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Rollin.. · October 27th, 2011, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lockshi3

I hope so. We'll see! It seems pretty easy according to the DYI

So it seems Boosted is our resident go to guy for tech questions

..my new exhaust just came in yesterday so I may need to shim the needles too..no Idea how to do it...

Boosted139 · October 27th, 2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Rollin..

So it seems Boosted is our resident go to guy for tech questions

..my new exhaust just came in yesterday so I may need to shim the needles too..no Idea how to do it...

I just read a lot and I've done a lot of things to my bike haha. The hardest part is taking the screws out off the carb caps. Especially if you don't have a JIS screwdriver. What exhaust did you end up getting??

WhiteRice · October 27th, 2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Boosted139

I just read a lot and I've done a lot of things to my bike haha. The hardest part is taking the screws out off the carb caps. Especially if you don't have a JIS screwdriver. What exhaust did you end up getting??

What size JIS drivers does one need?

Boosted139 · October 27th, 2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteRice

What size JIS drivers does one need?

Don't know. I was one of those people who was like they can't be that different, I'll just use a phillips. It was a pain, but I managed without stripping them. That was the first time to shim my needles. The second time (when I rejetted) I totally stripped them, but luckily my jet kit came with replacement hex bolts. So no more of those JIS things (on the carb at least).

Lockshi3 · October 27th, 2011, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin..

So it seems Boosted is our resident go to guy for tech questions

..my new exhaust just came in yesterday so I may need to shim the needles too..no Idea how to do it...

Same! Boosted- where did you find the 3mm washers??

Boosted139 · October 27th, 2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Lockshi3

Same! Boosted- where did you find the 3mm washers??

Local hardware store. I imagine you could get them most anywhere (Lowes, Home Depot, etc), but you'll probably have to buy a bag of like 50 haha

Rollin.. · October 27th, 2011, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boosted139

I just read a lot and I've done a lot of things to my bike haha. The hardest part is taking the screws out off the carb caps. Especially if you don't have a JIS screwdriver. What exhaust did you end up getting??

Just the cheap ones from China - danmoto carbon fiber

...I read decent reviews so I wanted to try them...

Boosted139 · October 27th, 2011, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rollin..

Just the cheap ones from China - danmoto carbon fiber

...I read decent reviews so I wanted to try them...

Cool cool, I've heard they're loud as hell

WhiteRice · October 29th, 2011, 10:18 AM

Seriously?!

Boosted139 · October 29th, 2011, 10:21 AM

So yeah, lets def do a ride tomorrow morning

lux · November 1st, 2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Boosted139

Local hardware store. I imagine you could get them most anywhere (Lowes, Home Depot, etc), but you'll probably have to buy a bag of like 50 haha

I bought mine from Lowe's. I think they came in packs of three.

IS there a ride planned for this weekend?

WhiteRice · November 1st, 2011, 11:27 AM

There should be, weather looks clear.

I should be doing my valves Friday/Saturday. If you guys do something Sunday I may make it.

Boosted139 · November 8th, 2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteRice

I should be doing my valves Friday/Saturday. If you guys do something Sunday I may make it.

How'd the valve job go?

WhiteRice · November 8th, 2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Boosted139

How'd the valve job go?

Waiting on some crush gaskets from ronayers. Didn't want to start until I had everything.

Definitely this weekend

itsa250bro · November 12th, 2011, 09:20 AM

Any one up for a ride on Sunday? Weather looks OK, no rain at least - just a few clouds. How about meeting at 10am?

WhiteRice · November 12th, 2011, 09:36 AM

Pending catastrophic disaster I'm in

I was just talking to Boosted and we were looking for somewhere to ride.

itsa250bro · November 12th, 2011, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteRice

Pending catastrophic disaster I'm in

I was just talking to Boosted and we were looking for somewhere to ride.

Haha... love the ladder work bench, what are you working on?
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mikedabike64 · November 12th, 2011, 11:56 AM

Jackson nj southern central old and treacherous.

Boosted139 · November 12th, 2011, 12:20 PM

I'm going to have to pass for tomorrow, stuff came up

WhiteRice · November 12th, 2011, 10:51 PM

I'm missing some hardware so my bike is still dry at the moment. Won't be able to ride tomorrow.

I was able to do valves today and get it all back together except fairings.

itsa250bro · November 13th, 2011, 06:06 AM

no problem... looks like my first solo group ride

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Boosted139 · November 14th, 2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by itsa250bro

no problem... looks like my first solo group ride

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Let us know how it went, might have to do a repeat if it was a good ride

itsa250bro · November 15th, 2011, 11:35 AM

It was fun but, I got a little bit lost - I wanted to try using my GPS to follow the Google Map route that I downloaded but, that didn't work out exactly like I expected.

