17. I wish I had the chance to do it at 17.


Sorry... I did not wanna go off the Main topic. Back to work.

silentx wrote:By the way I WOULD NEVER BUY A NEW NINJA 250. from 1987(?)-2006 they are almost the same. (except the disk brake in the back, Guages etc.) Why Pay $4000 when I can buy virtually the same one for $ 1000. May be a New R6 though.

Every person is different. Maybe buying new doesn't make sense for you because you are already looking forward to bigger bikes, but if I choose to go that route next year I can get a new Ninja 250 and all the gear I need for $4000 and have a year warranty on a bike that I won't have to worry about previous owner problems. That and the fact right now I just don't feel I'll have the need to upgrade for the sake of upgrading. I would love to get a 250 and just stick with it for the long haul. My car can still pretty much kick "O Ring" around town and the bike is going to be able to accelerate faster, so I'll be good to go years from now I think.

Random Seed wrote:

silentx wrote:By the way I WOULD NEVER BUY A NEW NINJA 250. from 1987(?)-2006 they are almost the same. (except the disk brake in the back, Guages etc.) Why Pay $4000 when I can buy virtually the same one for $ 1000. May be a New R6 though.

Every person is different. Maybe buying new doesn't make sense for you because you are already looking forward to bigger bikes, but if I choose to go that route next year I can get a new Ninja 250 and all the gear I need for $4000 and have a year warranty on a bike that I won't have to worry about previous owner problems. That and the fact right now I just don't feel I'll have the need to upgrade for the sake of upgrading. I would love to get a 250 and just stick with it for the long haul. My car can still pretty much kick "O Ring" around town and the bike is going to be able to accelerate faster, so I'll be good to go years from now I think.

I agree. I am not planning on selling this either. I will keep it. Its great bike. After about a year I will get a R6 and it will be my Main bike.

My bike does not have any mechanical problems either (yet). Also it came with a after market muffler, read Air, and has dual disk break, I know it’s not much but hey its a 250. As long as it can stay alive for another year I am good.

FYI- ninja 250 MSRP is 2999 Plus you will pay tax and other stuff (Ex: Berts Mega mall charges you for over seas transportations or something like that) Also as far as the gear goes. It will cost you a $1000 at least. So you are looking at about $5000 plus.

Man... I went again >> Sorry

silentx wrote: Do you want me to write in MLA format?

I nearly ruined my monitor when I read that... I ended up choking on water for 5 minutes. That just cracked me up.

Silentx.

First off. I live in LA too and you don't need to lane split through traffic at a red or any other time for 99.99% of LA's streets and traffic. I drive my bike through the city just like I do a car. On the freeway though is where you're gonna have to lanespit for sure.

I used to never lane split because it looked like you were just waiting to get hit lane spitting. For me it was simple math. LA drivers + increased risk all all the crazy donkey lady drivers in LA + lane spliting. But then one day on the Interstate 5 my air cooled bike was dieing so I just snapped and been lane splitting ever since. Been driving for 8 months now and people have tried to kill me about twice a week. One out of two is intentional. They see me and don't give a "poo poo". I drive alot and all over LA county and city so I average like 180 miles a week. Out of the 8 month only once or twice have I had close calls while lane spliting. Although lane splitting is way more difficult, its pretty safe if you learn how.

If you wanna survive in LA traffic and in most traffic else where you gotta: Ride like its your last ride. Relax-Drive Agressive-& Have Fun. Pray to God. Take the MSF course.

I use everything I learned in the MSF course EVERYDAY. You need that course badly.

Second thing I wanna say is. If you plan on keeping that Ninja, keep the rpms a little lower. High RPMs will kill it's life. Anyways, that Ninja is one nice looking bike. Wish I had that one myself. The new ones don't look as sharp and clean as that one does.

I'm 20 myself and probably the youngest classic bike driver around LA. 1970 Honda Scrambler CL350. It does 100 at 10200 RPM for a 36 y.o. bike with front and back Drum Brakes. Of course I usually keep it at 70-75 to keep the whole bike alive.

I don't try to hit lane splitters and shoulder runners. If I see them coming in the rear view way back there, I pull over in their way, and keep up with the flow of traffic. Just a little reminder to them to keep it legal and safe. I do the same for cars and trucks as I do for bikes. I can do that because the red and blue strobes on the Bronco are legal. If they pass me, I flip the strobe switch, call in the plate, and let the patrol officers write the ticket.

Now, I did come up a ramp with an extended acceleration lane, let off the throttle to slow down to merge with nearly stopped traffic, and a kid in a Prelude rear-ended me. He hit so hard on the left rear tire that he bent the axle.

qwerty wrote:I don't try to hit lane splitters and shoulder runners. If I see them coming in the rear view way back there, I pull over in their way, and keep up with the flow of traffic. Just a little reminder to them to keep it legal and safe. I do the same for cars and trucks as I do for bikes. I can do that because the red and blue strobes on the Bronco are legal. If they pass me, I flip the strobe switch, call in the plate, and let the patrol officers write the ticket.

Ok that sounds a lot different from the first post. I was picturing the car and bike equivelant of a ping-pong ball and paddle.