my new toy

Neziroth · Post by **Neziroth** » April 8, 2005, 9:05 pm

just signed the papers today and I'm picking it up in a week:

<img src="http://kawasaki.com/kawasaki_main/image ... 52_800.jpg>

Ohhh I can't wait!

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » April 8, 2005, 9:06 pm

Either replace the [s with <s or put that url between [ img ] and [ /img ] and it should work better.

<img src = "http://kawasaki.com/kawasaki_main/image ... 52_800.jpg">

You're missing an ending "

Kithyen · Post by **Kithyen** » April 8, 2005, 9:07 pm

Compensating for something there?

[Show]: I'm just jealous. I want one

icknay · Post by **icknay** » April 8, 2005, 9:33 pm

pretty sweet bike

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » April 8, 2005, 9:47 pm

very nice Nez. Congrats.

I just picked this up last week. I love it.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 8, 2005, 10:16 pm

Big Gun QUIET SERIES/SPORT UTILITY

Designed for maximum performance at responsible noise levels Features Quiet core silencer Sold with Silent Sport muffler packing (All Big Gun Quiet Series Exhaust Systems meet the new CA USFS sound rule of 96dB with addition of the accessory Quiet End Spout and fresh Big Gun Silent Sport packing.)

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 9, 2005, 12:26 am

Grats, enjoy it and ride safe.

I do have to say though.. The Ninjas are without a doubt oen of the ugliest 'crotch rocket' bikes out there.

I woulda sold ya mine.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » April 9, 2005, 8:23 am

Siji wrote:Grats, enjoy it and ride safe.

I do have to say though.. The Ninjas are without a doubt oen of the ugliest 'crotch rocket' bikes out there.

I woulda sold ya mine.

My brother has a Blackbird.

Frightening.

(took it onto the highway from a side road, goosed the throttle and when I looked down I was doing a little over 110MPH)

Tinkin Tankem · Post by **Tinkin Tankem** » April 9, 2005, 9:13 am

Get a Duc!

Durew · Post by **Durew** » April 9, 2005, 1:38 pm

This is my bike, got it last year.. very good learners bike, although I'm a bit tired of it due to low HP; cant even pull a wheelie on this, its too heavy with not enough torque. All in all, great price for what your getting if you've never rode a bike before

miir · Post by **miir** » April 11, 2005, 1:56 pm

This was my first road bike.... nearly 20 years ago....

Very poor learners bike... power to weight ratio was insane, and low end torque was through the roof (

2-strokes). Mixing the gas was a bitch though.

They don't make bikes like that anymore.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 11, 2005, 2:14 pm

All those crotch rocket bikes look the same to me. I hate to stereotype, but the people that ride those seem to all come from the same gene pool, which is not a compliment.

miir · Post by **miir** » April 11, 2005, 2:40 pm

Yeah, there are a lot of stupid riders out there these days. People who buy bikes for the wrong reason and don't learn the proper skills to operate them properly. I can't stand these kids who blast down the highway doing 150+ in shorts and a tshirt... or the ones wheelie-ing from stoplight to stoplight.

There are a good bunch of responsible bikers around but it's the loudest demographic that give bike owners (esp sport bikes) a bad rep.

All those crotch rocket bikes look the same to me

Well it's not like they have too much leeway in design. Bikes are function over form. Over 90% of a motorcycle's bulk is made of of mechanicals.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 11, 2005, 2:55 pm

the only bikers i have a problem with are the assclowns who make their Harleys louder than a fucking C-130.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 11, 2005, 3:28 pm

Voronwë wrote:the only bikers i have a problem with are the assclowns who make their Harleys louder than a fucking C-130.

I agree! Although I don't know what a C-130 is. Sounds like a plane or something!

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » April 11, 2005, 3:36 pm

Aslanna wrote:Although I don't know what a C-130 is. Sounds like a plane or something!

Good guess.

It's a plane large enough to carry military vehicles.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » April 11, 2005, 3:37 pm

Yea but C-130s aren't that loud, any good Harley should be louder than that!

Marb

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 11, 2005, 3:41 pm

There are people on this board that purposely make their bikes loud and then complain about being told they can't have them in apartment complexes.

Noise polution sucks ass. Muffle that shit until you're outside city limits or on a highway where you have a good chance of dying for the permanent muffle. They need to sell a phone that is Harley activated. When the obnoxious signature sound of a Harley or other loud bike is detected, it automatically calls in a complaint.

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » April 11, 2005, 5:00 pm

Voronwë wrote:the only bikers i have a problem with are the assclowns who make their Harleys louder than a fucking C-130.

loud pipes save lives

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » April 11, 2005, 5:34 pm

Yeah, the drivers that don't "see" bikes might at least hear them. The only time I have problems with loud cars or bikes are when they pull into a parking garage and gun it between speed bumps. They set alarms off left and right as well as knocking pigeons from their perches.

Neziroth · Post by **Neziroth** » April 11, 2005, 5:36 pm

if it's too loud then you're too old!

hohoho

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 11, 2005, 6:55 pm

We've already had this debate!

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » April 11, 2005, 7:47 pm

I have one of these for sale if anyone is interested... yes a 1947 Indian Chief

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » April 11, 2005, 7:59 pm

Loud bikes > Big SUVs with stupid drivers. Plus rice burners are a hell of a lot worse imho.

I miss riding

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 11, 2005, 8:06 pm

All motorcycles should have to have those little extra passenger cars attached to them.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » April 11, 2005, 9:10 pm

That looks more like a passenger car with a little motorcycle attached to it.

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » April 12, 2005, 9:35 am

Loud bikes may be annoying, but rice burners who sound like they're farting are much worse, imho...but anyways:

My first and current bike:
It's got enough power & torque for anything...very fun. Just exchange that stock exhaust with a high mount Scorpion can, and that's mine!

Oh I forgot to add, yeah, the Ninja is a great bike to start on, but I imagine you will want more, sooner or later

Just wear your gear, and don't be the asshat who rides around in shorts and a wife beaters with your helmet on...you would only be saving your head for the funeral.