New to me Ninja 250!

[Kraz]

Found a deal on CL to satisfy that itch... I've just always wanted a 250 - mostly out of principle.

Here's how I bought her -



Took off the plastics to replace with stockers, and kinda like her nakedish.  Threw some bags and she's almost good.  She's still lacking a front fender (in transit), grips (where the hell did I put that friction tape?), mirrors (maybe the bar ends I have laying around) and some other stuff, but you get the idea.

Only rode her for a few miles so far, but thought it was a fun bike.  At the end of the day - she'll probably just be a commuter (whopping 15 miles a day) while I work on the KLR project, so it doesn't even matter how much I like her, so long as she runs.  

[C 4]

Definitely looks better without that paint job. Bare looks good on the 250. Congrats

[cultureslayer]

Definitely looks better without that paint job. Bare looks good on the 250. Congrats

I have to disagree, that paint is awesome and should be passed on to someone that would appreciate it.  

[bluepoof]

Ninjettes rock!  

[Kraz]

I have to disagree, that paint is awesome and should be passed on to someone that would appreciate it.  

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230621848518&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT

[rajflyboy]

Long Live the Ninja 250

Great Bike for what it is.

[CosmicCowboy]

How did you get the Givi bags mounted? Did you fabricate your own mounts?

[Rusty the Scoob]

Ninjette with no plastics looks great!  You've got me seriously thinking about one for my 23 mile each way commute, half highway half urban.  

[TonyKZ1]

Nice Bike, it definitely looks different without the plastics.
Tony

[Kraz]

How did you get the Givi bags mounted? Did you fabricate your own mounts?

Yeah - it's really easy though if you start with Givi Wingrack II's.  One hole bolted up to the pax foot peg area, and made a 2" extension to go off some tail section bolt hole.  Off the back there is a length of tubular steel mounted b/w the two wingracks for more support, but you could probably skip that if you had to - though it'd be more prone to break if you had to lay'er down.

[Fourstring]

That's an outstanding looking bike in either iteration.  Nice work!