2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250
Summary:
The Kawasaki 250R Ninja is great fun, and provides excellent value for money!!
Faults:
Nothing has gone wrong yet, but the break-in-procedure of the engine is still going on...
I have hit a false neutral between the 5th and 6th gear, on average once every 50 km, roughly. This seems to have improved after an oil change at the first, 1000 km, service.
General Comments:
It is very fun to ride, nimble, and surprisingly fast taking the limited engine size into account. Up till now I have an average of about 64 miles per gallon, on my daily 80 kilometres commute (0-10 degrees C), in mid-Norway.
I'm very impressed with this bike, so far, even though I have previously owned big bikes, including a Kawasaki ZX 11.
Would you buy another motorcycle from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 3rd May, 2012
30th Jul 2013, 06:50
The 250R has now about 11700 km (about 7300 miles) on the meter, and the engine is running even better than last year.
I stuck to the official break-in procedure in the manual, though I know there are plenty of discussions about how it should be done.
I experienced up to several daily false neutrals during my 80 km daily commuting, but these have become much rarer as the bike has been in use for more than a year.
Lots of pleasure using this bike.