Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

[Sonu Joshi]

Re: Ninja 650 - The green mean machine

As kid I used to have this beautiful poster of a super bike(Ducati) on the wall of my room, I would admire it everyday by giving it a long stare thinking that some fine day I will get a chance just to touch it. Here I am after some 15-20 years, seeing my dream turning in to reality.
Surely its a feeling which can not be described, but I am sure the fellas here can understand it better than anyone else.

Congrats bro.
I'm also having hard times to convince parents for getting a 650cc monster rather than getting an average hatchback. Mind sharing some of the excuses you used? jk
Is the seat height too much to have flat-foot as I can see in the last picture?

[puneet.chandila]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

Congratulations bro.. Awesome bike.. Be careful while riding till u get used to its power..



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Thanks Bro, I am still getting used to the awesome power this beast delivers, even though I haven't pushed her till now because of"Break-in" but still when ever I her a sudden twist of throttle she jumps to life. Awesome is the word which comes to mind.

Hey Puneet,

Congrats for the green beast
That school bus incident u described, i was experiencing it day before ytd(my first date with my beauty)

Can u help me on purchasing the radiator guard..i have no clue how to get it.

Thanks
Ambuj

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Thanks Ambuj.

I got the radiator guard, original R&G for Rs. 5000 incl taxes from http://www.performanceracing.in/ shipping cost was additional. You can directly email them and enquire about your requirement. The guys there are really helpful.

Hi puneet. Congratulations for the bike!
I have fixed a few speed - rpm marks to check my gears. For example 4000 rpm in sixth gear comes at 90km/hr.
I have installed yoshimura exhaust and power commander 5 for ecu management. You need to make a few modifications to the bike for proper settings. I have also removed the baffle and its very loud now. Miss the stock exhaust sometimes.

Thanks for the advice bro, I am still trying to figure out the correct gears changes. I am still confused about buying the exhaust as this is definitely a expensive modification, Iam looking for KAWASAKI - Versys 650 - 13- but just want to hear the sound in person to be sure.

[amar_bk]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

Hi puneet. Congratulations for the bike!
I have fixed a few speed - rpm marks to check my gears. For example 4000 rpm in sixth gear comes at 90km/hr.
I have installed yoshimura exhaust and power commander 5 for ecu management. You need to make a few modifications to the bike for proper settings. I have also removed the baffle and its very loud now. Miss the stock exhaust sometimes😄.

[ambuj316]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

Hey Puneet,

Congrats for the green beast
That school bus incident u described, i was experiencing it day before ytd(my first date with my beauty)

Can u help me on purchasing the radiator guard..i have no clue how to get it.

Thanks
Ambuj

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[appugodara]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

Congratulations bro.. Awesome bike.. Be careful while riding till u get used to its power..



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[puneet.chandila]

Ninja 650 - The green mean machine

As kid I used to have this beautiful poster of a super bike(Ducati) on the wall of my room, I would admire it everyday by giving it a long stare thinking that some fine day I will get a chance just to touch it. Here I am after some 15-20 years, seeing my dream turning in to reality.
Surely its a feeling which can not be described, but I am sure the fellas here can understand it better than anyone else.


Initially it was really tough to convince family, everyone had one question "Why are you buying a bike ?" go and get the best car you can afford no bikes "Sorry!!"
But after doing many rounds of emotional blackmails, I finally got everyone convinced and now I am sure everyone is as excited as me to see the green beauty.


Some pics my wifey took using her phone at the time of bike delivery, many more to come once I get all the protective stuff installed and get that hideous sari stand out.

Key to my dream


The Mean Machine


2012 all Green forehead was much better, but in flesh 2013 is not bad at all


Kids gone crazy at local Mandir



Last few pics of mine on the Ninja:-

Expression is confusion. Don't know what to do, get excited or get scared with the Ninja between my legs


Time to go to GYM and get that drum flattened out


Still waiting for my Nexx helmet to arrive in the meantime, KTM guys gave me this complimentary Ninja Helmet (What a coincidence)






Buying experience:-

I took the delivery from CP KTM store, and the whole buying experience was fantastic. Initially I was told that there is a wait of 90days, but after my persistent enquiries I was informed that my bike is on its way from Pune just 2 weeks after the booking. 27th Sep I finally got delivery which was amazingingly fast comparing to the initial wait time.

