So there are four things that I really want to cover in this review. The first one is
The engine. The second one is ride quality: brakes, everything to do with suspension, stopping and steering. Last, but not least
Right off the bat, I'm gonna tell you that the old ninja 250 if you wanted to get it rolling
It was carbureted, and it just felt like anything under 2500 rpms, there was really no power there.
You really had to give it a solid handful of gas to get her to want to go anywhere in those first 2,000 rpm
It stank.
But first is now on the 300 you have the fuel-injection
Definitely get pick up right from favorite zero rpm
a lot better
Another note where we changed the engine aside from the switch over a fuel injection and increasing the displacement size
From 250 CCS up to about 300 they actually managed to get 40% more horsepower, so you're now looking at about 38%
Sorry thirty-eight horsepower
at the rear wheel
18 rear wheel torque which is pretty
Pretty decent numbers for a bike the size
totally overpowers the CBR 250
You can actually check your I'll put a link in the description section below
Where you can see the full review on my site. I posted a couple years ago. It's still accurate, it's still valid.
I'll also shoot 0 to 60 times,
Quarter-mile times, the quarter-mile speed, as well as some numbers on breaking speed. Speaking of breaks
I'm gonna say those breaks feel kind of squishy. It's one thing that I've heard other people comments on I kind of wanted to
Wait to try it myself. The brakes do leave something to be desired
Would I go as far as saying the brakes on the 250 are better?
Having not ridden to 250 in a little bit. I'd say I can't make that call. Do I wish that this bike had
Better brakes? Yes definitely
You pass
Ah!
Idid want to talk about fit and finish on this bike because
Kawasaki had obviously a lot of experience, you know when I started
Riding if you wanted on a street bike basically your options were a ninja 250. There was nothing really small that was
Available there was no options like like we have today so what that meant was, well
You didn't have much options. Kawasaki having so much experience in that small bike segment meant that
They really had a lot of research and data
And they knew a couple things. They knew that the people who work out who were gonna buy the ninja 300 were very likely
to be
25 or under
And they also might be likely
Or a little more likely than average to be women riders
So what they did was they had to build it to a price point
for 25 and under crowd, and that meant
certain pieces were
A little cheap. Like I got this little
I'll show you guys the next light. There's something that keeps popping out
Now the problem with building something to a price point
Is that you end up with pieces like this?
See those bikes never been dropped. We've got this panel right here
there we go and
About every mile or so it pops out from the seam just a little bit see that piece popped out again
Other thing to note about the ninja is um I don't think you're gonna impress too many women with it
Now one beautiful thing about the ninja see that bicyclist? Let's go get him!
Look at this tool
Helloooo
Nice bike
So as you guys can see went about another mile, not even, this piece has popped out again
There we go. As for building a bike for women riders what that's meant is while they have
Raised the seat by about half an inch
They've actually made it narrower. Where it meets a gas tank
And the reason for that is it lets you sort of scoot forward
Is that you can flat for it now the reality is four out of five guys are gonna have no issues flat 14 this bike
I'm 5'11" I have no problems whatsoever. I mean my legs are very bent
I might even say anyone five five and
Above will have no issues flat footing. I'd say if you're looking to buy and own this thing long term and even if you're not looking
to own this thing long term, but you just want to be safe
Iwould definitely recommend switching to stainless steel brake lines if you're on a budget, maybe just do on the front brake only
Girls in a red bull truck texting and driving not good not good, shame, shame, shame
Yeah, this is what Toronto driving is like guys. Just uh...
one bumper to another, nice.
Not a bad-looking city is it?
Something you need to do a lot of when you're running through traffic is shifting
You're kind of constantly on a bike this size shifting between
first gear second gear first gear
second gear.
The bike comes with a slipper clutch, I'm not even gonna try and explain it to you
I actually have a really quick two and a half minute video
Kawasaki shared with the media as well as with dealers
Back when the bike first came out, I will link to that in the description box you should check out their video
Let me describe it in their own words, but it definitely helps when you're in the corners
If you're in twisties and want to downshift before the turn
You can definitely notice the difference, this bike is just
This bike is smooth from the start and the slipper clutch definitely helps that
Circle k!
How'd I get to lakeshore?
Okay
Alright, I must've missed it cause Ijust came from there.
There's something to be said for riding a small bike, because it's better to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow
And well if you have to ride slow cause you're in traffic
At least you're on a light, that always helps
So I've been riding around the city
For about 45 minutes now
I
Did open it up a few times
And I'm really enjoying the bike
Definitely has substantial substantially more power than the 250. The only other question really to answer is well
It's it's a great beginner bike
super lightweight super agile they've made it for
You know they've made it as financially economical and feasible as they could
The only question left is are you gonna outgrow it?
I'll be honest you're talking to somebody who's put about 30,000 miles like over 50,000 kilometers
On bikes that were 250 CCS and less
So I'm gonna say this is not one that you'll quickly outgrow. Will you outgrow it period? Yeah of course. For sure.
So what did I learn after two weeks on the Ninja 300? Well those extra 50 cc's go a long way
The 380 pound wet weight combined with a seat design for shortened seams make it easy to manage
Now the front brake could be a little stronger, but optional abs or braided brake lines should help
standard features that it comes with like fuel injection and a slipper clutch make the Ninja 300 one smooth ride
The back suspension does have a five-way adjustable spring preload, but the front end is not adjustable
Bike makes around 35 rear-wheel horsepower and 17 foot pounds of torque
It's got a six-speed tranny
Which allows you to comfortably take it on the highway without having the bike revving like crazy
And your top-end is probably around 110 miles per hour or about 170 km/h
Overall the Ninja 300 is a very efficient well performing easy to handle beginner motorcycle that in my estimation you won't soon outgrow
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