ninja 250 for long commute?

[shaddix]

Go find a close by and empty parking lot and practice...a lot. Go over all of the drills you went over during the class. And remember to practice with purpose and start developing proper muscle memory.

The figure 8 in a box thing was a bitch!! I ended up doing it okay in the morning. But we did another practice just before the eval and I did the first attempt okay, but my second practice I blew completely. And I ended up being first on the eval!! But I did good when the time came and crossed one of the lines only. Quick stop I went 3 feet over. The high speed corner was simple and easy though.

Also the bike I had on saturday was busted.. I rode 3 different bikes through the whole thing.

First one quit on me saturday. Second one had a sticky throttle!!! and it wouldn't shift into 1st sometimes.

[Trials]

eeeeexcellent,

Lil’ advice: that saddle pad is to improve comfort but if it slides around at all take it off until you learn to ride decent. …and throw some heatproof flat black on that header to stop the rust, would be an expensive pipe to replace in 15 years.

When you say your ride style is like a movie, are we talking Mission Impossible or Mister Bean

[Trials]

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Also the bike I had on saturday was busted.. I rode 3 different bikes through the whole thing.

First one quit on me saturday. Second one had a sticky throttle!!! and it wouldn't shift into 1st sometimes.

How good were the tires and brakes on the test bikes?

[NoCo Gal]

Hey Shaddix, you had your class this weekend in Chula Vista? Which range were you on, the far one or near one? I taught on the near one on Sunday. Wish I had known you were there.

[shaddix]

eeeeexcellent,

Lil’ advice: that saddle pad is to improve comfort but if it slides around at all take it off until you learn to ride decent. …and throw some heatproof flat black on that header to stop the rust, would be an expensive pipe to replace in 15 years.

When you say your ride style is like a movie, are we talking Mission Impossible or Mister Bean

Hey thanks for the tips. I plan to dig into the thing this afternoon and figure out how to perform some general maintenance and stuff. Haha I would like to think like mission impossible but I probably looked more like mister bean!

How good were the tires and brakes on the test bikes?

They were in good shape minus the missing mirrors. I was the only one scraping the pegs through the cornering exercises

Hey Shaddix, you had your class this weekend in Chula Vista? Which range were you on, the far one or near one? I taught on the near one on Sunday. Wish I had known you were there.

Haha sorry! I am all the way over in Alabama! Not anywhere close.

[NoCo Gal]

My bad, thought you were someone else I had talked to. Good on you for finishing the class!

[shaddix]

thank you, we had 12 people and all 12 passed, though some only by the skin of their teeth