2008 vs 2012 service manual? And bike in general?

Runeknight95 · July 12th, 2013, 05:48 PM

Hey I own a 2008 ninja 250 and my girl has the 2012, if I buy one service manual for the 2012 will I be set or are there differences between the years ill need to be concerned about?
The Kawasaki part #'s are different for the 2 years service manual
-Any one have a link to the pdf's of either years?

-General question : Is the 2012 the same bike as the 2008? any difference , any parts not interchangeable?

krolinked · July 12th, 2013, 05:58 PM

Same Bike My Good Sir!

Joshorilla · July 12th, 2013, 06:21 PM

They may have made a minor revision or changed a couple parts that waranted a new revision number, but they will be 99.9% the same, if not 100%

Make sure the part number for the books you're lookimg at are both the carbed bike models, european FI bikes have different electronics, gauge clusters, intake, a rubber thing on the engine and a few little geolegal tweeks, the manuals would be very different.

Runeknight95 · July 12th, 2013, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joshorilla

They may have made a minor revision or changed a couple parts that waranted a new revision number, but they will be 99.9% the same, if not 100%

Make sure the part number for the books you're lookimg at are both the carbed bike models, european FI bikes have different electronics, gauge clusters, intake, a rubber thing on the engine and a few little geolegal tweeks, the manuals would be very different.

Yep they are all the "J" model, and shipping from USA

no pdf links to be found yet!

Joshorilla · July 12th, 2013, 06:30 PM

I found a full service manual pdf once

walty87 · July 12th, 2013, 09:10 PM

one difference i have discovered is that the 12' stator wire connecter plug is different then other new gens

Runeknight95 · July 12th, 2013, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walty87

one difference i have discovered is that the 12' stator wire connecter plug is different then other new gens

Good stuff so I guess I would of caught that on a fiche if i was buying parts through oem part #'s

SafetyPaws · July 15th, 2013, 03:18 PM

I did find a small fraction of a change which can go to show you the little difference and it was by watching DIY vids in the sticky - some of the fairings use either an alan wrench or philps head. I wanna say it was the air filter.

DaBlue1 · July 16th, 2013, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Runeknight95

....no pdf links to be found yet!

Why you no search harder?

NevadaWolf · July 16th, 2013, 09:36 AM

I found mine online. I don't think we're allowed to post links but google is your friend in this case.

July 12th, 2013, 05:48 PM	#1
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July 15th, 2013, 03:18 PM	#8
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July 16th, 2013, 09:36 AM	#10
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