Forum: Off-Topic
May 15th, 2017, 09:37 AM
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Views: 299,807
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Forum: Off-Topic
May 15th, 2017, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 31,551
Too many projects. Bouncing back and forth...
Too many projects. Bouncing back and forth between everything -- prepping the car, learning to ride the bike, landscaping, construction, and now most recently some hardware failures on my server.
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 29th, 2017, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,209
Drove out about 25 miles to a freshly paved,...
Drove out about 25 miles to a freshly paved, known-smooth road and by that time the wobbling had evened itself out.
If it was the bead fully seating itself through a heat cycle, or just a little...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 29th, 2017, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,209
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 28th, 2017, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,209
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 28th, 2017, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,209
New rear tire out of round?
tl;dr - did maintenance, things check out, rear tire wobbles, wheel looks fine
So I did a bunch of work on the bike this last week, including:
- new tires, sport demons
- swingarm lube
- chain...
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Forum: 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 26th, 2017, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,708
None of the work you mentioned is terribly...
None of the work you mentioned is terribly difficult, I'd say just go for it. You've got a week or two before there are any nice riding days anyhow. It's supposed to snow on Thursday or something....
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 24th, 2017, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,427
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 24th, 2017, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,427
Hahaaaa, this is mildly concerning.
Rear...
Hahaaaa, this is mildly concerning.
Rear upper engine mount:
https://data-park.com/anon/rear_upper.jpg
Rear lower engine mount:
https://data-park.com/anon/rear_lower.jpg
Thanks for the...
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Forum: General Motorcycling Discussion
April 24th, 2017, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,604
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 23rd, 2017, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,427
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Forum: Motorcycle Gear
April 23rd, 2017, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,144
Draggin K-legs/K-shirt
Did a little searching and could only find a single reference to the old draggin standalone pant liner. My apologies if I totally missed something.
This seems like a "too good to be true"...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 22nd, 2017, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,427
Awesome, that's pretty much exactly what I was...
Awesome, that's pretty much exactly what I was hoping to hear. Thanks!
The bike has had none of the 6k maintenance done. I'm slowly going through that list, and chain maintenance is right up top...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 21st, 2017, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,427
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Forum: General Motorcycling Discussion
April 21st, 2017, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 82,133
Colour me jealous! When I saw that thing pop up...
Colour me jealous! When I saw that thing pop up for sale it was one of those "this HAS to be mine." Just a few hours after he posted it I was like the fourth person in line to go check it out, and...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 21st, 2017, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,427
Ticking/clicking from chassis
On my '07, if I lean it around or bounce the suspension or otherwise apply any sort of torsional force to the bike, I can sometimes get it to click from somewhere in back, where the swingarm...
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Forum: General Motorcycling Discussion
April 21st, 2017, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 8,589
Views: 1,074,504
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Forum: General Motorcycling Discussion
April 21st, 2017, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 8,589
Views: 1,074,504
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Forum: General Motorcycling Discussion
April 21st, 2017, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 323
Views: 82,133
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Forum: !%@*#$%!)@#&!%@ I crashed!
April 20th, 2017, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 263
Views: 42,553
I learned that applying the front brake while...
I learned that applying the front brake while turning over sand on near-bald tires is a bad plan.
Oh, to be young again. Fortunately now I'm more (less?) sane and don't run into new things...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 20th, 2017, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,060
Difficult, no. Precise and tedious, yes. I may...
Difficult, no. Precise and tedious, yes. I may be biased since this is not a new concept to me, so YMMV. I believe anyone can do this if they are capable of reading and following directions. Give...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 20th, 2017, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,826
A leakdown tester and an air compressor. Doing...
A leakdown tester and an air compressor. Doing some reading on how to use one will be helpful as well, but basically you want the cylinder at TDC with the valves closed, plug in the tester, give it...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 20th, 2017, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,060
Right, and that's more or less what's going to...
Right, and that's more or less what's going to happen if your valves are a bit out of spec, your idle mixture is off, or your jets are stuck a little open. It'll be happy above idle.
The thing...
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 20th, 2017, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,451
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Forum: 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk
April 20th, 2017, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,060
This. A thousand times this. You're not going...
This. A thousand times this. You're not going to find that 1300 idle speed with valves out of clearance.
If you're even close to due for the valve adjustment, just do it. It's relatively easy,...
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