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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
My largest gripe with the Ninja was the overall gearing.
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....the common complaint on this forum about any sport bike. Most sport bikes are geared so that top gear has the engine pretty much bang on red line at max terminal speed. From a performance aspect, it makes perfect sense. They aren't designed for economy, to say the least.
My 929 is at 4K at 100 km/h (62 mph). Even if you roll on the throttle from there, the power is ridiculous. It would be fine at 2/3 those revs but then gearing everywhere else (from a performance aspect) would be compromised.
My 929 is my one vice - my one vehicle that I could care less about economy on, which is funny because it gets 40 mpg+ anyway. Tire wear costs as much as fuel - considering I can burn off a nice sticky $300 pair of tires in 3K miles.
I agree with you about the CBR250R being the better option. Here is the average of 577 entries on fuelly.com:
