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I don't know, I see it differently.

Most people will be on restrictions for at least 15 months, more than likely about 18-24 months and younger riders a lot longer still.

That's a long time to have one bike, as even when I have my full license I reckon I'll be buying a new bike every 24-36 months and on restrictions we're talking about a 250. So, assuming you have the doe, and you've already bought the correct gear, have had advanced training or plan on doing it, I'd spend the money on doing up the bike. Make it look better, sound better, maybe perform a tiny little bit better, it'll at the very least make you feel better riding it and quite possibly get a fair % of your money back when selling it anyway. As LAMS bikes hold their value a lot better than bigger bikes, and there's always a new learner coming up who wants a trick looking bike anyway, so will pay more for a 250 with mods than the same bike without. Lets say you have the bike for 2 years, and including the money you spent on it, when selling it you lose ~2k. It's cost you 1k a year to have that bike. I'm happy with that. If I can get the same sort of returns/losses when I have my bigger bike I'll be stoked.

Not only that, but when you get a bigger bike when off restrictions, you may even decide to keep the 250 as a commuter. Cheaper on fuel/more economical to use to get to and from work, cheaper insurance and rego and what not.

I reckon if you have the doe, get some work done to the bike, an exhaust, cowl, double bubble screen, clip ons and rear sets on the Ninja 250R make it look like a whole new bike.

Yeah maybe Sound doesnt always = fun you fool. lol All the pipes sound the same Blue Flame, Vance, Yoshi. Might look the part you might feel special but they all sound like a cage with a sports tip. Not going to waste money on a can that sounds like a shit box, If it aint broke than dont fix it. Plus the standard pipe when polished up looks trik, would rather put the money away for my zx10 in a year, Trade it in dont want 2 bikes as i only have two arms and two legs. I already have good leather jacket M2R boots and good leather gloves Winter and Summer, 2 helmets Tinted and Clear, Put crash knobs on it and K&N Filter New tyres and thats it, Just maintanence services and nothing else. But Thats Me , Fly in a beer can lol lol What ever, lol

Yeah maybe Sound doesnt always = fun you fool. lol All the pipes sound the same Blue Flame, Vance, Yoshi. Might look the part you might feel special but they all sound like a cage with a sports tip. Not going to waste money on a can that sounds like a shit box, If it aint broke than dont fix it. Plus the standard pipe when polished up looks trik, would rather put the money away for my zx10 in a year, Trade it in dont want 2 bikes as i only have two arms and two legs. I already have good leather jacket M2R boots and good leather gloves Winter and Summer, 2 helmets Tinted and Clear, Put crash knobs on it and K&N Filter New tyres and thats it, Just maintanence services and nothing else. But Thats Me , Fly in a beer can lol lol What ever, lol

I replaced mine with an F1 pipe about a month or so ago i love the sound of it but for me it was mainly cosmetic my stocky had damage from an ex so i wanted to get rid of it & therefore bought this full system & when i first heard it i near creamed myself the sound difference is phenomenal & it just suits the bike now
strictly all my opinion anyway

The stock can is ugly as all fcuk. There's no way you can call it trick.

Whatever floats your boat but, I love the look of the yoshi, sound is pretty good, a lot better than stock anyway.

The lousy thousand bucks I'll spend on my Ninja 250R will in no way affect me when it comes time to buy a gixxer 750 or R1. Or by the time I got my fulls who knows what I'll want. In all probability I'll get most of my doe back anyway.

If ya want a cheap mod to make the 2Fiddy louder (if ya worried about cagers) , nothing a steel rod and a hammer wont fix!!

Jam it down the pipe and give it a good old whack.

It'll knock a hole in the baffle and make it sound louder.

The best thing about this is only takes about 2 minutes and it's free!!

haha weldo.

stay the fuck away from my bike

old thread i know but I couldnt help pressing submitt after I put my opinion in.

As much as I hate to say it, Clay rasies some good points when considering how long you need to be on your L's and P's for these days. Nothing wrong with wanting to make our pride and joy look the part (we all do it in some degree ). I also agree that some people may keep there 250 as a commuter after getting their full licence , esp if they do lots OK communting KM's as the 250 is cheaper on everything e.g. rego, serivicing , tyres, petrol etc.

As long as you can admitt your not actually chasing power gains and based on the above arguement I say (to quote mike-s) "more power to ya".

Oh and not all pipes sound the same on these 250's. Pinchy's 2bros sounded nothing like Firey's Yoshi.

Lol! What, it's that hard to agree with me? No one wants to do it. What the fcuk have I done?!

clay wrote:Lol! What, it's that hard to agree with me? No one wants to do it. What the fcuk have I done?!

nothing to me personally but in general I think people think you talk to much shit . Just letting you know

Thanks for the tip Russ. Shouldn't make you hate agreeing with me about something, especially if the points are valid.

Considering I've only met about 8 of you, and briefly too, I guess some people are quick to pass judgment. And from my 200 odd posts, I guess they know me oh too well

Talk a lot of shit about R1's and gixxers.

Ducks and water, or something.

Blurr wrote:

clay wrote:Lol! What, it's that hard to agree with me? No one wants to do it. What the fcuk have I done?!

nothing to me personally but in general I think people think you talk to much shit . Just letting you know

Just say it like you see it next time, dont hold back

clay wrote:Talk a lot of shit about R1's and gixxers.

It is a Kwakka site Alot of ppl on here have known each other for quite a while from within and outside the forum. With so many members your never going to agree with everyone. I still consider myself a newbie around here Still it has made for some interesting reading

Yeh, and I have a Kwaka, probably always will. Only mentioned the yamaha and suzuki because another member did, and people got all feminine. I can agree with copping shit from people here for owning or wanting to own another model bike, like you said its a kwaka site.

That's cool, so if one of you have an opinion, everybody else follows? Or its the whole got to defend a mate thing, even when he makes an ass of himself? And forming opinions of people from a couple misinterpreted or poorly conveyed comments and pretty much telling them not to come for a group ride is the way of the gun round here ey.

Funny thing is I agree with even those who jump on me. Only thing I can think of that I didn't agree with yet was someone calling the stock Ninja 250 pipe trick. I'm not only a newbie here, I'm a complete newbie with motorcycles period. Never said any different.

But yeh, had a little laugh to myself here and there, got to admit.

Its probly more likely that we are mostly a lot older and have been there and done that..

You know how your so much smarter more than your parents..?
Well you'll find out later in life that your not..
Its all good fun learning though..

Get the pipe, the jet kits, the bling, tidy the bike up, its all a good learning curve and a bit of fun.. Yes its a waste of money but so is heaps of other stuff.. Just enjoy it..