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Old 01-04-2012, 05:16 PM   #1
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Default Any Ninja 250 racers here?

Do you race a baby Ninja? I'm looking for a few people to interview about their experiences on 250s for a project I'm working on. Post up or PM me or something if you're willing to chat. Thanks!

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Old 01-04-2012, 05:52 PM   #2
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Not yet but I'd love to be included in your research.

We just got a 250 spec class added to our CCS grid for 2012 and I'm thinking of picking one up.

A few guys I know here are the ones pulling the class together.

I've actually considered building a few to rent / loan to help fill the grids.
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Old 01-04-2012, 06:05 PM   #3
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Not yet but I'd love to be included in your research.

We just got a 250 spec class added to our CCS grid for 2012 and I'm thinking of picking one up.

A few guys I know here are the ones pulling the class together.

I've actually considered building a few to rent / loan to help fill the grids.
There was someone in SoCal who had a business renting them. Not sure how well it did -- I noticed him listing the business for sale a year or two ago.
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Old 01-04-2012, 06:11 PM   #4
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There was someone in SoCal who had a business renting them. Not sure how well it did -- I noticed him listing the business for sale a year or two ago.
I know the rentmyninja guys in Texas are no longer doing it.

I think these are the guys you are talking about: http://www.racebikerentals.com/

Based on the site they are still around. If I get serious about doing it, I'll reach out to them for input. Right now I'm wishing I had an extra 3 months to make it happen.
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Old 01-04-2012, 07:12 PM   #5
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I tracked one for a while, wrecked it and never went back
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Old 01-04-2012, 08:11 PM   #6
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I thought about it for awhile. Then someone let me ride their baby ninja. It was a better idea than reality. It's just not that fun to keep you going back. Have a ton more fun on my fiddy.
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I thought about it for awhile. Then someone let me ride their baby ninja. It was a better idea than reality. It's just not that fun to keep you going back. Have a ton more fun on my fiddy.
I agree, I rode Tiffany's several times and I was underwhelmed to say the least. I've had more fun on a shifter cart.
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Old 01-04-2012, 09:11 PM   #8
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I think if you could find a go cart road course that would let you run mid size mini motards up to wr250x size, that would be 1000x more fun than baby ninjas. Wish i could find that here. Hope our new kart track opens and gets that going.
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I think if you could find a go cart road course that would let you run mid size mini motards up to wr250x size, that would be 1000x more fun than baby ninjas. Wish i could find that here. Hope our new kart track opens and gets that going.
Hell, the carts we rode a couple years ago were more fun.
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Old 01-04-2012, 09:15 PM   #10
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Hell, the carts we rode a couple years ago were more fun.
I rather run a moto though, the fiddy races at deals gap are a shit ton of fun.
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