Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
October 24th, 2013, 01:01 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,300
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
October 24th, 2013, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,300
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
October 24th, 2013, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,300
From the wikipedia page on Octane rating...
From the wikipedia page on Octane rating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating):
The compression ratio is directly related to power and to thermodynamic efficiency of an internal combustion...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
October 23rd, 2013, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,300
Somewhere around 95mpg CNG should make our team...
Somewhere around 95mpg CNG should make our team competitive. Upwards of 95-100 mpg CNG would have us winning. We'd need close to 140-150 mpg gasoline to be competitive. The goal is around 0.02$/mile...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
October 23rd, 2013, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 7,300
Ninja 250 Compressed Natural Gas Conversion
My senior design team is entering a competition where the vehicle which runs a set distance (approximately 150 miles) using the least amount of money wins. Our budget doesn't allow for electric...
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Forum: The Ex-Ninjetters Lair
September 13th, 2012, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,146
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Forum: The Ex-Ninjetters Lair
September 11th, 2012, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,146
VFR Electrical Issues
Yeah... The R/R already failed on it. And it was one of the newer designed ones with cooling fins and all. The PO had the wiring harness replaced as well. I have receipt of the work being done at a...
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Forum: The Ex-Ninjetters Lair
September 5th, 2012, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,146
Yeah... At least it's not a ZX-10 like Jiggles....
Yeah... At least it's not a ZX-10 like Jiggles. The VFR has a V4, a similar riding position to the ninjette, and is fairly forgiving in it's handling. But as mentioned earlier the top end power is...
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Forum: The Ex-Ninjetters Lair
September 5th, 2012, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,146
Pics!
Pictures! WOOOOoOOoooohhhHHOOoooo!
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Forum: The Ex-Ninjetters Lair
September 4th, 2012, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,146
Sold my ninjette, bought a VFR750
It's been 14 months since I started riding, and after wrecking my '04 ninjette over the summer I realized it wasn't worth pouring money into it to get it back to perfect shape. So the ninjette has...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Farkles
August 25th, 2012, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,583
Got the ZX-7 headlights on!
I had to bend some S-shaped brackets to make the stock ZX-7 headlight bracket fit to the Ninja's mounting points, then soldered the connections and hooked it up! It was a very simple conversion. What...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 21st, 2012, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 21st, 2012, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
So I took the bike to a friend's today. He said...
So I took the bike to a friend's today. He said everything looked okay, but he wanted to try putting everything back on one more time. I'm not sure what he did differently. Everything works now. It...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
Everything fits perfectly until I tighten the...
Everything fits perfectly until I tighten the bolts on the caliper. Once those are torqued down the rear wheel doesn't want to move. I'll check the caliper to see if the pads are stuck on the...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
I just bled the brakes using a hand pump. The...
I just bled the brakes using a hand pump. The pedal feel is the same as before the wheel was originally removed. I don't think it's the fluid. The issue is the non-piston side of the caliper is too...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
Still not working...
I tried removing the wheel following the procedure here: http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Removing/replacing_the_rear_wheel. The spacers are in correctly. I've tried compressing the caliper and went for...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
The bearing spacers are good. It's something to...
The bearing spacers are good. It's something to do with the rear brake. I'm trying to adjust the torque link/brake using this article http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/What_is_this_brake_torque_link%3F...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 20th, 2012, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,613
Tight rear wheel
I just replaced the chain and sprockets. Now the rear wheel seems to be extremely tight. It's hard to walk the bike around or even spin the wheel by hand. Any ideas?
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
August 17th, 2012, 05:02 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,444
I finally got the lever on. I had to roll back...
I finally got the lever on. I had to roll back the handlebar grip and loosen the perch which holds the clutch lever to the handlebar to slide it out of the way. Only took about a minute once I'd...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Farkles
August 15th, 2012, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,583
Finally fixed the grab bar
Well sort of... A friend and I bent the tabs where it mounts back into place. Then I used some 3/16" thick bar stock to make a piece which connects the two tabs together. Drilled some holes, put some...
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