I wound up on RT517 in Vernon which was definitely the highlight of the trip... hilly, twisty with a good road surface. The roads near the Wanaque Reservoir were also fun but, the road surface was pretty bumpy and patched so I wasn't able to really build any confidence when going into a turn.

I think a fun trip would be to follow RT517 from start to finish, then get over to RT519 somehow for the ride home.

Boosted139 · November 15th, 2011, 04:37 PM

That'd be a good one and fairly easy. Might have to give that a test run next time i ride

NYC Diesel · November 22nd, 2011, 03:37 AM

Hey just saying what's up, I currently live in the city but I'm from Northern NJ and my bike is registered in jersey as well. All I can say is both NJ and NY roads suck haha

Boosted139 · November 23rd, 2011, 07:11 PM

Probably going to try the route you suggested, itsa250bro, on Friday. 517 in tewskbury up to Vernon and then over to 519 and back down to phillipsburg. Hopefully the roads dry up and I'll let you know how it goes.

itsa250bro · November 23rd, 2011, 09:21 PM

Sounds like a good time, hope you enjoy it. Happy Thaanksgiving everybody
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WhiteRice · November 28th, 2011, 08:09 PM

Well I finally topped off my fluids today and ran her around. Sounds happy. I have some farkles to install so she's still naked but I'm glad nothing blew up!

Who planning a polar bear ride?

sikuss · January 8th, 2012, 08:25 AM

Bringing this thread back from the dead to offer my A* SP-1 gloves for sale. I used them for one season (I bought Held Phantoms) and had one low speed crash in them (I landed on my shoulder and there's no damage to the gloves).

If any of your guys don't have gauntlet gloves, I'd suggest picking these up.

If someone from this thread buys them $30 picked up or $30 + shipping if I need to ship.

Here's the glove from the side I went down on -- just a little dirt.

I can provide more pictures if you want to see something specific.

Also, Justin, I know you said awhile back you wanted my smoked Puig double bubble. If you still want it, shoot me a PM with your address and I'll ship it to you for the cost of you paying for my share of the lunch the next group ride we do.

nycsteve · January 13th, 2012, 08:28 AM

Are you guys planning on riding again? Just got my first bike and would love to ride in a group. From Brooklyn btw.

itsa250bro · January 16th, 2012, 08:01 AM

nycsteve - no rides planned at the moment but check back often because you never know when one will pop up - speaking for myself, riding in the winter is still lots of fun but, the weather is a little bit more unpredictable - so it's harder to "plan" a ride - it's more of an inspiration kind of thing.

That being said, you don't have to wait for someone else to post ride - if you want to plan one - please feel free to post it here

Boosted139 · February 11th, 2012, 03:57 PM

Hope everyone has been well and able to sneak in some rides on the nicer days. I know I'm dying for spring to come around, been tinkering with the bike over the past months. Hopefully the weather only gets better and we can get some March group rides and coordinate some days track days!

itsa250bro · February 11th, 2012, 05:03 PM

That's really amazing that you mentioned track days. I was just looking at this site which offers classes at NJMP. Looks like it would be lots of fun, and not too intimidating for a noob like myself.

I think my helmet/gloves/boot are OK but, I'll need to rent some leathers which I haven't looked into - cost wise. But, I would really be into doing that.

Boosted139 · February 11th, 2012, 05:27 PM

I know on previous group rides a few of us were interested in track days so if we could somehow all go to the same event, that'd be a ton of fun. Most of the clubs I researched offer (or require) a class for first timers class. I had been leaning towards Team Promotion (http://www.teampromotion.com) because they seem to offer the most track day events at NJMP. Although today while I was at a Washington Cycle Works one of the employees mentioned he rides with Absolute Cycle (http://www.absolutecycle.com/raceshop/). So there's a few good options available!

I know I will most definitely be visiting the track this season at least once, but I haven't made a decision on which track group to join at this point.

*EDIT* Also NESBA (http://www.nesba.com/) is another organization which offers track days. I know a few people in my office building who track through them.

lux · February 27th, 2012, 09:55 AM

Winter has been fairly mild, got to ride here and there.

Any group rides in the planning stages?

Rollin.. · February 27th, 2012, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by lux

Winter has been fairly mild, got to ride here and there.

Any group rides in the planning stages?

Hi Lux,

no plans yet..Maybe this coming March when the weather starts to go up to 50s..

and when you start seeing me again riding to work in times square then you'll know...

rudyr123 · February 27th, 2012, 04:42 PM

Wow, today was definitely a nice day to ride! Finally got to take the ninja out for a little. If anyone is ever down for a ride in North Jersey let me know!

Boosted139 · February 27th, 2012, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rudyr123

Wow, today was definitely a nice day to ride! Finally got to take the ninja out for a little. If anyone is ever down for a ride in North Jersey let me know!

