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1994Ninja250F · May 8th, 2014, 02:00 PM

Hey guys, long time lurker here.

Here's the deal. I cleaned the carbs on my bike a few days ago, and took it out today. Was riding it all day literally, and it ran awesome up until just now. It all started when I took it on the freeway. It was going well for about two minutes, but then it started to lose power. I knew I had gas, but switched to reserve and there was no improvement. It got so bad I had to pull off the freeway because I was barely going 50 mph, and it wouldnt rev past 6000ish RPM.

I tried to get it back home, and the problem got worse. When I would get on the throttle, it made an awful sounding gurgling or burping sound from the intake I'm assuming. The way it was running, it sounded like it was running on one cylinder. I eventually couldn't even maintain 15 mph, so I pulled into a Wendy's and it died out and wouldn't start. After about 15 min, I got it to start, but it still wouldn't rev under load. At this point, I'm calling a tow.

Any insight at all guys?

May 8th, 2014, 02:00 PM	#1
1994Ninja250F ‘94 Rider Name: Colin Location: Lewis Center, Ohio Join Date: Nov 2010 Motorcycle(s): 1994 Kawasaki Ninja EX250F Posts: 81	Bike wouldn't rev past 6k, then died Hey guys, long time lurker here. Here's the deal. I cleaned the carbs on my bike a few days ago, and took it out today. Was riding it all day literally, and it ran awesome up until just now. It all started when I took it on the freeway. It was going well for about two minutes, but then it started to lose power. I knew I had gas, but switched to reserve and there was no improvement. It got so bad I had to pull off the freeway because I was barely going 50 mph, and it wouldnt rev past 6000ish RPM. I tried to get it back home, and the problem got worse. When I would get on the throttle, it made an awful sounding gurgling or burping sound from the intake I'm assuming. The way it was running, it sounded like it was running on one cylinder. I eventually couldn't even maintain 15 mph, so I pulled into a Wendy's and it died out and wouldn't start. After about 15 min, I got it to start, but it still wouldn't rev under load. At this point, I'm calling a tow. Any insight at all guys?