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Today I went on a 300 km group ride to a British motorcycle meet that's held once a year at a small airfield in my province. There was a good display of machinery and the weather was perfect, low twenties and not much breeze.
The Ninja drew a bit of attention, a few folk realising it to be a brand new model. One R3 rider even slung a leg over it as he's thinking of getting one.
The group was mostly travelling at 110 - 130 Kph (70 - 80MPH) and one thing I realised is that the final gearing on the bike is too low for my liking. It's revving too hard at these speeds. Should improve my fuel economy if I change it too. I didnt find the seat too bad for comfort, perhaps a bit narrow which is a manufacturers trick so that shorter people can flat foot it.
It was a good day out on the whole, great to be back on two wheels again.
The Ninja drew a bit of attention, a few folk realising it to be a brand new model. One R3 rider even slung a leg over it as he's thinking of getting one.
The group was mostly travelling at 110 - 130 Kph (70 - 80MPH) and one thing I realised is that the final gearing on the bike is too low for my liking. It's revving too hard at these speeds. Should improve my fuel economy if I change it too. I didnt find the seat too bad for comfort, perhaps a bit narrow which is a manufacturers trick so that shorter people can flat foot it.
It was a good day out on the whole, great to be back on two wheels again.

