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**gouravkatyal** · 04-11-2011, 08:44 PM

Originally posted by Yasser View Post

The worst will happen at the worst possible time! I was taking wife on one of the rarest of rides (she must have sat pillion 3-4 times in 1 year) doing above 90 on the highway and guess what?...my rear brake fails!! Luckily I hardly use the rear brake.

But I thought I would put it here, for it might be a lesson to the other riders in the group. The brake suddenly went kaput! totally failed, the lever would go all the way down. Since I rely on the front brake 90% of the time, I continued my ride and to my surprise, I found that after a little while, the rear brake started working again!!

The disc oil is on the lesser side, but I'm not sure that is the problem..I think its something else...spoke to Arif at PBK and he has asked me to get it down to the workshop. Will keep you guys posted.

You can also check if there was some cloth etc stuck around the break...I have had this happen to me due to a rag stuck near the disk... Glad to hear everything is fine..

**n_aditya** · 04-11-2011, 08:56 PM

Originally posted by sachinzeus View Post

Funny thing - I was asked by the PBK guys what bike I used to ride before the Ninja. They were pretty shocked when I said this was my first.

Nothing funny about it. See the number of crashed ninja's at the service station and its no laughing matter.

This might be a puny 250 but it sure can make things go bad in an instant.

Ride safe mate.

P.S. Pick up the following asap. Available on torrents and highly recommended. Read this and practice hard.... preferably before you finish running-in the engine.

1. Sport riding techniques by Nick Ienatsch (eBook)

2. Twist of the Wrist by Keith code (vol 1 on eBook and vol2 on dvd)

Originally posted by sachinzeus View Post

I am trying to find a summer wear jacket with armor but was unable to find one either at the Cramster shop or planetdsg. Both are out of stock on L sizes. Any help is appreciated

Check Orion Yamaha. They stock riding jackets. Contact Bachoo motors. He has a good set of riding gear and accessories.

Originally posted by gouravkatyal View Post

You can also check if there was some cloth etc stuck around the break...I have had this happen to me due to a rag stuck near the disk... Glad to hear everything is fine..

You kidding ???

**gouravkatyal** · 04-11-2011, 09:34 PM

Originally posted by n_aditya View Post

You kidding ???

Nope... and by rag I meant a very small piece

The brake lever just goes completely free if something gets in there..

**Yasser** · 04-11-2011, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by gouravkatyal View Post

Nope... and by rag I meant a very small piece

The brake lever just goes completely free if something gets in there..

SHOCKING

...nevertheless, will check my disc's carefully.

**Yasser** · 04-11-2011, 11:00 PM

[QUOTE=vkuchhal;608105]

Originally posted by Yasser View Post

Very well said.. some of my friends are already very excited about the Honda and discussing its booking prices with me , so as to make me feel low, that i got a 250 for double the price of a Honda. But only ninja riders know the truth, what our machine is capable of doing.

Oh! I have encountered so many!! I am already sick of explaining to people the difference between a twin cylinder 33 BHP bike and a single cylinder 26 BHP bike.

People come up with that wry smile, (which seems to suggest 'what a fool you are') and say arre did you see the Honda 250? It costs only 1.5 Lakh!

**Sunnyside_up!** · 04-11-2011, 11:38 PM

[QUOTE=Yasser;608259]

Originally posted by vkuchhal View Post

Oh! I have encountered so many!! I am already sick of explaining to people the difference between a twin cylinder 33 BHP bike and a single cylinder 26 BHP bike.

People come up with that wry smile, (which seems to suggest 'what a fool you are') and say arre did you see the Honda 250? It costs only 1.5 Lakh!

My friend, I think that you're getting worked up and defensive over nothing. All of us I'm sure have been faced with these questions in the last few months, mostly from people who have never ridden a 250R and therefore are armed with less than perfect information.

