Good post, scaredycat, but why do you think a 250 is “slow”? Mustang GT owners get a woody just thinking about their cars’ 5.2 second 0-60. That’s just a touch quicker than my Ninja 250.
And Casca … the bike is supposed to stay rubber side down; I dunno why you emphasize the ease of picking it up. Maybe you broke your sidestand and just park it on its side? Kind of a shame to tear up such a nice bike. Oh, and my limey bike will smoke your tubby Kraut Kruiser (same power and torque, almost 250 lbs. lighter, do the math) … but my 250 is twice as fun once you get off the superslab. I don’t think it would be much fun herding a bovine 750 lb. top heavy K bike (K1200LT, I assume? LT = Light Truck) up the south side of Palomar, but to each their own.
