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The xBhp Ninja 650R Review
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Text & Photos: Sundeep Gajjar / motoGrapher.com
Today’s launch of the Ninja 650R will be remembered as an important checkpoint for Indian motorcycling . It marks the start of a new
600s in India. The first battle will be between the, you guessed it, Garware Hyosung GT650R and the new born Ninja 650R. However
for now.
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I will start from the most important attribute that anyone factors while choosing their dream machine – the dough.
You will have to cough up 4.57 Lakh ex-showroom Delhi (which will be less than 5 Lakh INR!@ on road!). This is an extremely com
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The next is the brand equity and its legacy. The Ninja brand name is pretty darn strong. Say Ninja in a biker’s meetup and everyone
bikes. In retrospect, It’s unbelievable how bold a move it must have been to give a bike named Ninja the flagship color of lime green
by design, but destiny. Much like the success of our own Pulsar here. Kawasaki is also a reputed company, plus Ninja 250R has been
enough time and has proved its mettle in India.
Then come the looks. No matter how good the engine is, it is the looks that make machines like these a commercial success. And w
India which just has a handful of options and an infatuation with faired bikes, this is again goes positively for the Ninja. My first look
involved me getting in love with that green again. It reminded me of my green Ninja 250 which I acquired an year ago. Coming to th
confused, the N650R did not look as BIG as compared to its younger sibling. Now, before you get me wrong – discerning and informe
you and me know that they are two very different machines – but for many who will buy the N650R will be not be comfortable with a
besides it and getting equal if not more gazes from the curious onlookers. I have been around enough to be able to vouch for this pr
be inevitable for every N650R owner. However equally frustrated will be the N250R owners, when they will compare the price differe
Ninjas. This is for laters though.
The N650Rs most impressive design element has to be the side mounted monoshock which lends it a radical look. Following this
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headlights (again compare it with the R15 and the FZ16 and many might come to a conclusion that its not that radical or ‘big’ for a b
times the capacity, but again this is India and lots of people think on these lines, ‘un’fortunately many of them also are probable cus
Your eyes then track to the rather broad and tall windshield, which doesn’t look out of place but doesn’t aid its look as well, reall
this paltry issue and you realize that almost everything about this bike oozes practicality. The good windscreen, the BIG LCD bac
has every thing digital – from a tacho to a very handy clock (which has CLOCK written below it just in case some over smart number
think of the numbers as something else ?).
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The tube type raised handle bar along with the switchgear feels top notch, again putting function before form. The fuel tank is sleek
same time, a little bulged up that the N250R’s but enough to carry 18 litres of gas. The seat looks svelte with the pattern grooved
premium feel, however is it comfortable? Lets find out ahead in the long ride report. The mirrors are borrowed from the ZX6R, they a
while the front set of fairing integrated indicators lend it a more contemporary and clean look.
The rear end is pretty sleek and rather simple. But before your eyes reach there you will stop and stare at the side-mounted monos
looks different. But beyond that I was forced to think what purpose could it have served on a bike, which had a relatively simple sty
and pondering minutes later it boiled down to a m being a clever packaging solution (placement of ultra stubby exhaust, battery etc
distinguishing design element which is also found on the bigger Versys from the Kawasaki stable.
Track further down and you have the under engine exhaust which probably not only lends it a tricked out look but also better CoG (
terms of mass centralization and low CoG. However, in my opinion that definitely didn’t help it a lot when compared to the N250R, de
sibling having a standard exhaust. Goes a long way to say perfection is achieved by a lot of interdependent components rather than
fixed in for a specific purpose.
The bike ends with a rather simple and sleek rear. No dramas there. A standard LED cluster tail lamp with practical longish grab rails
The tyres (rear 160 and front 120) on the N650R are good enough, but could have been thicker to make the bike look, once again by
bigger.
The best view of the bike is rear 3/4th, the biggest from front 3/4th, most radical is the right side profile, the least impressive is the
Zoom out and see the bike’s profile in totality. Something will strike you. The bike looks small than it is supposed to be, and that it so
semi faired bike. One of the reasons is because the lower fairing is matte black which merges it with the similarly treated engine cas
understand why it didn’t have the standard green all over it.
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Overall, I would have preferred if the styling of the bike would have one justice to the R appended to it. The N650R doesn’t look off
a bad looker either. That’s about it for the styling part, now lets move on to how it moves.
X = 72 Bhp. 650 CC rounded off. The most important figures are these. Or are they? Sit on the bike, flick up the side stand (no main
light (unlike the Bandit 1250 which needs to start moving for its weight to disappear). With 203 Kgs of curb weight the bike is no fea
slouch either. The peak figures of Bhp (72) and Torque (66Nm) are achieved at 8500 and 700 respectively , keeping the engine relat
(compared to the N250R). This means that it will be easy touring on this and easier in traffic. And sure enough it was. I rode the bik
200 kays and it was a delight, however not exciting as a Ninja 250R, especially in the hills. Maybe I am used to revving the N250 hig
delightful inline twin sound. Plus the 650R handles nowhere as sweet as the N250 but this doesn’t mean it’s bad at all! I am just tryi
tag after the 650 like in the 250R, which needs no justifications.
Turn the key and you are greeted with pre ride checks, lots of characters flashing and running up and across. Makes for a delightful
experience. It was one of the biggest consoles I had seen after the Ducati 1198’s. At night the orange backlight looks very chic.
