hey ten: I know its not the right thread..but many congratulations for your blade. It is super sexy. By the way..whats happening to your crashed out 600? Also, i met a ninja owner with a 180 rear tyre yesterday..rode his bike & felt it extremely stable. I have clocked 6000 kms & want to upsize my stock 130 rear. Wanted your advice if i should upsize at all..if yes what size/brand? Thanks in advance!

HELL NO NO NO NO...180 is the one which goes in my 600.
The bike must have felt to be stable in a straight line because of the extra weight and the tire width. It only feels so...the bike doesnt because stable in reality..
stability is majorly due to chasis and suspensions.
You will kill the handling, the mileage, the acceleration, the top end and just about everything that you bought the Ninja for

Thanks for the blade wishes..
Ride Safe mate !

I have done 3500 KM. It should help the engine to breath better, but I don't expect any increase in performance. Not getting the time to clean the filter, so though about K&N. May be I am lazy too. I got it for 4800/-. The whole day I didn't get the time to change the filter. Has to do it for the Sunday morning ride. Will let you know the feedback....

just for those interested in upsizing. you can fit a 150 profile tyre without modding. And if you really wanna experiment with the handling of the bike, then go for the FZ-16 rear tyre, as its cheap, affordable and please do not exceed 140KMPH on the tyre.. or the max speed its rated for.

Or just leave the bike stock, and look for stickier rubber from other companies like michelin or dunlop or bridgestone.

Amen....
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one problem i have been facing with the ninja is with the instrumentation.
With the RESET button easy to press, Thrice it has happened to me that someone out of sheer curiosity of checking the bike or due to their notorious nature have reset my trip counter when parked.

is there any solution to this problem? it gets quite irritating when people do this.

Get a cover for your bike..

^^ put a plastic tab over it and tape it.

CARDBOARD!

Why did someone not shoot him already (lol)

Sue him guys, take him to the consumer court

Some Pics from a recent ride to Greater Noida:

And some after the new rear number plate:

Ownership Experiences

hi all,

Sorry for the delay in reply.
MY last post was from Mysore, but recently got posted to Bangalore on a long term transfer , so now a part of the bangalore group.

Finally a 12year old dream is fulfilled.On Friday, 14th , i got my bike.

To Start with the details, i was not able to sleep on Thursday thinking that tomorrow is the day, when a dream will come true. slept for few hours and got up at 5.20am. got ready and went to the office at 7:30am, just so that i may leave early to pick up ma bike.this was the first time in the entire career of 3yrs working that i had reached so early(otherwise i follow a principle "come late to the office, and make up by leaving early" )

Left office at 1pm to lalbagh to buy helmet first (safety first or fear of being caught by police ).took bus, auto and had to walk quite a deal to reach lalbagh from electronic city.. got the LS2 for 3300... .

Reached khivraj at 4:30pm. saw my bike . i was thrilled.
Prasanna explained all details, and i rode out of the showroom at 6pm, but to my disappointment it started raining.I went to the nearest filling station at old airport road.
I saw heads turning and at the filling station , cleaner guy came to me just to clean the bike with some cleaning liquid in his hand. i knew he just wanted to touch the bike and have a good feel, but my denial disappointed him. finally gave the energizer (91 octane) to ma baby and went rolling back on it.

Few observations made on the road - people try to come as near to you just to look more closely to the bike , every one pointing my out about the lights and i in return giving them a nod and a smile.
keeping to a limit of 4k rpm is a tough task although i am giving my best shot to maintain it.

Till now done 180kms within the Bangalore city, more of that on hosur road and the flyover too, and is satisfied that this bike is worth for every penny spent.

As for the other updates, i have ordered the Xena xx6 disc lock alarm from eBay, soon i frnd of mine coming to India shall hand it over to me.
Desperately waiting for the bike cover to arrive at the khivraj,( taki meri bike ko kisi ki nazar na lage )

That was all for the time being... shall be contributing more later...

Being new to Bangalore, shall look for fellow ninja riders to provide me with pointers where i can run in my bike freely ( without bumper to bumper traffic) as i am bored of hosur road.
Just PM me or call me at , if any one wants to ride together.

guys ... can we ride the ninja in the rains....cause the radiator is fully exposed?

Congratulations & welcome to the club!!!!

Nice road, elevated highway till Hosur. Also back to Mysore trip will be fun after break in period.