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Originally Posted by CC Cowboy
Don't ride like a sicko or psycho and your bike will love you for it.
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Thanks for contributing meaningful information to this conversation.
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Originally Posted by allanoue
How many months since the last oil change?
If it's close to a year then that is your problem.
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4months. Oil is doubtedly the issue, probably my technique.
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Originally Posted by jkv45
I'd say just slowdown on the shifts and use more clutch.
The Ninja's trans isn't super sport-spec, so what works on a bike with race credentials (R6, ZX6, etc) isn't going to work the same on the little Ninja.
If there's been some grinding going on, it may be a good time to change the oil.
Rotella T6 is just fine, but it is on the thin side for a 40-grade and does breakdown even lower. I used to run it in my SV, but after 1000 mi or so I felt the shifting degraded. Now I run a cycle-specific synthetic and the shifting doesn't change between oil changes.
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This is probably what's going on. I am new to riding and in all reality mostly taught myself. Nobody showed me how lol
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Originally Posted by CC Cowboy
Why?
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Because.
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Originally Posted by Dave Wolfe
Shifting at full throttle sounds like the way you would ride a 125 cc two stroke mx bike. The ninjette isnt going to like it.
Personally I use the clutch on the 1-2 upshift, then go clutchless up thru 6. I clutch the downshifts. Works for me, ymmv. Mine tends to pop out of gear on occasion if I go clutchless on the 1-2 shift.
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I actually read that clutch less shifting wasn't good for the bike either. I guess though it kind of is my bad. I'll try working on my technique and slowing it down a bit.
Thanks guys!