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Thumb the starter and the two cylinders come life without dramas. In fact its little too simple. The exhaust note is totally uninspirin
the N250R to sound like this, but definitely not a middle weight class bike. I am sure one of the first thing many will be looking to do
match the go and the show. However at high revs, especially around 7000, it does sound decent, but again, it wont touch your hea
of the machine is one of the most important experiential factors to make for a great ride.
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Twist the throttle and the bike surges forward, hard, but not pull-your-arms-out-of-your-sockets-hard. 72 HP is enough power to p
anything on four wheels (for a while at least) and will keep in the rear view mirrors of most superbikes being ridden sanely. Thought
the adrenaline rush is nowhere near that of a 1000CC bike (of course, it cannot be!). Neither it can match the stupendous rush lent
the Ninja ZX6R.
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The bike can cruise comfortably at 120 oddish for long hours. One of the best bikes to do a Saddlesore in India today!
The gear shifts are precise and you will find the green dot on your console with ease. The bike can be ridden pretty hard without the
confidence. However, the bike which we got had braking issues. The brakes worked alright, but the kind of brakes that I was expect
N250R over 11,000 kays were missing. And that was a big deterrent for me to have real fun with the bike, especially on the ghats. H
an issue with the particular model given to us only.
I tried to lean the bike, it did well, and however it didn’t inspire confidence in me as the N250R does. This plus the N250R is also a v
bike, as our own BlueVolt (Rahul) (http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/xbhp-roa...ete-blogs.html) had proved from his ride around India on
year.
At this stage such comparisons are but inevitable.
At night the light of the Ninja on low (single side) is biased towards the right, however once you switch in the high beam things get
uncomfortable for the people coming from the opposite side).
Thumbs up on the bike from me for the following:
• No side flanked exhaust and sleek rear means great space for putting soft panniers
• Metal tank means you can put a tank bag too! (like I did along with my camera)
• Green! Green! GREEN!
• Looks good
• PRICE! PRICE! PRICE! PRICE! Total VFM!
• The Kawasaki and Ninja badge under Bajaj’s aegis
• Hints of supersports styling
• Flickablity
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Thumbs down:
• Not BIG enough
• Not GREEN enough, why is the lower fairing black!
• The exhaust note
• Just hints at supersports styling, looks confused
• Not ultra flickable like the N250, depite the R tag
Overall the bike is great value for money, and simply great for long distance touring as well as off roading! And at 4.57 Lacs ex, this
dream come true and green!
BUT, the big question, what happens to the Ninja 250R?
Kawasaki India has clearly stated that the price of the N250R will remain unchanged for some time to come. However the price diffe
narrow to warrant ay possibilities of cannibalization , however, like I said, comparisons will be inevitable. Below is a chart comparing
machines from the Kawasaki stable available as of June 2011 in India:
A small and quick video review of the Ninja 650R, pardo the repetitions etc. This was done in double quick time and limited resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSTYOU8kxK8
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A note on the video:
I did was not happy with how the video came out, however I feel that people should know that this time my excuses are: 1. Very le
2. Battery and card gave up on us pretty much at the same time before we could shoot the rest of the review or riding shots etc.
Rest assured we will be giving video a more serious thought, and who knows if we get a capable video editor you can expect to see
stuff from us in the times to come.
It's all about time and resources more than anything else.
Coming back to then R tag. I spoke about that ONCE ( that was the intenion
) and that too because of late sub brands have been
where they are not supposed to be - like the cbr on a bike which should have been a vfr 250 and now the ninja.
However it makes perfect marketing sense to piggyback on a well known product line rather create something out of the blue again.
Rest assured this baby is an absolutely wonderful tourer, also in retrospect we did not know the price while doing the video otherwis
been more elated.
More pictures of Ninja 650R in this post
http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/644997-post.html
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Was refreshing xbhp for past 2 hours! Finally , i can read it..
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A great review. The price is very good. Seems to be a great touring machine.
A little more fuel efficiency would have helped for long distance touring, considering the way petrol prices are going.
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whoa!awesome review!am drooling all over the keyboard!now if only they would launch the ZX-6R!
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Awesome review..Both Ninjas are painting town green...Treat for eyes..
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AWSOME pictures and very well written and explained writeup.
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Excellent review and today I was sitting the suzuki showroom wondering whether I lost too much buying Bandit. Now
I'm convinced for paying a little more for it.
Excellent review because you have not compared it with different bikes but its own sibiling. My first impression after
reading the review is 250R was a better deal in terms of biking and 650R is a better deal in terms of Pricing
06-08-2011, 06:32 PM
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aargee
Watch this space...
Pardon a noob question; I'm aware N650R is a touring machine & other things. But why a clip-on is missing on this
sports or supersports tourer
? Wouldn't that atleast help to reduce the vibes?
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This is something that I liked, that literally translates Green compound = unlimited adrenalin
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Wonderful pics... drool stuff...
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Ok I might be hated for saying this, but I speak out of my mind.
Decent review, but too much of unwanted nerdiness in it.... doesnt fill the 'need for info' quotient... ofcourse we
have other reviewing sites for it.
Pics are brilliant and the review comes across as just around the 'art form of pics'
- Wrong spec sheets. One is a chromed exhaust carbed 250
- The spec sheets goes awry, the correct comparo should compare
Category with BIKE A, BIKE B the incorrect alignement makes it measure different category and variable
- When the write up talks about exhaust the pic shows the handlebars
- When the write up talks about the clock (console) it shows something else
- The factory pic is an eyesore IMO
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Just my two cents.
Edit: These are just little things that transforms the good into the best! I hope it helps in the vision to make xBHP
the BEST motorcycling magazine man!
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