Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

A twin is a twin, is a twin. For long distance touring which is what you are looking for the Ninja being a twin cylinder bike will ensure a smooth ride even at high speed, all day long and across the rev band. This is primarily what one pays the extra for when buying the Ninja. The Ninja riding stance is fairly relaxed compared to the KTM RC390 which is another plus.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

I agree it's refined , good cruiser and better built but like I said before , all that's not worth 1.5 lakh more than the RC.

For the money you pay for the NINJA , You can get an RC390 and Duke 200( for cruising ) and you still have some change left.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

The Ninja is pricey in India, no doubt about that. Hell, buy both KTM's as you say and viola you have a twin. Ha!

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Thanks for your inputs.
Yeah, I am following Ninja as well as RC ownership threads. Still some time left to decide as iam planning to take it in April on my little daughter's b'day.

Rightly said, twin is a twin. Exhaust note on Ninja is soothing to ears. I can extend my budget to 4lakhs, but spare parts costs and availability scares me. Saw in early posts that rim costs around 26k and brake discs, sprocket @ 15k.

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Difference of 1.5 lacs is not just due to duties and stuff. The quality on Ninja 300 is couple of notches above RC390. Rc390 is vfm, and has best rupee to bhp ratio, but the smoothness of the twin, plus a very tractable motor of the 300 is somethibg that scores brownie points for itself. And, a twin is a twin. Being 75cc and 5 bhp down, ninja still scores a higher top end, that is academic though. A person deciding to buy a ninja300 is not someone who is looking at vfm, he is someone who appreciates quality and finesse, which sadly very few offer below 4 lac.

Talking about maintenance costs, I feel it costs me same as my Duke 200, with only difference being I dont have to face the niggles and hence I dont have to be in the good books of the service center guys incase anything goes wrong.

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Its not a deciding factor to go for the Duke my friend. There are many decisive factors involved. Quality of Build, Niggles, Brand etc. To me the best factor is, it a parallel twin and it is a parallel twin. Those two are leagues apart. Just because Ninja is priced high, its not to be downgraded, In that case, you can put the equation as how many RCs /Ds one can buy for Z1000 or R1.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Actually ownership threads on the RC seems to be telling quite a different story about it. The bike seems to be getting much better as the miles go higher.refinement improves after the first service ( to good levels ). As far as brand goes KTM is no pushover brand. If you talk about the twin engine advantage of the Ninja then you must also consider ABS and Metzeler tire advantage of the RC 390.

Equation of buying more was given just to make you understand what great VFM the Duke is and what Ninja isn't. I am yet to see an owner complain about his RC , that says a lot about the bike and the RC is actually improved quite a lot from the Duke too.

My mistake, the price difference is not 1.5 but a Whooping 2 lakhs. The built quality is definitely better on the Ninja than RC but really by how much ? There are few rattles and this is something ASC would fix and as per owners refinement and rattles improves a lot after first service.

The RC not only has best bhp to price ratio , it also has an astounding chassis , great Metzeler tires ( which are expensive btw ) lighter weight and ABS all included as standard. On a track it's going to kill the Ninja which will leave it's owners red faced even after paying this much more.

Despite being down on power it has a top end whack which is not much higher and neither usable for both bikes on our roads. Mid range is important and that's where the RC shines too.

The only real downside to the RC compared to the Ninja is in its touring inability. So if that and the small refinements with twin cylinder advantage is worth 2 lakhs more , you could probably still get the Ninja but RC has definitely just redefined VFM and it's not just with Power !!

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Buddy buy a ninja650

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@Stani Emerson John :- Has anyone put a gun to your head and forced you to buy a Ninja. It is your money buy whatever you want, why are you spamming this thread.

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Obviously not the right thread to boast about the RC. Apologize for being insensitive , just tried to help a member decide since his initial budget was 2.5 lakhs and wanted to decide on the Ninja. Cia.

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Dude, it is quite evident that talking sense wont do much help. Anyways, there are 3 kinds of people here.
1. People who are looking for vfm bikes and have brought 390 or will buy eventually.
2. People who appreciate quality, finese, and dont care about vfm, and buy a ninja300 or will buy eventually.
And, 3rd category, these are the people who either dont have the means or desire or both to buy either of them and are just sitting on the fence passing on their unwanted comments.
Buddy, has anyone forced you to buy a ninja? You are barking up the wrong tree my friend and this topic is beaten to death already.
Its your money dude, buy whatever you want, your views on 390 vs 300 doesnt matter to anyone here.
Hope this brings some sense.

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Lets end the controversy.

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This is the thread for ownership review of ninja 300 right? Or am I at the wrong place

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This is the 'Ownership thread', not a 'validating thread' that justifies or denies the cost of Ninja vis a vis other offerings. Please limit the discussion to ownership only. By the VFM criteria alone, a second hand M80 with a luggage rack can take you all around in India at the cheapest of cost.

When it comes to bikes above 250ccs, it is like fine dining. One can't just say 'kya, amrika se chickan laya kya? bahar 250 me milta hai idhar 2500 kayko?' It's more of a lifestyle decision, not necessarily substantiated by numbers and logic. Take it if you like it, and forget the buying cost so that you can enjoy your decision. Trying to prove wiseness of our decision is futile.

Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

I need to replace my cone set. The service centre guys told me that it will take at least one month for them to get the parts is there any alternative available in the market. I want to change it now and after the parts come at the service centre I will replace it with that. Any cheap alternative

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