in your machine
Name: Scott
Location: Summer Shade, Ky.
Join Date: Oct 2014
Motorcycle(s): 98 Ninja 250/F12 aka ZX-2R "SERENITY", 91 Ninja 500/A5 aka ZX-5R "Phoenix", 84 Honda GL1200A "SIREN"
Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Jun '17, May '16, Mar '15
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I finished up my other two motorcycle projects, so it's time to start on this.
Step one remove all the stuff I don't need anymore. I did look at the oil when I drained it, and there was A LOT of metal in it, so it's most definitely dead to me.
Remove all the fairings, engine, wiring harness, etc.. easy enough to do on these bikes.
So as I said earlier, from what I've read I'll need to grind the upper front mount on the engine, so it can fit the mount. but it turns out I don't have to.
I counted on Kawasaki being lazy, and they were. I got the upper mount off a Ninja 300, and it bolts right in, you just need to use the old bolts that go through the frame. But I'm gonna drill out the old frame so I can use Ninja bolts, as they are 10mm instead of the 8mm old bolts. I'll let you know how the goes.
This makes the engine at least a true bolt in job, no grinding, etc ..
This is good to know, as the 300, and newgen 250 engines are pretty much the same. Interesting note they don't use the same upper mount brackets, the 300 has a rubber mount style, the 250 doesn't, but the thru bolt is the same size for both 10mm x 210mm.
Now at this point I could have swapped out the 250 flywheel, stator cover, rejet carbs, and be going down the road. But I have a complete 300 Ninja 300, with everything.
My next thing to figure out is the fuel pump.
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