# Finally going to do it, me thinks... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 28, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-going-to-do-it-me-thinks/267104 "2013-05-28T14:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 80
**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-going-to-do-it-me-thinks/267104/80 "2013-05-30T18:22:08Z")
> [@IPHONE!!!?!?!?1111](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-1111/52879/6): > > Trust me, the 250/300 will be plenty for you. Morons in this thread talking down to the 250’s/300’s. > > I own an R6, and a Ninja 300. When you become a good rider, I guarantee you will leave everyone who claims big bikes are best behind carving up mountain roads. > > No matter how much fun my R6 is in regards to acceleration, speed, and hell - even cornering, the Ninja 300 can be just as fun, if not **more** fun carving a good set of twisties than a 600+cc bike. > > Don’t believe me? Even on the R6 forum where I posted about my Ninja 300, people who were track day regulars, and even a few who have their racing licenses and legit race, were talking about how they were downgrading to a 250/300 because they are just a load of fun. > > Lightweight, and easy to throw around! > > :IdiotsI can’t believe people in here are comparing cars to motorcycles. :gtfo > Ilya, you need to join a real motorcycle forum where there is logic. The handful in here who are knowledgeable clearly get drowned out by nonsense. > > I started out on a Honda CBR900RR, and from experience, I can say it wasn’t the smartest idea. Bigger, heavier bike, never felt confident on it. I rode around with the biggest chicken strips like 95% of the local riders, that don’t know what the difference is between a Shinko Sport Touring tire and a Dunlop Q2 tire. > > Lets watch R1’s and other big bikes beat the 250 on the straight, and then lets watch the 250 pass them in the turns… > [Ninja 250 vs. the big bikes at Laguna Seca - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz03sQeX02c) > > Sorry, you’re not going to be doing wheelies like the cool kids (Even though my father has successfully wheelied the 300, so, I guess you _ **can** _ if you want), you’re not going to get all the girls who chill on the corner, and you may even have some squids laugh at you … but after all that, you’ll know you’re on track to being a much better rider than them. > > Ben Spies, Valentino Rossi, Kevin Schwantz and all of them will never be caught saying “Yeah, go buy a 600cc, you’ll be awesome!” :facepalm > > Why I even wasted my time typing this, I don’t know. Ilya, you seem smart. You don’t need me, RocketPunch, Gundam, HiSpeed, Vlad…etc to sit here and tell you what to do. Common saying is, new rider on a bigger bike means cheaper parts. > > Be smart, ride safe, and have fun. > > On a side note, I don’t mind people who stunt. 91teg can practice wheelies on the whole ride, and wear whatever he feels comfortable wearing, or speed off in to the distance - I don’t care, I’ll still ride with him, and others just like him. I ride my ride, they ride theirs. Motorcycles are supposed to be fun, and I have fun with everyone I ride with. It’s the people who call the lightweights pussy bikes and what not are the people I despise. > > You don’t need a big bike to enjoy this awesome hobby. You’re best bet is to start small, at least for a year - see if you really like it. Most people will buy a bike and decide it’s not for them. Might as well start small, understand the bike, attempt to master the bike (Which I can nearly guarantee nobody here has “mastered” a 250 or 300, except _maybe_ RocketPunch who will also probably say he can’t), and then decide if you want to go bigger. :skid gtfo? dudes not concerned about safety or speed in the slightest bit in his car and has had no issues, what the fuck is the difference?? the ability to EASIER-LY get out of the way on a bike!?? Yeah, ill absolutely agree, its alot easier to die on a bike… but its also alot easier to get out of someones way… im an idiot, but I just sold my second 250… I bought the first one, had fun for about a week and then sold it… couldnt find a 400+ motard so I convinced myself the 250 would do again… needless to say, I sold the second 250 yet again after 3-4 rides lol… But yeah, im an idiot… If I got tired of a motard, a bike that is set up for mixed use, hopping curbs, hitting up the railroad tracks then the pavement im DEFFFFF getting tired of a bike that is soley a street bike and gets passed my grannies in there buicks… Vlad rode my 250 to my road test… Vlad (dont fucking lie) how fucking slow and boring was the 250?? Fucking IMPOSSIBLE to speed up to switch lanes, gotta wait for the person 300 ft in back of you to pass before you can switch. dont know why im spending the time either, I gaurentee hell be tired of the 250, but hopefully hell buy a used one cash so he can just get his money back when he sells it to get a 600 lol… BTW, im not sure if you can adjust the ride height of the 250’s, but im a fucking midget and I felt like goliath on a ninja 250 I sat on at phibbs that my girl was looking at. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-going-to-do-it-me-thinks/267104)._