This marks the first ride report on the Ninja 650 and it couldn't have been better. Warm temps, early fall foliage and some new discoveries up the New Hampshire way. Forgive the many gratuitous photos of the Ninja, she is new you know.


My first stop was Dubes Pond off hwy 27 in the charming New Hampshire countryside.



Here's Dubes Pond with the Ninja.



And another.



I met these very friendly folks launching their canoe out on the pond. They recommended I give the Lazy Lion Cafe a try for lunch. A bit out of my way but what the heck, I'll give it a go.



The Ninja waiting patiently outside the Lazy Lion Cafe.



I met another rider who came in on his rare Kawasaki W650. Sweet looking bike, very Bonnevillish.



Some nice details on his bike.



Dinner is served, Mom's Meatloaf. Apparently this is the owner's mom's recipe and it's so, so good. If any of you are ever anywhere near Deerfield, NH please do yourself a favor and stop in at the Lazy Lion Cafe, you will not be disappointed... unless you hate food.



Heading down Reservation Road to Round Pond. Sadly the road switched to packed gravel and got very hilly and rough so I never made it to the pond.



Instead, you get another photo of the Ninja facing the other way on Reservation Road. But don't worry, there are more pond pics coming up.



Reflections on the Exeter River.



I love the look of fallen trees over a river.



A neat looking old-tymey water tower. What could be better than that???



A neat old-tymey water tower with a Ninja!



More Ninja, more fall colors.



Told you I would find another pond, this one is named Great Pond. It was pretty good, great, I'm not sure.



The Ninja approves of the Great Pond.



Later taters, thanks for indulging me!

As usual, great photos... the bike's a bit... er... green!
Is it as comfortable as your previous ride?

Great photos again Dan, that Ninja gets in nearly all of them, must be an attention seeker

Looks nice there. Just trying to work out what they did to the potatoes in the lunch

Brilliant set of Pics - I could come to dislike you! Ha Ha

Great pictures Dan.

Beaut pix!!

JohnR93 wrote:As usual, great photos... the bike's a bit... er... green!
Is it as comfortable as your previous ride?

Yeah, it's green alright... I love it! As far as comfort, I find the Ninja more comfortable on longer rides than my old Nighthawk. The Nighthawk feels better initially but after a full day in the saddle I have more aches. The Ninja did require me to ride with a better posture which may also help in regards to less aches when done riding.

VOZZA wrote:Great photos again Dan, that Ninja gets in nearly all of them, must be an attention seeker

Yep! Look at me, look at me, everytime I bring the camera out.

Ferrit wrote:Just trying to work out what they did to the potatoes in the lunch

I believe those are bits of red potato peel in the mash as well as garlic. It sure was good.

Gerard C wrote:Brilliant set of Pics - I could come to dislike you! Ha Ha

Oh, you've never even met me... to truly dislike me you have to meet me, as John has!

Thanks everyone for the kind comments, glad you liked the photos. Hope to get one more ride in around Lake George in New York before the weather goes nasty.

Meldrew I have a Canon S95, which is their high-end point and shoot. However it does have full manual settings and RAW image formatting but I mostly use the auto settings. The photos are pretty good straight from the camera but I do some color and contrast corrections in PhotoShop as well before posting.

Meldrew wrote:Thanks for the info, I've got an Olympus µ 850 SW and a Canon Powershot A640, they're pretty good cameras in the hands of someone that can use one, it's just not me.

GET solo to give you some lessons on taking pics ,