Jealous! Its too cold in the mornings to ride to work and by time I'm home its dark. Why are all the weekdays nice and then weekends chilly

Hopefully, like Rollin said, we can get group rides started back up next month when it'll be 50+ consistently. Can't wait to use my new helmet

rudyr123 · March 1st, 2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Boosted139

Jealous! Its too cold in the mornings to ride to work and by time I'm home its dark. Why are all the weekdays nice and then weekends chilly

Hopefully, like Rollin said, we can get group rides started back up next month when it'll be 50+ consistently. Can't wait to use my new helmet

Lol, I had the day off so I took advantage of the ninja. Definitely feels good to be back riding again.

Also, this just came in yesterday.

VT FIJI Graphix · March 9th, 2012, 12:28 PM

Hey fellas. Just wanted to introduce myself. I just bought an '08 Ninja 250R a couple weeks ago and its great to see so many fellow 250Rs in JC. I'm at the end of Warren Street, so just around the corner from you folks at Liberty Towers.

I'm a complete n00b... waiting to take my MSF BasicRider class in April over @ Farleigh Dickinson U. You guys will prob see me around practicing after I take the class. Hope to get some experience in and venture with you guys on these rides. They look incredibly fun.

Any suggestions on practice locations? Only place I can think of w/ a big parking lot is the Target over in Newport.

November 12th, 2011, 09:20 AM	#215
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	Any one up for a ride on Sunday? Weather looks OK, no rain at least - just a few clouds. How about meeting at 10am? Last futzed with by itsa250bro; November 12th, 2011 at 02:16 PM. Reason: Finally figured out how to embed the map

November 12th, 2011, 11:56 AM	#218
mikedabike64 ninjette.org guru Name: mike Location: jackson, nj Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 ninja 250 Posts: 271	Mike h Jackson nj southern central old and treacherous.

January 13th, 2012, 08:28 AM	#230
nycsteve Biker Name: Steve Location: Brooklyn, NY Join Date: Nov 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 SE Posts: 723	Are you guys planning on riding again? Just got my first bike and would love to ride in a group. From Brooklyn btw. __________________________________________________ S*** Happens! Design Stuff \| Tumblr James 1:2-4

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October 29th, 2011, 10:18 AM	#209
WhiteRice Kamikaze Squirrel Name: Zach Location: NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 300	Seriously?!

October 29th, 2011, 10:21 AM	#210
Boosted139 ninjette.org guru Name: Justin Location: Central NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Posts: 334	So yeah, lets def do a ride tomorrow morning

November 1st, 2011, 11:27 AM	#212
WhiteRice Kamikaze Squirrel Name: Zach Location: NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 300	There should be, weather looks clear. I should be doing my valves Friday/Saturday. If you guys do something Sunday I may make it.

November 12th, 2011, 09:36 AM	#216
WhiteRice Kamikaze Squirrel Name: Zach Location: NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 300	Pending catastrophic disaster I'm in I was just talking to Boosted and we were looking for somewhere to ride.

November 12th, 2011, 12:20 PM	#219
Boosted139 ninjette.org guru Name: Justin Location: Central NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Posts: 334	I'm going to have to pass for tomorrow, stuff came up

November 12th, 2011, 10:51 PM	#220
WhiteRice Kamikaze Squirrel Name: Zach Location: NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 300	I'm missing some hardware so my bike is still dry at the moment. Won't be able to ride tomorrow. I was able to do valves today and get it all back together except fairings.

November 13th, 2011, 06:06 AM	#221
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	no problem... looks like my first solo group ride Posted via Mobile Device

November 15th, 2011, 11:35 AM	#223
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	It was fun but, I got a little bit lost - I wanted to try using my GPS to follow the Google Map route that I downloaded but, that didn't work out exactly like I expected. I wound up on RT517 in Vernon which was definitely the highlight of the trip... hilly, twisty with a good road surface. The roads near the Wanaque Reservoir were also fun but, the road surface was pretty bumpy and patched so I wasn't able to really build any confidence when going into a turn. I think a fun trip would be to follow RT517 from start to finish, then get over to RT519 somehow for the ride home.

November 15th, 2011, 04:37 PM	#224
Boosted139 ninjette.org guru Name: Justin Location: Central NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Posts: 334	That'd be a good one and fairly easy. Might have to give that a test run next time i ride

November 22nd, 2011, 03:37 AM	#225
NYC Diesel ninjette.org member Name: Shak Location: NYC Join Date: Nov 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2000 Ninja 250 Posts: 20	Hey just saying what's up, I currently live in the city but I'm from Northern NJ and my bike is registered in jersey as well. All I can say is both NJ and NY roads suck haha

November 23rd, 2011, 07:11 PM	#226
Boosted139 ninjette.org guru Name: Justin Location: Central NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Posts: 334	Probably going to try the route you suggested, itsa250bro, on Friday. 517 in tewskbury up to Vernon and then over to 519 and back down to phillipsburg. Hopefully the roads dry up and I'll let you know how it goes.

