Sorry guys & Thanks for correcting me. I've update the right URL now & have verified it. Money wise, I'm a fool as I don't keep track of how much I spend on Rx. I only keep track on how much percent I save every month & the rest I spend it like crazy dumb ass!!! It might've been 500+???

ROTFL!!!

+ 1 buddy! And that grin is from the sheer satisfaction of owning one!!

Finally got my ninja today! Its gorgeous! handles beautifully but eagerly waiting for the breaking in period to end so planning a couple of 300km rides in few days.

About the litre class bikes not suitable for indian conditions, i'm really not an expert to give a generalised statement but IMO if you have the money to buy and maintain one then nothing else matters really...because from my little experience of riding litre class bikes, i immediately fell in love with the sheer power and control the bikes possess and all the practicality kind of just goes out the window! lol! i dont know about the state of roads in other states but here in/around hyderabad, the roads are really awful and are fast deteriorating hence i got bored of driving my car over potholes the size of grand canyon!! IMHO the roads around hyd were a BIG deterrent and dictated my decision to go for a more practical bike...i know i'm boring

no 250R can take ANY litre class in corners. Now if u say a 600 can then yes...there are some corners where a 600 will outdo a litre.

you are not supposed to exploit your bike on the streets...does that make sense to you ? If yes then your "apart from the racetrack" argument goes out the window in an instant.
If you havent hit the rev limiter on the Ninja consistently thinking you are running out of stretches then you aint riding it right. I got tired of hitting the rev limiter everyday all the time including in 6th gear.
I used to wonder why anyone would buy a litre class! I even made a few posts about it. But do not forget that as a rider you too will keep evolving. Once you ride a litre everything else and I mean everything else (including a 600) feels underpowered. FACT ! To many, its not the top speeds but how the bike gets there. That alone warrants their price.

Dont be too caught up in cursing and complaining about the roads. I have an onboard vid where I am cruising at 200 kmph for a considerable time. Roads in India or atleast in metropolitan cities and around aint that bad at all. ever heard of golden quadrilateral for top whacks ? Ambey valley or lavasa for cornering ? If you think ppl aint riding or using their bikes to their potential then you are under a very wrong impression about the Indian riding fraternity. There are some who will smoke me in a second on an R15....
Focus more on improving your riding. Trust me..biking is more fun if the pursuit is towards improvement...its no fun if you sit in a corner and cry people a river out about how unfair and shitty everything is.

Couldn't have put it better myself, ex-green parrot! Scooties run rings around me on city roads, but at the same time, there were safe stretches of tarmac on GQ when I got tired of keeping the throttle at 150.

So have I exploited the potential of the 250R outside the track? I believe so.

Do you mean the 250R can or it cant?

What does exploiting full potential mean to you? The bikes potential isnt its top speed or acceleration figures, its the ability of the bike to fulfill the purpose for which it was designed.

The 250R is versatile motorcycle and does not choose sides. Its a bit of a track bike, a bit of street motorcycle and a highway/touring monster.

With higher end bikes, you get better acceleration figures, the engine is completely stress free at the speeds where smaller bikes are revving their nuts off. The brakes are better and the chassis is more stable. You get what you pay for and there is no way around that.

Dude, you rode with us once to mysore late at night remember? We tore the tarmac apart if you can call that and for me that was an achievement at that point in time. I never in my life had ridden a bike that late in the night and moreover at 155 kmph speeds. There are folks with the 250R here like Asim (Killer Instinct) who have taken the ninja to the track and has thrashed it apart. For most of us who are very new to performance biking, its not long before we hit the track, we are just getting to know the bike better. I have raced my modded esteem on the chennai track plenty of times so i know how much fun it is. but it takes superior skill and techniques to go to the track and ride/drive without a crash. So i know that me and my ninja will track it but after a few months.

So if you are benchmarking, good. Thats says a lot... your confidence and skill is getting better. On the topic of liter class bikes, i have never ridden one. Have sat pillion and had my heart in my mouth.

You may not be able to ride a liter class to its full potential but for the fun it provides its definitely worth it... example : I run into Angelina Jolie in a party and we spend a lot of time together till day break. I might have not been able to go all the way but ended up with a kiss and some hickeys and maybe something lil more. Isnt that good enough? Next time it might be even better. So that said, you'll take the bike to higher limits once you are comfortable with it. Its only a matter of time.. how much you ride it and how quickly you learn to master the skill of riding one.

+1 to that. On my trackdays i have seen group C bikes taking SBK's like R1's and CBR's on the corners. On the straights the big bikes were of course faster.

+1 to that again. Why risk some innocent life trying to prove a point? Hit the track instead.

Is there a revlimiter on the ninja? I dont think so. I was WOT in 5th and when i saw the tacho, the needle was at 14500 RPM. No revlimiter at 13000 RPM which is the redzone. Normally there is a fuel cutoff or ignition cutoff for engine safety but this has neither.

Amen.

There is one on my Ninja for sure and its the thing I hate most about the Ninja. Thats only because its feels like it could rev forever.

Ninja 250R cannot be faster in corners than a litre. A 600 can and will be !
You need the drive, the grunt to bomb the apex and then GTFO of a corner which the 250R will lack big time compared to a litre.
Yes...the Ninja 250R has a rev limiter ! I think it kicks in at 13.5k

[QUOTE=TenHut;476216]Ninja 250R cannot be faster in corners than a litre. A 600 can and will be !

Comparing a 250 vs a 1000 cc???Dude.Rider skill primarily matters on a track,second comes the machine.No.of turns and uphill/downhill stretches determines how fast anybody can go on a track.

I wasnt comparing...i was merely replying to someone. That rider skill matters is a given in motorcycling. . And when you do end up comparing something you assume that the same rider is riding the two different bikes being compared. You dont start out a comparision by placing a noob on the litre and an expert on the 250.

The rev limiter kicks on at 14.5k on my bike.

Weird problem faced

Gentlemen,

Yesterday, while I was riding my bike in the midst of extreme traffic conditions, I faced a problem when I shifted to 2nd gear and released the clutch. The bike started shivering a bit and appeared for sometime as it was running out of power. I stopped the bike and restarted it and the problem wasnt seen for a while. Again after a couple of kms of ride when I shifted the gear, same thing appeared to be happening again. This time I didnt stop the bike and let it go on. The problem got fixed automatically in a couple of minutes.
Then, I parked the bike and started it only after a couple of hours. This time, I rode it back (at midnight) and no problem was felt during the 12 km ride.

Following were the conditions in which it happened :

Extreme traffic. I was revving the bike perhaps with the clutch pressed to an extent. Once I also noticed that a revving sound with a vibration was felt when I had pressed the clutch but was not accelerating the bike at all.

I will be obliged if someone could throw some light on it.

Thanks,
Ashutosh

Get a sweater for the bike.

On a serious note this might be happening at low RPM's due to bad fuel or improper timing. Do you hear a knocking sound from the engine? Maybe your clutch needs adjustment?

Go to the service center and have them look into it.

@ashu - what the temps were being displayed?? and hows the play in the clutch lever?