2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250 Adventure Bike Build

Wes picked up this 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250 for $270 to take on our $1000 Motorcycles vs 1,000 ADV Miles ride series. We all know that the Ninja 250 was never designed to be taken off-road, but there are a few parts and modifications that could be made to make the dirt a slightly more enjoyable ride. Take a closer look at what it took to get this street bike ready to tackle 1,000 adventure miles as Wes gives a rundown on his 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250 adventure bike build!

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[masterbastard]

Probably the coolest 250 ninja I've ever seen. That's not saying much lol. Jk cool bike

[jmc]

Never thought I would like a ninja 250. But that’s the sweetest one I’ve ever seen 👍

[skizzardthelizardwizard]

I actually come back and watch this video every month or so. This bike is so sick I want to build my own. Big love from Australia

[griffithracingteam]

ever since i saw the original video series I've been looking for a 250 ninja to do the same with. still a little confused on the bar mount but will figure it out when the time comes. thanks again guys. badass!!!

[CumminsDriver]

I don’t know why I thought this adv bike was so cool but I really liked it. The colors and mods made all look great on it and it’s cool to see something working well in conditions it was never meant to be in. Great job 👍🏻

[kamakrazi]

That's awesome that you guys are going a bit more in depth on the work you had to do! A much welcomed video addition.

[doublex]

It goes to show you, any bike can go anywhere, Love these type of video's, thanks.

[douglasgholson]

I used the same shock in the rear and it does give you a little extra ground clearance. I'm going to at a few of your mods to my existing offroad ninja 250. They're perfect play bikes

[mattharrell]

Wes’ buddies: “Wanna go ride?”
Wes: “Let’s bounce”

[tylergerein]

I really enjoy these $1000 motorcycle build videos

[dunexapa]

That 250 Ninja would have been my pick of the litter. Great Job on the makeover. You've got a real one-of-a-kind motorcycle there.

[robinsonrom]

A Ninja 250 to be proud of! Great build!

[camerondale]

It would be pretty sweet to swap a modern dirt bike suspension on the front and modify the linkage or put a rear rezzy shock and build a set of spoked tubeless wheels and modify a set of dirt bike pegs to fit. Hell you could even put on the fasst company pegs and flexx bars if you went that route and have anti-vibe and even a stabilizer. Hell if you could find a cheap z400 that would be even cooler. I getting it, that doesn’t fit the budget for this series but you guys put all kinds of cool ideas in my head. Hell yeah dude

[drhefley]

Hands down my favorite build from that trip. Really enjoying the videos as im writing this.

[nathanhale]

If I ever end up getting a ninja 250 this is what I envisioned doing to it. Nice build

[nativeoutdoors]

My buddy just bought this exact bike and road it into work and it looks so freaking sweet haha

[febirusdian]

Creativity has no limits... Love this minimalism built..

[EmmettAC]

I just wanna know what size tires those are exactly because I wanna turn my 97 Ninja 250 into an off road bike

[jordan]

where did you get the handle bar mounts? I just tossed knobbies on my ninja, ended up going with a kenda 120/90/17 front, and a 130 in the rear. Got any leads on fork tubes that are not bent or dont leak? Mine were super rusty when i got it, I jb welded all the pitted holes in the fork tubes and it held up for about 10k miles but the seals are starting to leak again.

[remady]

I saw this in your challenge and it looked so sick glad you made a video on it