Reply To: How to convince dad to let me get a ninja 250 instead of cruiser?
June 5, 2009 at 6:44 pm
#19365
eternal05
Participant
1. The Ninja 250 is a very low-displacement bike
2. It is NOT powerful, even though it’s plenty fun to ride
3. It is very nimble, and easy to ride for a beginner
4. It’s a short/light bike, making it easy to heft
5. High ground clearance means less risk of dragging hard parts when learning
Really it comes down to the fact that your dad (if he wants to get a “huge-displacement cruiser”) doesn’t seem well informed as to what is or isn’t a good beginner bike, and should get pointed towards this site or others. The Ninja 250 is THE world standard beginner bike, so claiming that it’s too unwieldy for beginners is a show of ignorance on his part.
P.S. One tiny anal-retentive note: The 250 is a parallel-twin, not a V-twin.