Ninja Ride Weekend

I woke up Friday morning expecting a conference call and a typical work day and found that we actually had the day off so I took full advantage!

I took the new ride up to Wickenburg (about 60 miles NW of Phoenix) since I’d never been there, had lunch and came home.

The bike is AMAZING, I now understand why everyone has raved about the 2009 ZX-6R, it handles like a dream, is super responsive, has more power than most riders will ever be able to tame and is actually comfortable enough to be in the saddle on for an hour without cramping or major pains like my old SV.

On the road up I was doing about 75 when I saw 2 bikes in my 6, I moved right for them to pass and when I looked over the first bike was a chick on a yellow SV just like the one I traded in and the guy was on a gray Honda CBR. They were both moving so for fun I downshifted and gave the throttle a little twist, went from 75 to 95 in less than 2 seconds before I noticed that I really didn’t want or need to be in their club. The rest of the ride was fantastic, total miles about 145 round trip or 1 tank of gas.

The next morning (Saturday the 4th) I woke up with the intention of rubbing the chicken strips off my tires so I hit South Mountain again, this is where the Ninja excels, fantastic cornering, smooth throttle and most important, a LOT of looks once at the top of the hill. The bike is sexy, the Monster Edition gets a lot of attention from both people in cars and people walking by. I caught a half dozen people checking out the bike while it was parked and I was taking pics from the summit.

Overall the perfect weekend!