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Originally Posted by ninja250
Sorry to keep bumping the thread.
Here's those common shim sizes I use I was talking about.
2.65
2.70
2.75
2.80
2.85
Seems I keep needing a lot of these sizes after 4 valve jobs.
You can see which ones are in overstock. (lots of 2.90 and 2.95 came out of the bikes)
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OK, looks like mrcycle.com has some excellent prices on refill kits and individual shims that are extensive enough to build a better kit for less money than a shim kit to start with.
Looking at the chart, I can't tell if shipping is $9 for orders up to $50 or $11, but it's not a deal-killer.
So, basically, the Ninjette is full of 8x7.48OD,2.90/2.95 shims and has been known to consume 2.65, 2.70, 2.75, 2.80, and 2.85 shims. You can get their 2.70-2.95 refill kit with 5x2.70, 5x2.75, 5x2.80, 5x2.85, 5x2.90, and 5x2.95 for $35.67. This lacks 2.65 sizes but bear with me.
The full kit costs a lot more and only has 3x of each size because it has a lot more sizes that you do not need, which you may think is worth using at a dealer with a shim exchange program, but even this kit has sizes you don't need! Why pay more for the full kit and get less of the sizes you need? Along with the 2.90/2.95 shims that will come out of your bike, you have 18 shims to trade to bulk up your kit (8 of each size should be more than enough).
But wait! They sell 2.65 shims for cheaply enough out-right: 5x2.65 for $8.30, 8x2.65 for $13.28. That means even more of those 18x2.90/2.95 shims can go toward bulking your kit up to 8 of each size + whatever your engine consumes.
By my calculations, that's 5 of each size between 2.65 and 2.95 for $52.97 or 54.97 shipped.
I'd go ahead and get 8x2.65 and 5x2.70-2.95 for $57.95 or $59.95 shipped and use the 18x2.90/2.95 sizes included and available to me to bulk up the 2.70-2.85 range to 8x and replace any that the engine consumed.
Links:
Individual 2.65 shims
5xEA refill kit of 2.70-2.95 shims