True Colours of a Ninja

I dont really have many posts of my lil baby do I? Well heres another one.

A lot of people ask me why black when Kawasaki's Lime Green looks so darn smashing! Well, I really dont know, its not that I don't appreciate the eye-catching appeals of Lime Green Kwackers, its just that I prefer a Ninja to be bathed in BLACK. For starters, it would look mighty odd if erstwhile Ninjas were caught trying to slaughter Samurais whilst dressed in vivid shades of green! (though a purist may argue that green would serve as good camouflage for forest terrain, what with Ninjas specialising in Guerrilla warfare and all that) My retort to the purist would be plainly that a smarter Ninja would have preferred to leg it during the day and save all his guile to fight at NIGHT, for which of course, nothing suits the purpose more than BLACK.



Ive always loved Black, theres something about the nothingness within it that draws me closer and closer to the dark side. White's a pain, to wash, to keep clean, to look at during times of excessive lighting. Grey is just not me, Black somehow, fits the bill to the T, er B.

Cheers,

Max

ps - am not even gonna mention the other color options because they really arent "Ninja" for me. You see a bike's not just a bike, it stands for something, er I hope you get the drift, and I repeat, am not CRAZY.

Insanity? or Blind Love.

Ive known a lot of bike lovers in my time (and beyond my time), but every now and then, one reaches out and touches your heart like the Yamaha Ad of old (remember? "Touching your heart, theres a new day, summer sun rising... etc etc?).

What would you do if you had 5 Java/Yezdi machines in your arsenal and not enough place to park it?

Simple, dump them around (inside..) the house, better still, dismantle one and escort it right into your bedroom! Enjoy:







For those of you hitherto ignorant of the Java moniker, I urge you to go out and try one right away, as in NOW. (preferably the Twins..) I was fortunate enough to spend some quality time in Mysore which helped me get closer to the Java/Yezdi phenomenon, but then the factory shut down, like all good things coming to an end. The legend apparently lives on though, I routinely see some interestingly done up ones riding around town with the familiar missed beat gurgle of the mill churning beneath.

Cheers,

Max

ps - the pics are from my phone, so... oh and by the way, am going to do a feature on the ENTIRE collection soon, a couple of them move/sound/look better than most other bikes out on the road today.