2005 Kawasaki Ninja

This is a perfect starter bike or a fun and comfortable ride for even the most experienced riders. My cousin has a Yamaha R1 and I dont have any problem keeping with him on the corners. Very smooth ride and easy on your back during long trips. Would highly recommend this bike to first time riders.

Great bike all around. The extra 36 cc of displacement make this bike one the best production bikes in its class. Would recomend to any body, easy to ryde and handles nicely. Plenty fast, and great looks.

Coming from a standard naked bike, the SV1000, this ZX6R with it's smaller engine is still a large step up, in my opinion. The bike is scary quick above 8K RPM. If you like low rpm torque, much like what a SV1000 will provide, I would avoid this bike. Otherwise, if you love high revving 4 cylinder action, this bike is tough to beat. The positives: Very light and flickable, fast, sounds great, looks even better (could be the best looking affordable sport bike ever produced), and is surprisingly comfortable. (I'm 6'2", 220 lbs) I bought this bike halfway across the country and rode it all the way home. 921 miles. Yeah, it got tough on the @$$ after 500 miles, but those first 500 miles were heaven. I love riding again. Got bored with my previous bike, but now I look for any possible excuse to ride again. Highly recommend.

It is a great bike with great performance and handling. I wanted to upgrade to a 1000cc bike, and this was a great choice!

Hello.

Glad to see other Team Green members even though my 2008 model year is black.

1st off, I have been riding motorcycles since age 4, I am now age 48 and will never stop riding Sport Bikes.

About my 08 ZX10-R; for the past 15 years I have been riding Japanese Sport Bikes. Prior to Sport bikes I owned six piece of crap, low tech expensive poser bikes-HARLEYS! Even with today's makes and models of HDs they are even more of a poser, wannabee low tech and way over priced vibrator with the "ME" generation "Wild Hogs" typical poser bike. At least when I rode them it was still about the lifestyle, not no more. It was not until a good friend who would not let up about seeing me on a Japanese Sport Bike did my life change forever and for the good.

10 years ago I had a very bad crash at 145mph or around there that has left me disabled, fused lumbar spine in six places and severe daily pain but I refuse, against my MDs advice not to ride, as I said, I will never stop.

Back to my dream bike that I have owned for one year now. I had always been a GSX-R fan and my last was a Suzuki 750 that I pushed to the edge all of the time, but when Kawasaki finally hit it right with the 2008 ZX10-R liter class by finally getting the chassis and the engine to work properly with each other did I make the switch.

Not bragging but having many, many years under my belt when it comes to yes still madman riding and 360 degree safety vision, when I 1st rode my new Team Green, mine is black as was the 1st Ninjas were, I could not believe I was on a liter. This bike dry weighs in around 390 and wet around 435, but I just could not believe I was riding a liter vs a 750. The low range-Brutal and the same for the mid and the high ranges. This is not a Sport Bike for the new rider nor is it meant for stunt riding, it is a full on race bike. I know the Busas' are the monsters but not for the hard core street and track.

When I stop, say for a bottle of water and the amount of people who fall head over heals over my bike and say "I am getting one ASAP" and then I ask how many years they have ridden any street bike and most of the time they have no street time and want to jump onto a beast like mine, I simply tell them to 1st settle down and take a look at a Kawasaki Ninja 250 Ninja as a great starter bike (they are HOT) to 1st learn all of the basics and after a year or so, then consider a 600R of whatever make they choose but I get the same answer every time. "Oh. I can handle a Sport bike like yours" and so on. They can't and will die. Sure it may look cool driving down the road looking cool but errors happen as we all know, in a flash.

Sport Bikes and my Ninja ZX10-R are not built for the novice, you will die. My bike must be driven hard and properly and still with all of my years I am still almost getting killed daily but knowing how, what, when and truly knowing how to see it coming and not freezing up, I am able to handle so far all of the almost death crashes from cars.

I have been hit by 3 cars and crashed four times but was many years ago when I was still green.

I rate the 2008, not the 2009 ZX10-R, a 100% true race bike. I can't even begin where to start but the 09s put on about 20 pounds. If you can still find an 08 grab it as prices are climbing fast.
The 08 Honda CBRRR 1000 can if the rider knows his or her bike, can take the 08 Ninja 1000 in the mid range but that is where it stops.

Be safe and I wrote my review about Sport Bikes, not Harleys? Poser

This bike is amazing handles like a champ gets up 0-60 like its nothing im 6ft 5in tall and its super comfortable fore me with more than enough leg space and its easy to take a passenger with a 75mpg how could u possible beat it. Its the the most powerful and most fuel effecient 250 on the market and the 2008 ninja is even BETTER go figure id love one just couldnt afford it id reccomend this bike for any beginer or pro its just the best around

I love my bike. For it to be stock, the engine performance is awesome. My bike is a 600cc but it takes off like a 1000cc. As far as looks, it attracts alot of attention. The minor things that I did decide to change was the foot pegs spocket, chain ,and signal lights. It was suprisingly easy!

I love the kawasaki zx-12r I recently purchased, it is all stock except for the exhaust pipe. I get to put all the changes I want on it for the first time, there's no converting from someone elses taste so that will be fun. There a few minor scratches on the left side other than that the body is beautiful. The miles are genuine and very low especially for a 2005 model, that means I can put all the miles on it myself.

There is an aftermarket exhaust system, which is an upgrade and it doesn't interfere with the bikes performance at all. I'm enjoying this and look forward to many more miles of pleasure from this motorcycle.

I've always wanted a kawasaki ninja zx-12r, so when I found this one in excellent condition with great miles I didn't waste time. The price was great and the timing was as well. My first bid was excepted and everything after that happened just as the seller promised, well almost. I think the motorcycle is much better than advertised, and way under priced which was perfect for me and my purse.

Thanks ebay for making the connection possible.

I have owned a 2004 EX250 full term, from new until used up. I consider it worn out with 17,000 miles. Cam chain streched beyond adj., smokes and noisey. But it still runs,always has! Replaced one valve adjuster during last checkup, two back tires. I'm 6'3" 265lb and I bought the bike to race it on a 1000 mile 24hr Iron butt run which I finished second place. The bike goes 200 miles on a tank of gas at 100 mph, 40 mpg at 100 mph and has a 5gal gas tank. Over 70 mpg at 70 mph and will run at 106 mph with me on it. It's a gas to ride, sticks to corners and flicks like no other at 304lbs. It wears out quickly under stress but is reliable and well made. It's comfortable and practicial it's been around for over 20 yrs.

i have had a 1994,2000 and now a 2005 ninja250r. I like every thing about this bike thats why i keep buying them. My frinds tell me why dont you get a bigger and faster one and i say because its the most comfortalbe and i have never ever had it die on me. and i love the look even more then the 2008's this bike is great for anyone!!