Quote from: CirclesCenter on July 15, 2006, 05:25:28 PM
How's the suspension?

Hard to tell with 150km on it.  I'd say the rear is a little stiff for bad roads, front is fine. Will have to find some twisties before I can comment too much. nearest good roads are about 6 hours away. Seriously, go look up Saskatoon on a map. Brutal.

Very Very nice!! 

Wow, nice move Grainbelt! The 650R is a killer cool looking ride! However, it looks too clean in that picture; you need to go out there and get her dirty

Quote from: groff22 on July 15, 2006, 10:29:34 PM
Wow, nice move Grainbelt! The 650R is a killer cool looking ride! However, it looks too clean in that picture; you need to go out there and get her dirty

Like riding it down a gravel road next to a canola field, within the first 200 clicks?



So far, I'm in love. 

That's a sweet scheme we don't get here in the states with the gold frame, forks, shock, and swingarm. It's very nice. Still wish Kawi would have sent North America the naked version also.

  Thats a sweet bike you've got there, but be nice to her for that break-in period, you still have the GS to get friskey with for a little while!   

Quote from: NiceGuysFinishLast on July 15, 2006, 04:13:44 PM

Quote from: ajgs500 on July 15, 2006, 11:58:13 AM
AJ bite Tad in the ass.

I'd want to be put down after that too.. you'd NEVER be able to get the taste out of your mouth...

that would never work or happen. 1. tads a male, and 2. aj plays for the other team, and 3. pastrami would get hella jealous/pissed

Really nice bike, wish they had that color down here.
Break in periods suck, my wife is haveing a hard time keeping her gixr under 7k 

  By the way have you cut that fender off yet ? 

nice looking bike!

The Canadian color is better.  In the U.S., you can get them in black too.  That frame and rear suspension would look awsome with the black body work.  Congrats!  That is supposed to be a great bike (it won't touch the SV though!  Ha hahaa).

Very nice looking bike. Come on out to Alberta and let it play in the mountains!

All in good time. Once its broken in and I get luggage, I will def. be out there. Hoping late aug/september timeframe.

its so flat here that my chicken strips are OSTRICH strips. 

h0ws the power compared to the 500, and also, how is it sitting on it, are they more race handlebarrs, or more stupid raised bars, like the gs.   are you leaning forward more on it or not?

It pretty much has the same handle bars as the GS (at least the U.S. version does).

Quote from: metallic5spd on July 20, 2006, 04:42:34 AM
How is the power compared to the 500? How is the seating position, does it have clipons or tubular bars like the GS?  Are you leaning forward more on it or not?

My apologies, I had to edit your post -- I have spelling and grammar OCD.

Break-in is pretty much over, and I've done a few WFO runs to 8-9k. Pulls clean from 2k, fuel injection is very well sorted. Midrange is very healthy, quite a bit more torque than the GS. Feels different in that my GS screamed from 7k up -- the Ninja has a more linear delivery AND more power across the entire range.

The Ninja 650R has tubular bars. The ergonomics are identical to my 93 GS500.  Stupid? Not IMHO.

Awesome!  Nice pictures!  Glad you enjoy the bike!