Difference in motorcycles

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Hello, sorry if this is a dumb question, but I can't find anything in regards of this topic.

What is the difference between Ninja 250 and Ninja 250r? I see same bikes, same year, same milage but x1.5 price, can someone explain?

Also on side note, any recommendation for 250 bikes ? or 300?
 
R is sportier, depending on the bike more aggressive tuning, suspension, braking. And with that, usually a increase in insurance.
 
shadowelement said:
Hello, sorry if this is a dumb question, but I can't find anything in regards of this topic.

What is the difference between Ninja 250 and Ninja 250r? I see same bikes, same year, same milage but x1.5 price, can someone explain?

Also on side note, any recommendation for 250 bikes ? or 300?
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As for the price differences, some people are realistic about the price of their bike others simply aren't. This is the GTA prices are not realistic at the best of times..lol
 
What years you considering. Vast differences from years gone buy. Older ZZR is the better bike if you can get through the dated look of full fairings etc.
 
someone already asked this exact same question. All of them that are 2008+ are 250R
 
shadowelement said:
Also on side note, any recommendation for 250 bikes ? or 300?
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Depends how much mechanical experience you have.

If you just want to ride, get a newer 300 or 250 with EFI.

If you want to learn about a bike's mechanicals and generally how bikes work, get a cheaper, older 250 with carbs. They sold millions of those bikes, and parts are everywhere and lots of experience exists on the web to work on them. Life in the cheap lane is fun, especially for new riders.

Demo all the new bikes, but what you like, they are all very similar and all reliable from Japanese brands. Just avoid anything Chinese or Hyosung, etc.
 
Not a dumb question, because I'd like to know more myself. Could anyone please give a comprehensive breakdown of what all the different letter suffixes in bike names are and their meanings? Like, I believe 'RR' means race ready, 'R' means, uhhh, sportbike designed for street use, and 'F' I believe is a naked bike/streetfighter style. Not sure what 'S' is for... sport turing, maybe? Not sure if those are universal or specific to each manufacturer. Bonus points to anyone willing to provide info on some of the more notable prefixes that denote particular brand models, like VFR... or I could just use Google, but what's the fun in that? :P
 
DJ-RK said:
Not a dumb question, because I'd like to know more myself. Could anyone please give a comprehensive breakdown of what all the different letter suffixes in bike names are and their meanings? Like, I believe 'RR' means race ready, 'R' means, uhhh, sportbike designed for street use, and 'F' I believe is a naked bike/streetfighter style. Not sure what 'S' is for... sport turing, maybe? Not sure if those are universal or specific to each manufacturer. Bonus points to anyone willing to provide info on some of the more notable prefixes that denote particular brand models, like VFR... or I could just use Google, but what's the fun in that?
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Pretty sure they're mostly arbitrary based on what some marketing guy thinks is best.
 
DJ-RK said:
Not a dumb question, because I'd like to know more myself. Could anyone please give a comprehensive breakdown of what all the different letter suffixes in bike names are and their meanings? Like, I believe 'RR' means race ready, 'R' means, uhhh, sportbike designed for street use, and 'F' I believe is a naked bike/streetfighter style. Not sure what 'S' is for... sport turing, maybe? Not sure if those are universal or specific to each manufacturer. Bonus points to anyone willing to provide info on some of the more notable prefixes that denote particular brand models, like VFR... or I could just use Google, but what's the fun in that? :P
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the letterings are not consistent across makes/brands. Ie. GSX6500F is NOT a naked/streetfighter. It means "fairing" on a Bandit ;-)
Its like having a Civic and putting "type R" decals on it. Pure aesthetic value.
 
kiwi said:
the letterings are not consistent across makes/brands. Ie. GSX6500F is NOT a naked/streetfighter. It means "fairing" on a Bandit ;-)
Its like having a Civic and putting "type R" decals on it. Pure aesthetic value.
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Names can change based on country, too. For example, ER6N is the same here as in Europe. But the same bike but with fairings is called the ER6F in Europe (F being for "faired" while N means "naked") which is the Ninja 650R here.
 
In recent history, any manufacturer selling a 250cc bike here in Canada only had one model. Variances came from stickers and colors. The R on Ninjas means absolutely nothing.
They are 250cc and they are carburated. The rest is colors.
 
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