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Kawasaki Ninja 250R - Quarterback Ninja!

By:Kartik Ware |Published :December 30, 2009
Photos: Aneesh Shivanekar
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As I fired up the Ninja for the first time, the sound at idle was a bit underwhelming. But one solitary redline twist let loose that typically-multi howl and put a smile on my face. The clock ticked a few times and I found myself introducing virgin knee sliders to the beckoning tarmac. Briefly at first, but as the Ninja egged me on, for seconds at length, the longest grazes in the history of my life. And between corners I couldn't help but give myself imaginary pinches. Indian motorcyclists have waited for this bike to arrive forever now, and here I was having the time of my life, confirming the Ninja's arrival in India. Red letter day in India's motorcycling calendar? You bet! 

Ninja. Say the word aloud a couple of times. It's got a certain something to it, doesn't it? For normal folks, it might conjure up images of a black-clad masked fighter in the dark, invisible to the eye, except for a glint of metal aimed solely at drawing blood. For motorcyclists, the word symbolises a breed of legendary mad machines that have become part of motorcycle folklore. And they can't be anything but that green. Kawasaki is responsible for making that seductive hue of green synonymous with the word 'ninja.' Never mind that no self-respecting covert Japanese warrior would be caught dead clad in that shade.

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Dion
30th May,2011
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hey i read in a magazine that the ninja's price might be cut down to 2.2 lakhs. Is this true.
N Vishwanath
26th November,2010
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Guys .. Iam a 50 yr old who bought a Ninja 250 a few months back. To the readers who want to know how it works in the city , let me tell you , it works just great and I commute in Mumbai at that. The temp guage will be in the higher reaches and the radiator fan will keep blowing hot air onto your legs but nothing to worry about. It handles Mumbai's multi-level , multi-surface ( sometimes no surface !) roads with aplomb and the low end torque is pretty good infact .. on the highway it is a very able cruiser , able to do 110 - 140 kph all day returning about 27 to 29 kpl. In the past I have owned an 87'RD 350 ( still with me undergoing an extensive makeover ) , a TVS Fiero , a HH Karizma and after the RD , this is the bike that has been able to really get my pulse racing and make me feel young again! Waiting to read the comparo with the new Honda CBR 250R.
AVS
19th November,2010
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Please tell how to ride this bike through Indian traffic with even its first 3 gears. The low end torque is so tuned for western roads that it is difficult to ride on Indian roads. India needs a sport bike with great low end torque as well as top end and with better riding position to ooze through the city traffic.
sadeep
14th October,2010
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thi is a verry osume bike
Dr. S,K. Tiwari
29th June,2010
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Indians are buying bike for day to day work. You are ignoring the need and quality of indiand. we Indian want power, speed, style and safety. we want all the above quality which can full fill the need and passion of family. Nacked bike can not prove as a long ress horse. Take lesson from royal enfield style bike. Dr. Sk.Tiwari, Bangalore
MRIDUL OMAR
23rd April,2010
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Kawasaki Ninja is my favourite bike. Please, get me the prices of the bike at all variants
surrnd
11th April,2010
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so cool byk
ricky
19th March,2010
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dis is cute bike
rishi
4th January,2010
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it cost just under 2.15 lk in us.. how sensible is the pricing then
Nagendra
30th December,2009
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Saw this at a pro-biking showroom in a glass enclosure and felt like an 8 year old going around the glass chamber :) In green, it looks absolutely stunning!
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