The comparisons are not an apples to apples case and therefore arguments can only be flawed at best. The CBR's have yet to hit the roads. I think that once they do, the arguments will cease by themselves.

In the meanwhile, I prefer to think that the Gods do not concern themselves with lesser mortals.

**The Celebrity** · 04-12-2011, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by Yasser View Post

My advise to all the fellow Ninja owners is to smile and use a 'one-liner' I heard somewhere 'If I have to tell it..you won't understand'! and leave it at that..since we have the better bike, its only justified that they win the argument. Everyone gets something!!

This is what I have been doing for the above situation, pass a smile... they will be happy and we won't have to encounter any sort of further talk on it...

Originally posted by Yasser View Post

The worst will happen at the worst possible time! I was taking wife on one of the rarest of rides (she must have sat pillion 3-4 times in 1 year) doing above 90 on the highway and guess what?...my rear brake fails!! Luckily I hardly use the rear brake.

But I thought I would put it here, for it might be a lesson to the other riders in the group. The brake suddenly went kaput! totally failed, the lever would go all the way down. Since I rely on the front brake 90% of the time, I continued my ride and to my surprise, I found that after a little while, the rear brake started working again!!

The disc oil is on the lesser side, but I'm not sure that is the problem..I think its something else...spoke to Arif at PBK and he has asked me to get it down to the workshop. Will keep you guys posted.

That's really a scary incident especially with your wife as pillion... glad nothing happened...

Originally posted by Sunnyside_up! View Post

My friend, I think that you're getting worked up and defensive over nothing. All of us I'm sure have been faced with these questions in the last few months, mostly from people who have never ridden a 250R and therefore are armed with less than perfect information.

The comparisons are not an apples to apples case and therefore arguments can only be flawed at best. The CBR's have yet to hit the roads. I think that once they do, the arguments will cease by themselves.

In the meanwhile, I prefer to think that the Gods do not concern themselves with lesser mortals.

Very aptly quoted Sirji...

**n_aditya** · 04-12-2011, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by Sunnyside_up! View Post

In the meanwhile, I prefer to think that the Gods do not concern themselves with lesser mortals.

Well said !!!

I am so happy that the CBR is launched as a mass production bike. Good that ninja didn't go this way. I love the exclusivity and it would be dead boring to see ninja's competing with the autorickshaw's population figures.

**Yasser** · 04-12-2011, 01:11 PM

Hmm..I think since there were no comparisions, the Bajaj guys did'nt need to advertise the strong points of the Ninja till now. Starting with the 'Power of 2 Cylinders' slogan advertised during the Green Day, I think they will now start differentiating the Ninja from the other 250's.

But to a Ninja buyer it hardly makes a difference, as in most cases the Ninja buyer is a serious biker who knows his C.C's and B.H.P's!

**bluevolt** · 04-12-2011, 02:12 PM

I am getting a BMW K1300 R next week. The big daddy of them all.

**aargee** · 04-12-2011, 02:35 PM

Congratulations bv

**Ananth** · 04-12-2011, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by bluevolt View Post

I am getting a BMW K1300 R next week. The big daddy of them all.

Freaak! Awesome news. Heartfelt congratulations. Do drop by to Chennai with the mighty one, After all its just a few hours away now

**pushkarb** · 04-12-2011, 03:19 PM

Originally posted by The Celebrity View Post

This is what I have been doing for the above situation, pass a smile... they will be happy and we won't have to encounter any sort of further talk on it...

That's really a scary incident especially with your wife as pillion... glad nothing happened...

Very aptly quoted Sirji...

OT: So Hyosung's 250 should be somewhere in between

**Yasser** · 04-12-2011, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by bluevolt View Post

I am getting a BMW K1300 R next week. The big daddy of them all.

Way to go!! Congratulations! its about time our class (Ninja 250 owners) graduated.

**rohitraghavan** · 04-12-2011, 03:48 PM

Congrats BV,

What's the price of the beast?

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