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RE: Kawasaki Ninja 250 - GoldOxide_imp - 08-10-2022
(08-10-2022, 08:45 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: What are those latch looking things on the tail section? Does it just pop off or open or something?
"Pop-up" tie-down hooks?
RE: Kawasaki Ninja 250 - Tev62 - 08-11-2022
Yep, pop up tie hooks, very cool looking things. Rear indicators built into the rear light cluster too which is a bit retro.
RE: Kawasaki Ninja 250 - GoldOxide_imp - 08-11-2022
Top speed of the 2012 Ninja 250 is about 105 mph. That is pretty amazing.
RE: Kawasaki Ninja 250 - GoldOxide_imp - 08-12-2022
... yeah, stiff headwind aside, the little mill will hold 75 to 80 mph pinned at 10 to 11000 RPM.
RE: Kawasaki Ninja 250 - Tev62 - 08-12-2022
(08-12-2022, 02:16 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote: can confirm the older ones will hold over 100 mph for extended periods. Lived in Manhattan, Kansas for a while, local bike shop owner (Larry Briton) and his kids would go on rides, long ones. His daughter, in particular, would ride everywhere, she didn't own a car. Only thing she had a was a fairly worn out.. 87 i think, ex250. would peg it and hold it there for like, hours. Kansas long roads. lol. more than once we'd see her pulled over after an extended ride (when we caught up to her), bike would be puking oil. shed wait till it cooled down, get back on it and wide open again. Good times. she never killed it either. This was in the mid to late 90s.
Reading up on the bike it seems Kawasaki reduced the peak revs twice to try and increase the motors longevity. The super high revs might of had a tendency to froth the oil a little on earlier ones.
Edit - in the above post I talked about the built in indicators. I'm wrong of course, I meant the split tail/brake light layout.
