Get it? Shocking? Because it’s electric.. And you know, Electricity — well — shocks…

*Ahem* Anyways, here is an interesting example of how not to impress the ladies. First, Take a Ninja 250. Second slap some D’s on it. (As in D-Cells) Glue a few solar panels on your house. And finally, enlist some ex-set builders from Star Trek to whip you up some fiberglass panels.. And Wallah! You got 70MPH with a range of 50 Miles.

All joking aside, it is a rather innovative idea. I like how people are showing the practicality of Solar, not just for the home, but for the road as well. Imagine the same setup on a Chevy Volt, or even a Plugin Prius. You’d be able to get a few extra miles a day for free by topping off your batteries with some sun juice.

It’s just at the end of the day, it hurts to see somone make your baby look goofy…

Thanks for the tip Julian! [via Autoblog Green]

There have been Murmurs for the last day or so about 2009’s showing up at dealers. Although this has not been 100% confirmed, I got sooooo many emails about it, I decided to make a few phone calls. Here is what I found out:

This might actually be legit. One of the two people I talked to have deliveries scheduled in the next week that they were told contain these bikes.

More details to comes. I’ll update once I have 100% confirmation.

Update 1:

2009’s are officially being delivered in Australia. Reader Joel (Who Send a Shout out to http://www.kawariders.com.au/) just brought home a 2009 Lime Green (Remember Folks, No Lime Green in AU last year..)

Update 2:

This is officially confirmed. Yes, Fresh Ninja 250’s are hitting US Soil for the first time in over a month or two… There is a little confusion as to if these are “Rebadged” 08’s or actually 09’s. No one really knows yet — But it doesn’t make sense to me for Kawasaki to sit on stock for 2 months just for $500.. (Unless production costs went into the red, which would also explain why there is a price increase)

Either way, a few lucky few of you at the top of the waiting lists will get new bikes over the next week. Wether of not they are “true” 09’s won’t be known for 2 more weeks after the September dealer meeting.

Hotbodies Racing now makes a replacement windscreen for our beloved Ninja 250’s… Running about $20 cheaper than the Puig screens, the Hotbodies screens come in a few less options (Only 4 colors and 2 Styles) — But for the most part they will cover 90% of our wants and needs.

These screens are made out of impact and scratch resistant acrylic, and the vacuum formed and then CNC machined to perfection. (And anything CNC is rad in my book… Music factories included) The two styles available are “SuperSport”, which is pretty much a stock replacement, and Grandprix, which is 1″ taller and has a dual radius design to it. The Grandprix is available in green, blue, smoke and clear where the Supersport is only available in clear and smoke.

Over all looks like a nice piece. I’m thinking I might pick up a Grandprix in smoke — seems to be exactly what I’m looking for.

Manufacture: Hotbodies Racing
Link: None. This part is Not Avilable.

[ Thanks for the tip Bryan! ]

*UPDATE * — DOH! Just received an email from Hotbodies. This link was a mistake and the windscreens will be released in 2-3 Months…

So I have recently been going through the log files of 2Fiddy.com where I noticed some very interesting patterns. Upon further investigation, I have realized that we have a very frequent reader to this Site. Non other than good ol’ Kawasaki themselves from both the US and their JP offices.

In fact, You can clearly see when a comment or post peaks their interest, because you’ll see a bunch of hits right after the original access, most likely from some sort internal email… Really kinda funny. In fact, the 2009 Ninja 250R thread has been quite popular. [ I see you! *Waving* ]

In Addition, I have been receiving more and more emails from vendors giving me tips, and thanking me for posting about their products and wanting to work out giveaways… And asking me my opinion on parts… So we know Vendors are reading too… [ Hi guys! We love you too! *Waving* ]

Sooooooo.. This is our Wishlist Thread… Post Up what the heck you want, need, desire, and loath. It can’t hurt.. We have the audience we need, now — lets tell them how we roll! (And how we can roll mo’ better…)

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Some of us have been waiting for a reliable source of frame sliders for a while now. One or two companies have released sliders just to come and find out they are not shipping yet, or just don’t exist…

However, Intuitive Race Products has released a no cut frame slider kit for the Ninja 250R — and they are indeed shipping. The “No Cut” aspect of the slider means that you don’t need to dig into the bodywork like some kits. Instead, you just bolt them in and your on your way..

For those of you curious what “Frame Sliders” do — Pretty much the name says it all. They Help protect your bike and body work in the event of a drop or a lay down… More or less, Cheap Insurance for a Novice, and a great to have feature for the racer…

Manufacture: Intuitive Race Products
Where to Buy: SoloMotoParts
Price: ~$110