[Curt]

I've always been impressed that my Ninja 250's engine is exactly one sixteenth the size of my LS400, but the Ninja could take the Lexus in a quarter mile.

I really need to check my Ninja's gas mileage again after the snow melts. I bought the bike in the middle of last summer, and I only calculated the gas mileage once, but it was 39mpg. I was expecting a lot more. Maybe we'll get a new thread going on gas mileage once the weather warms up.

Where did you get the 55-75mpg figure?

Curt

 

[Curt]

Before I bought my Ninja 250, I also remember finding a web site where a pack of Ninja 250 riders were in the mountains. (Was it perhaps Shenandoah or maybe southern Appalacians?) And I thought I remembered them mentioning around 65mpg. That's why I was surprised that mine was so low. But I realize that I only checked it once.

I just posted a discussion on the 250/500/ZX-6R question here:
http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=266&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20

I paid well over $2,000 for mine in mint condition, so $1,300 sounds like a great price to me. But you have to pick a bike first before you even look at prices. The price doesn't matter. The bike does.

It's your choice.

Curt