Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Your heart is with the Ninja. Your brain says R3.
In matters of love, always go with your heart.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

That's the answer for you.
Buy it and have a full insurance coverage.

My opinion/findings/feelings - A personal & unprofessional opinion and it will be different from others & experts

1. N300 feels very normal at low rpm & its a different species at high rpm & speed. R3 feels very peppy and powerful at low rpm when compared. Good at high rpm and speed; but N300 feels more planted and stable, so more confident.
2. If I have both the bikes, I will take R3 for daily city ride and N300 for weekend rides.
3. R3 parts quality is good; but Ninja feels way better and strong.
4. Like CBR250 (when launched) R3 is a new bike, so expect lot of changes/improvements every now and then. N300 change/improvement expected only when a new model is launched yearly.
5. When I rode R3 for the first time, I didn't feel anything apart from power/refinement due to higher capacity/cylinders. Mean to say that it was easy to ride and any one moving to this bike will feel very comfortable (at home). Whereas N300 will make you feel different that you have never felt in other bikes (same category) - qualit of ride; you will feel like "I want to play with the bike".

All the above are just simple personal comments; but after riding both bike thoroughly.
But at the end its your taste. For that do a test ride, take both the bikes around 140 kmph and then you will get an idea which is the one for you.

Cheers

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

That's as good an explanation as any. Thank you.

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Absolutely no issues in city. But if we can't enjoy N300's real character/quality in city why you want to drive in city?
That's the point

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Purely bragging rights. [emoji41]

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Update:
Odo reading (Completed): 20000+ km( in 2 yrs) Accessories (to date): Puig Frame sliders, RoaringToyz risers, Convex mirros add-on
Gear: Rev'it Galactic/ Tourmaster Sabre 2 (Toberetired), Triumph Heritage Denim, Rjays riding shoes, Joe Rocket ProStreet gloves, Sparx Hornet (Toberetired) and the newest addition - CRAFT baselayer (Special mention- More on that later).

So !!! I crossed 20000kms on my Ninja 300 last weekend and it felt gooooood. I bought the bike on 31 Oct 2014, and hence wanted to completed this milestone (preferably) before 31st . But, obviously, could not manage to squeeze in a 200km+ ride to meet this goal .

Lately, the bike ONLY comes out for long distance weekend getaways. The two rides before the "MILESTONE" ride was A) Gandikota in Andhra and B) to our own Scotland - Coorg in Karnataka. Gandikota was a "wanna do" ride ever since Mr.Phanikar (another Xbhpian) went there and put up a thread of those Belum caves sometime back. Anyhow below are some of the pictures from that ride from my end. This one was a 700km ride over a weekend.










There was another ride to Coorg for a friend's bachelor party. This one was another 600 odd kms again over a weekend. Not many pictures of interest for this forum from that ride .

This leads us to the last & most recent ride 20 Nov 2016- The MILESTONE ride. A colleague of mine was riding to Bandipur as he owns a farm there. Called me to ask if I was interested and I just could not have said no. This was 1 day BLR-Bandipur-BLR ride- ride, relax, ride back. He rides an Himalayan. So a Ninja 300 and Himalayan set off early at 5:30 AM and back in Bangalore around 8:30PM. The route was BLR-Kanakpura-Malavali-Bannur- Somnathpura- T.Narsipura- Nanjangud- Gundulpete- Bandipur and beyond while going. One our way back, we came through Mysore - Bangalore highway.

With Himalayan leading broken or no roads, Ninja 300 silently followed without any hick-ups or trouble. But all those kms, I imagined the scenario of having Versys X300 (Transform bike ! transform !!!!)

