Back from the old site - with new 300's!

Xorro · September 03, 2013, 11:48:36 AM

Hi, was a bit of a lurker on the old site and have just noticed that I need to re-register. Had a pair of Ninja 250's until last weekend when we traded them in for the new Ninja 300

Any other 300 owners on here?

Green_Ninja · September 03, 2013, 01:36:05 PM

Hi and welcome back

matching Ninjas I lke that

komp · September 03, 2013, 01:37:30 PM

didnt even know they made a 300!

but hello and welcome

Nat · September 03, 2013, 03:52:35 PM

Ooooh, they look nice!

m6rk · September 03, 2013, 04:41:05 PM

meh still not a 400cc four cylinder..... bring back the zxr400!!!

Manic636 · September 03, 2013, 09:30:20 PM

My other half has fallen in love with the 300, enough that she plans on doing her test and buying one. Good to live with??

Hullo and welcome

Xorro · September 04, 2013, 09:24:07 AM

Quote from: Manic636 on September 03, 2013, 09:30:20 PM
My other half has fallen in love with the 300, enough that she plans on doing her test and buying one. Good to live with??

Hullo and welcome

Hi Manic - difficult to answer at the moment as we're only up to 46 miles on them! Compared to the 250, it is slightly heavier and this is noticeable when man-handling the bike, I think because the tank is higher and the centre of gravity is higher.
Seat is like a wooden bench at the mo, but other owners have said it gets better after about 300 miles.

I think the 250 is a better starter bike, but the 300 feels more solid and positive due to the reduced engine vibrations, which is a huge plus as after an hour or so you'd had enough of it on the 250.

Need to get the tyres scrubbed in asap so I can actually ride it like I want to, then roll on 500 miles when the run-in is 'complete' and I can started pushing the revs a bit.

Has she had a test ride yet?

Grantham ninja · September 28, 2013, 03:46:15 PM

Hello and welcome......

I would be interested to know how your getting on with the bike. I am looking at the 300 along with smaller capacity bikes

Xorro · September 29, 2013, 09:13:06 AM

Hi Grantham, passed by your way the other week when we took the 300s up to Lincoln.

They're still not run in yet so can't tell you much about them, but I know from other owners that the fun starts after 8000rpm :-) (redline is 13)

Will report back when we've had them a bit longer.

Grantham ninja · October 06, 2013, 02:57:42 PM

Thanks Xorro......