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blanzer · June 5th, 2021, 03:14 PM

I have a 2005 Ninja 250. Yesterday I had left my moms place and when I started the bike I noticed when it was warming up that it got hotter than usually. It was late at night so I didn’t really notice anything or think about it. I rode off and about a mile or 2 I stopped to text somebody. I then proceeded to go on the freeway and went another few miles and felt the bike losing power and overheated so I pulled over. Seems that the bolt that holds the pipe from the radiator to the water pump fell out and the pipe popped off and I lost all my coolant. Most of which was at my moms place when I went back. How I made it as far as I did I have no clue. Today I replaced the bolt and I put in new coolant. I tried to start it and it cranks but won’t turn over. Is the engine shot? I found a very similar situation on another post from 2012 but they never said what the result was.

June 5th, 2021, 03:14 PM	#1
blanzer ninjette.org member Name: Nicholas Location: Venice Join Date: Mar 2020 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: 46	Overheated bike. Won’t start now I have a 2005 Ninja 250. Yesterday I had left my moms place and when I started the bike I noticed when it was warming up that it got hotter than usually. It was late at night so I didn’t really notice anything or think about it. I rode off and about a mile or 2 I stopped to text somebody. I then proceeded to go on the freeway and went another few miles and felt the bike losing power and overheated so I pulled over. Seems that the bolt that holds the pipe from the radiator to the water pump fell out and the pipe popped off and I lost all my coolant. Most of which was at my moms place when I went back. How I made it as far as I did I have no clue. Today I replaced the bolt and I put in new coolant. I tried to start it and it cranks but won’t turn over. Is the engine shot? I found a very similar situation on another post from 2012 but they never said what the result was.