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Old November 19th, 2017, 03:00 PM   #19
jp8484
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Name: James
Location: Canada
Join Date: Oct 2017

Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250

Posts: 69
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Originally Posted by Dave Wolfe View Post
Im big 230 lbs. On stock suspension mine would bottom out the front quite often. Stiffer fork springs and 15 wt fork oil made a world of difference. That being said, I can tell you .95 springs are a bit too harsh on the street at my weight. Stock is a .65 spring rate.

The best mod to a stock bike is richening up the idle mixture. It maked the low end much more zippy. Unfortunately you need to pull the carbs off to drill out the idle mixture plugs and thats quite a bit of work. Maybe if you had a tiny dentists style drill you could do it with carbs on the bike? If you ever do pull the carbs, swap out the bowl screws and diaphragm screws for allen head socket head screws.
thanks for the reply!

Front fork springs and oil is the probably the most expensive upgrade I have on my wish list.. (race tech .85) good to get some feed back on the matter.

I hit the maintenance schedule for valve adjustment.. I can probably ask the shop about carb for riding rich and changing out the screws while they take the thing apart.
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