Anyhow the highlight for me personally in this trip was "trying out the baselayer & realization of its benefits first hand" which become obvious after this 500 km/day ride through all kinds of roads. I do not know how many already know this, but for those who do (not) know the benefits ,like me few months back, here are few pointers (I told you special mention at the beginning, here's why )

Name: Craft Baselayer
Reason for purchase/use: Having worn the Triumph Heritage Jeans previously to Valaparai for the first time, safety aside, it was never "comfortable" with all the Kevlar, Denim materials etc etc under hot, humid, dry and wet conditions- all of which we tourers can experience here down south in a single ride. Felt may be a intermediate second skin will help ease this irritant. That comfort would help focus on things more important while riding !Improve concentration and reduce frustration/irritation !
Outcome: Use of a baselayer (second skin) has advantages far beyond comfort.
Material: This is not your cotton based inner wear. This is polyester and a good 100%.
Impact:The overall comfort is for sure heightened, but the reduction in fatigue levels are unparalleled by any other fixes. Do not ask me how, but the muscles seemed to be in much relaxed state over the entire ride with it in comparison to times without it. This definitely helps you focus all your efforts on riding without any pain or discomfort after 8-10 hours riding in a day. Basically, this indirectly improve concentration and reduce frustration/irritation during a long day of riding.
Cost: I paid ~35 Euros- Best VFM Gear ever bought! (The article below has few more options, cheaper ones to get, if people are coming down from the US/Japan. )
More sources: Recent article on Overdrive summed it up pretty well. A good read for every motorcyclist in India !!!

Thats it for this post... will update if anything else occurs ! Happy and safe riding guys !

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Good to see you are using your Ninja for what it is really intended and excels at, mile munching. Thanks for sharing information about the baseslayer, interesting.

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Baselayers FTW! I wear them all the time when I ride a motorcycle or my bicycle because I've got huge thighs and I always end up chaffed after a sweaty ride. I have never tried a craft base layer, but I found a great pair at Decathlon for 900 bucks! They're from an in house brand by decathlon called Wedze and I have to hand it to them - hands down one of the most VFM investment I've made. Of course, these are not 100% PE like yours, I think it's closer 80% PE. Good option for purchasing in India. I used it once in a ride from Jammu to Patnitop too and they held up well.

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The Gear I have, thanks ! Where I got it from is like this, Rev'it Leather jacket (Procured in 2012 in Netherlands for 200 Euros), Tourmaster Sabre (Procured from the US in 2008 for $135), Joe Rocket gloves (Procured from the US in 2015, gifted) and Craft (Procured in 2016 from Europe). Remaining of them, I got it here - the Riding Denim, Shoes and Helmet.

Basically as you see, the riding gear wardrobe has evolved year on year with "savings+ planning combo" of what to get? from where? from whom ? and how ? .Presently planning one such for the Helmet .

I have not tried the Decathlon one as, as when I tried to find one before the Valparai trip, they were out of stock. After this, since I had someone coming down from Europe, I just got it from Europe as there ( or US) the apparel is designed for a particular application and it delivers on it. Here we might have to pick and draw from nearest sport/use case. Nothing wrong there ! I found the 100% Polyester vest a bit "pricky" under hot sun. Here the Decathlon Hiking T-shirt works better. So, best of both worlds in a way

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Hi Guys,

Some evil minded broke my N300s rear left indicator in non crowded friday office parking. Indicator has no scratches meaning no other bike has brushed my bikes indicator. Actually only the black plastic body of the indicator is broken, rest of the assembly are intact. New indicator is for approx 2500 to 2800 in Pune.
Wondering if anybody has spare/broken indicator or only a black plastic body which I can use. I can pay for it if required.




-Imran

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Hello clan elders.
Noob question.
I hear a strange click sound when i shift a gear up. But it's not that of gear shift. It comes after the change of gear just before giving throttle after changing it.
It wasn't there when it was new. Or may be i was oblivious.
Haven't contacted the showroom yet. Hoping everything will tune in at the first service. Done 800kms in about 20 days.
Mostly kept it below 4000rpm. Hit 6000 here and there.
Please provide your valuable input.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Its just the throttle cables going into its positions and coming back out of it when you twist your trottle. The to and fro movements. Completely normal.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Did 450 kms round fro Puducherry to Yelagiri and chose - Polur - Alangayam stretch. This stretch is not yet explored much and the twisties are everywhere. The weather was cool and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Few snaps from the trip.

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KRT edition looks stunnning

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hello people!! What is up?

Just wanted to know if there is any information regarding ABS baby Ninja?

Thanks in advance.