Riding experience:-

I have never seen Ninja 650 in flesh and forget about riding it, it was just all the awesome reviews and post of x-bhp which helped me in deciding on 650. It was roughly after 5 years I was about to ride a bike and that also 650. I knew that it is a powerful machine but to sheer experience that power was out of this world experience. Coming from 150cc CBZ to 650 Ninja was a transformation which was unimaginable. Riding the green machine from CP to Noida was one hell of a experience. It is so powerful that the first time I twisted the throttle I somehow got a feeling that the bike will run away leaving me behind. Then those slick gear changes were again unrealistic, I didn't realise on which gear I was running her, the lower end torque is unbelievable. You just don't feel the need to change the gear. Riding posture is fantastic, never felt tired even with a huge backpack on me.

Then there were some very embarrassing moments, starting from the petrol pump guys asking about the price and usual "Kitna degi". At one of the red light, I stopped adjacent to a bus with school kids. Within few seconds all the kids were on the windows shouting " Ninja..Ninja..Ninja". It was embarrassing, but somehow I was liking it aswell. I am sure as a kid I would have been also on the same window and doing the same chanting.
After reaching my office I parked it in Car parking and left, the guards came running behind me "Sir ji aap bike car parking main nahi khadi kar sakte" I asked have you seen the bike " Nahi Sir" I told them go and see it. And when I came back to parking after half n hour with my colleagues, all the guards of the building were around it with my office boys surrounding her. One of the guards said " Sir ji aap bike yahi khadi kare, apki bike car se jada badi hain"


Accessories already bought:-

R&G Radiator Guard [Yet to be installed]

R&G frame sliders [Yet to be installed]

Tourmaster Elite Motorcycle Cover Black

Looking out for (which I would probably buy from my upcoming US trip) :-

Nice tankpad

2012 Ninja OEM Decals, the ones on 2013 seems funny to me

Nexx XR1R Carbon helmet

Xena disc brake alarm
Gear indicator (I was just not able to get in to the right gears)

Some high quality riding gear ( Alpinestar)

Few Questions for the Guru's :-

1. I tanked her up with Speed petrol, but KTM guys told me to fill her with normal petrol. So what's your opinion on this ?
2. Would getting a gear indicator would violate the warranty ?
3. I want that heavy throaty sound of typical big super bikes, please some options on that and how to select the best for me ?

I am very lazy lad, I know that for sure(Wifey always keeps on complaining) and that is the reason for my silence here. But hopefully I will change now and will be more active here.

I want to thank all the fellow X-BHPians, who have unknowing helped me lot. The amount of information I was able to grasp from here has been exceptional and has been one of the important reason for me on deciding to go back on riding bikes after 5-6 years.

Thank a lot to you guys, it would have never happened without your contribution.

[appugodara]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

Hello friends.. Some time back I've asked abt 2011 ninja 650... Choosing between new and old was tough task.. Finally I've got older one.. 14k Kms done.. Both tyres are new Metlizer(don't remember exactly) Leo Vince exhaust.. Tankpad.. Rim strips etc.. Superb condition.. All I got in 3.7L.. Here are few pics..

I want to ask one thing.. Does this aftermarket scilencer damages engine etc??

Enjoying ride.. Already on way to shimla..


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[RootedCosmopolitan]

Re: "कुछ भी हो लेकिन रांझे की हीर होती है "

This has now seriously lost that Ninja appeal. Maybe they are not bothered about going green for their Sports tourer segment and only the race track ones are getting the lime green treatment

I was hoping that the 2014 Ninja 650 (unveiled yesterday) would lose the black face. Not to be! Now, even the tank has gone black!

[roy_arnab22]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

The Green is becoming scarce day by day

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[Mik]

Re: "कुछ भी हो लेकिन रांझे की हीर होती है "

I was hoping that the 2014 Ninja 650 (unveiled yesterday) would lose the black face. Not to be! Now, even the tank has gone black!

Image Courtesy
2014 Kawasaki Ninja 650 - Picture 522405 - Top Speed

[forty6]

Re: "कुछ भी हो लेकिन रांझे की हीर होती है "

Thanks to both of you. Yes waiting for the weather to clear up a bit so i can do the run in quickly. I am sure it will make for a fabulous tourer.

Mik: It is not that bad looking in flesh. I mean it is no zx 10r or italian but over all it looks trim and tucked, but it is a heavy and big bike.

Everything included it costed me 5.54 on road. Add another 800 bucks for an extra grab rail handle.

I did not get it financed.

