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Old 09-09-2011, 04:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
darcane
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Bought a "new" bike - 2006 Ninja 650R

My normal commuter is a full size truck. I try to maximize my mpgs but it's still tough on gas. However I didn't feel too bad about it because I spent much of my time commuting on a motorcycle, my ZX6R.

Then it got stolen (April 2009).

I had no budget for a bike, so I bought an R1 that was really cheap because it was broken and I had a bunch of spare parts already. When I finally got it running, something new broke nearly every time it rode it and it was turning into a money pit. So I sold it.

And bought a Ninja 650R in excellent shape for the same low price as I sold my beater R1.
Not my bike, but it looks exactly like this:

Reliable and EFI. Slower and not as nimble as my old bikes, but still very fun to ride. I'm happy. First tank: 52mpg.

I probably won't do a whole lot to it, but I do plan on changing out the sprockets to get the revs down.

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