excellent video on the 250 racing

[Hoblick]

this was done by motorcyclist. pretty sweet little video comparing the honda and kaki 250 machines. also shows what fun 250 racing can be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRwwGCxwiro

Edited December 6, 2012 by Hoblick

[rawlins87]

Gotta admit i really like the honda 250's

[Tigerpaw]

Looks like fun for $275.

Video seemed somewhat biased. I wished they would have had an extra day to trade bikes.

Too bad for Honda. They proved "competitive" competitive against an outdated model. Now we have the Ninja 300!

[redkow97]

The 300 is irrelevant to racing for now. At least with WERA, it's tentatively in D superstock, along with the EX500, which despite its age and noodle chassis, I expect will still be faster.

the 250 class will be alive and well until there are enough 300's around to make them viable race platforms. That is unless Kawasaki starts paying stupid contingency money the way Honda attempted.

[TSB67]

Video seemed somewhat biased.

Not really. Basically said on any track with a decent straight you're phucked.

Everything was in line with every comparison I've read, was cool to see the difference on video. I think it was RRW that did a track comparison of the stock bikes when the CBR first came out.

It is a little disappointing that Honda didn't make the performance of the Ninja a hard target. I'm sure it's "clean sheet entry level value blah blah blah..." Maybe the Ninja 300 will incite a minor model change that ups the ponies.