November 23rd, 2011, 09:21 PM	#227
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	Sounds like a good time, hope you enjoy it. Happy Thaanksgiving everybody Posted via Mobile Device

November 28th, 2011, 08:09 PM	#228
WhiteRice Kamikaze Squirrel Name: Zach Location: NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 300	Well I finally topped off my fluids today and ran her around. Sounds happy. I have some farkles to install so she's still naked but I'm glad nothing blew up! Who planning a polar bear ride?

January 8th, 2012, 08:25 AM	#229
sikuss ninjette.org member Name: Scott Location: JC, NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 65	Bringing this thread back from the dead to offer my A* SP-1 gloves for sale. I used them for one season (I bought Held Phantoms) and had one low speed crash in them (I landed on my shoulder and there's no damage to the gloves). If any of your guys don't have gauntlet gloves, I'd suggest picking these up. If someone from this thread buys them $30 picked up or $30 + shipping if I need to ship. Here's the glove from the side I went down on -- just a little dirt. I can provide more pictures if you want to see something specific. Also, Justin, I know you said awhile back you wanted my smoked Puig double bubble. If you still want it, shoot me a PM with your address and I'll ship it to you for the cost of you paying for my share of the lunch the next group ride we do.

January 16th, 2012, 08:01 AM	#231
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	nycsteve - no rides planned at the moment but check back often because you never know when one will pop up - speaking for myself, riding in the winter is still lots of fun but, the weather is a little bit more unpredictable - so it's harder to "plan" a ride - it's more of an inspiration kind of thing. That being said, you don't have to wait for someone else to post ride - if you want to plan one - please feel free to post it here

February 11th, 2012, 03:57 PM	#232
Boosted139 ninjette.org guru Name: Justin Location: Central NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Posts: 334	Hope everyone has been well and able to sneak in some rides on the nicer days. I know I'm dying for spring to come around, been tinkering with the bike over the past months. Hopefully the weather only gets better and we can get some March group rides and coordinate some days track days!

February 11th, 2012, 05:03 PM	#233
itsa250bro ninjette.org member Name: Tommy Location: Flemington, NJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 CP Blue Posts: 149	That's really amazing that you mentioned track days. I was just looking at this site which offers classes at NJMP. Looks like it would be lots of fun, and not too intimidating for a noob like myself. I think my helmet/gloves/boot are OK but, I'll need to rent some leathers which I haven't looked into - cost wise. But, I would really be into doing that.

February 11th, 2012, 05:27 PM	#234
Boosted139 ninjette.org guru Name: Justin Location: Central NJ Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Posts: 334	I know on previous group rides a few of us were interested in track days so if we could somehow all go to the same event, that'd be a ton of fun. Most of the clubs I researched offer (or require) a class for first timers class. I had been leaning towards Team Promotion (http://www.teampromotion.com) because they seem to offer the most track day events at NJMP. Although today while I was at a Washington Cycle Works one of the employees mentioned he rides with Absolute Cycle (http://www.absolutecycle.com/raceshop/). So there's a few good options available! I know I will most definitely be visiting the track this season at least once, but I haven't made a decision on which track group to join at this point. EDIT Also NESBA (http://www.nesba.com/) is another organization which offers track days. I know a few people in my office building who track through them.

February 27th, 2012, 09:55 AM	#235
lux ninjette.org guru Name: lux Location: NY Join Date: Jul 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250R Posts: 306	Winter has been fairly mild, got to ride here and there. Any group rides in the planning stages?

February 27th, 2012, 04:42 PM	#237
rudyr123 ninjette.org member Name: Rudy Location: nj Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250r Posts: 19	Wow, today was definitely a nice day to ride! Finally got to take the ninja out for a little. If anyone is ever down for a ride in North Jersey let me know!

March 9th, 2012, 12:28 PM	#240
VT FIJI Graphix ninjette.org member Name: Lawrence Location: Jersey City, NJ Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250R Posts: 14	Hey fellas. Just wanted to introduce myself. I just bought an '08 Ninja 250R a couple weeks ago and its great to see so many fellow 250Rs in JC. I'm at the end of Warren Street, so just around the corner from you folks at Liberty Towers. I'm a complete n00b... waiting to take my MSF BasicRider class in April over @ Farleigh Dickinson U. You guys will prob see me around practicing after I take the class. Hope to get some experience in and venture with you guys on these rides. They look incredibly fun. Any suggestions on practice locations? Only place I can think of w/ a big parking lot is the Target over in Newport.