Joined
·
1,553 Posts
I've got an 04 Ninja 500.....and this bike scares me. It scares me because it handles like total crap...either that, or I just have no clue how to ride it. I entered a 90 degree corner at between 30 and 35 mph..which would be no problem for my car. I went outside, inside, outside...had the bike at FULL lean and dragged the footpeg on the entry. I started looking ahead to where my exit point should've been, but as I went through the corner, all I felt the bike doing was pushing...it didn't seem to want to dig into the corner at all, it just fought me the entire way, until it finally took me right off the road by about 1 inch, where my tires hit the dirt/grass so I frantically jerked it back straight and got the bike squirrely for a second before I could get it back onto the road. I don't understand it...I can lean it clear over, but it just refuses to turn. Could this just be the crappy stock tires...poor suspension setup....or my inability to ride? It's only got 2000 miles on it, and was never laid down, but it was tipped over twice.
Thanks all.
Thanks all.