I got it in around one month. I was told i will get it by month end but got the call on 16th august only.

Any other query let me know. Or i will keep posting my impressions as and when i add miles and not be too lazy to write about it. Anything specific you can PM me.

Cheers.

[Mik]

Re: "कुछ भी हो लेकिन रांझे की हीर होती है "

Congratulations fortysix. Your thoughts mirror mine on the 650. I have contemplated many times over the last few months to get the 390 booking upgraded to the 650 but frankly, this new "black" face really gets my goat! Just can't digest its looks.
Since you are in Gurgaon, could you share the following
1. Final Cost breakup
2. Finance and details if any.
3. Waiting time. (Ravi quotes 2 months generally)

[Sachinnair]

Re: "कुछ भी हो लेकिन रांझे की हीर होती है "

[MENTION=8461]forty6[/MENTION] - Many congratulations!
She may not be what you actually wanted but make no mistake about it she will surely make you go crazy. She may be 25 bhp short of what you would have liked but she will never disappoint you in performance. She may be 25 kgs more than what you would have asked for but once she is on the move even the 210+ kgs weight will disappear in a flash.

Complete the run in, open the throttle and head to the canyons and highways and you'll realize she is a dream ride. You would get all you wanted from a bike once you let her loose, all this without burning a hole in the pocket!

Wait as she will turn your heart Green!

All the best and Ride Safe!!

[forty6]

"कुछ भी हो लेकिन रांझे की हीर होती है "

This is the line from a song from a movie i saw long time back. In fact it is the first movie that i saw. It featured a lanky hero with twin cylinders that spat out clouds big enough for siri to live and work peacefully. I didn't know it then but it was a Yamaha RD350. The most ferocious 2 stroke bike to set its rubbers on the roads here. Some might argue it still is the most ferocious thing. And they might be more correct than the scores of Salman fans.

The song in some metaphorical way is also my dad's idea of what people should aspire for and what they should not.

Clearly, then you would think that this is what should go as a caption with the photo of the new bike.


I thought so too.

But we both would be wrong.

Because the ninja 650 is not my dream bike. It is two cylinders short of leaving wet spots on my pants ( I admit here that the Aprilia's V4 has started leaving biggers spots than a certain red italian). The cylinder's configuration is suspect too. They are more of a siamese twins than being joined at the hip with an arm's distance between them. It is 25 bhp short of that magical figure. It is at least 25 kgs overweight.

It isn't what i have waited for 15 years. It wasn't even in the contention 6 months back. I didn't dream of doing things to it. I didn't dream of it doing things to me. I never though it could give me, as James May says, the fizz in that vunrenable spot between the unmentionables. It is not the girl i lusted for, wanted to do things to that Cosmopolitian will love to quote, turned a pervert for.

It isn't the bike your mother warned you about.

It isn't THE bike.

But, admit it, you knew a but was around the corner, that isn't all there is to love stories.


There are the types where you are in love before you know you are in love and there are types where you are sure you are not in love till you are in it.

I am clearly hinting at the ad of a certain diamond brand where the girl has never travelled in a Mumbai local or changed trains at CP metro station.

The most charming thing, to me at least, about love remains the idea of love. The tricks it plays with your brain. When you get smitten isn't the most important part, how you stay smitten, I think, is. Yes, it is not the dream bike, but like i said to Amit the other day, it looks the sort i will have dream rides on. It isn't a story of me being with someone i was smitten by, it is more of me getting smitten with the one i am with. I might not be, but it feels like that. I have a feeling i will take that left hander to baralachala a little faster on this. I know i will not get ahead but i will chase Amit's daytona on this.

I know for sure i will always crave for a V4 but when it comes to it, i won't be able to let go of this.

Reluctantly, like it is always the case with me, i will agree one day that i have fallen for it.

This might not be the end of an incredulous love story, but from the 200 kms i have already spent with it, it looks like beginning of one.

And once you have that figured you will, like me realize, that one Hero was a crappy movie, the song is not great either, but the line still holds, at least for now from the bike's perspective.

In a parallel universe the bike can post a photo of me with that line, because the bike has eventually netted me - its heer.

[whymail]

Re: Ninja 650R - Ownership Thread

[MENTION=11696]malcolmk[/MENTION] : guessed as much! good to read that... have loads of parsee friends myself since i originate from opera house & dadar [albeit now in thane ]
tag along on one of the weekend breakfast ride my friend & may the biking gods force be w/ u always!
cheers!