April 21st, 2014, 09:01 AM | #5361 |
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April 21st, 2014, 09:04 AM | #5362 |
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Brake pad failure?
Not sure, during the race I had very little braking power, put new pads on stopping ability was greatly approved.
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April 21st, 2014, 09:05 AM | #5363 |
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I figured it failed. Any known reason why? i.e. did you scuff the pad? drop the pad?
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April 21st, 2014, 09:07 AM | #5364 |
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No, never had them off stock pads as far as I know, 15k miles.
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April 21st, 2014, 09:11 AM | #5365 | |
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I got the bike home and put her on the stands and took the top triple off and pulled the cap and upper race and the upper balls look pretty good. I have to find a good way to support the bike so I can pull the lower out and look at it. I did not have any real indication that it was about to do that and regularly check the pull the front brake and rock for clunk, pop, or slop in the stem.
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April 21st, 2014, 10:15 AM | #5366 |
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Unload it from the trailer coming back from the track. Now onto fixing what is broken.
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April 21st, 2014, 10:19 AM | #5367 |
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Took her to work for the first time.
That was a bit of a cold ride in but worth it.
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April 21st, 2014, 10:44 AM | #5368 |
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Enjoyed the commute with the DRII's, bike feels like it basically falls over with minimal counter-steering inputs. I used to have to put in a lot more effort for the bike to lean, mostly due to the rear being squared off.
So far I'm satisfied with my choice of going from a 150 rear to a 140. Does anyone know if you can fit the chain guard on? I've had mine off because I didn't want to cut mine to fit a 150 rear. |
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April 21st, 2014, 11:52 AM | #5369 |
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Took the Dremel to the shifter, the kickstand bracket, the peg, and the post wheree the spring connects to the kickstand all in hopes of smoothing out or rounding off the sharp edges created when my bike slid across the pavement.
Found it was the block of metal that the kickstand bolts to that had been slicing the leg of my overpants. Now its all smooth and rounded so hopefully that stops.
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April 21st, 2014, 08:21 PM | #5370 |
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Tried to finish wrestling the tire onto the wheel this morning but gave up.Went back to the same person as yesterday for round 2 and finally got the front tire on for the 250. Took both me and the person changing my tire holding the tire in place on the machine to get it on. Little ****.
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April 21st, 2014, 08:25 PM | #5371 |
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Took the fairings off to check for damage and such, took a full inventory of damage. All of the damage is cosmetic as I thought, nothing needs to be replaced for the bike to run as it should. As for cosmetics I only need one fairing piece and to switch the exhaust (which I was planning to do down the line already)
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April 21st, 2014, 09:07 PM | #5372 |
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Rode it to work!!!
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April 21st, 2014, 09:46 PM | #5373 | |
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Changed the oil and took apart my exhaust. Fuel in oil is no bueno. Doesn't helped that I reused the oil filter since last oil change. using a K&N oil filter. Had to reuse my old o rings since the one that came with the filter were too thick/large. checked my plugs and air filter. May drop a jet size and see if my top speed increases. Flipped my air filter upside down.
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April 21st, 2014, 10:00 PM | #5374 |
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April 22nd, 2014, 04:18 AM | #5375 |
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Float needles?
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April 22nd, 2014, 04:58 AM | #5376 |
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Yesterday as i got on rt1 i noticed the right mirror wobbling. Craned my neck to get a better look and the realized the bolts where coming loose!
Stopped for gas and hand tightened them as best i could for the rest of the ride home. The guy that had her before me had put extension blocks on, work great BTW, but didn't use any loctite... Anyone know if the stock bolts have loctite from the factory? Anyway now they do.
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April 22nd, 2014, 05:56 AM | #5377 |
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It could be. Debating if I should put an inline fuel filter when I do pull the carbs.
@LittleRedNinjette, I don't they they do but then again I have a 250 and mine didn't :d
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April 22nd, 2014, 06:00 AM | #5378 | |
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There was a little bit of the tell tale surface marring on the races from about 10K worth of use but minor and not enough to make me take them out. I greased them up and reinstalled. I can never seem to get the steering head bearings quite rite and most the time mine end up a bit to tight. There is a very slight bit of drag I can feel when moving the steering back and forth in the bearing assembly but no read slop or pop when moving the triples back and forth. I will probably end up changing the bearings out for the tapered units like I did on the race bike next major service or if I get the bike back on the road and really don't like what I feel. I also put springs and changed the fork oil in the forks but ran out of garage time. I will take a stab at getting it all back together tonight and tomorrow night.
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April 22nd, 2014, 06:19 AM | #5379 | |
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April 22nd, 2014, 06:54 AM | #5380 | |
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like I said lol, mine end up being too tight most of the time.
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April 22nd, 2014, 09:18 PM | #5381 |
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changed the front brake pads.
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April 23rd, 2014, 04:53 AM | #5382 |
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continued putting it back together...
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April 23rd, 2014, 05:06 AM | #5383 |
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Learned this trick from an SV guy this past weekend, now just a small hole in the swingarm and plate for a ziptie and no more worrying about plates moving around while changing the rear wheel.
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April 23rd, 2014, 05:31 AM | #5384 |
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^ I like this idea
I inspected the valve clearances and found them still in spec, actually they haven't moved a single .001" since I adjusted them at 12k miles and I'm currently at 41k miles. I changed out my Iridium spark plugs after 29k for some new Iridium plugs(same). The arc had wore a crater in the tip making the gap .042" which is just out of the spec which Kawi calls for .030-.040". This would explain why my bike which has never needed to use the choke at first start up started acting a little cold blooded these last 6k miles. With the new plugs installed and carb sync recheck(also no adjustment needed) the bike fired right up this morning and I rolled out with no need to warm it up. Mounted the Mtb to the back and rode it to work so I'm ready to go for tonight's Mtb races. |
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April 23rd, 2014, 06:20 AM | #5385 | |
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threads are equal and wheel is aligned but I almost always have to push on the wheel to keep tension on the brake side when tightening the axle down.
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April 23rd, 2014, 06:30 AM | #5386 | |
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April 23rd, 2014, 06:37 AM | #5387 | |
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You don't have to take the wheel off to do it. I have an extra set of adjusters and plates, was shown there for picture purposes. Just take the nuts off remove plate, add spring and put back together. If your axle nut is tight you shouldn't have to readjust anything just set lock nut. I saw another guy that replaced the stock ones with nylock nuts.
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April 23rd, 2014, 06:50 AM | #5388 |
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where did you get the springs? please know that non-machinists don't have these things lying around
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April 23rd, 2014, 07:04 AM | #5389 | |
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http://www.mcmaster.com/#9657k429/=rntxbv But I cut it down to about 2" to make it work and its under a lot of tension. So something like this should work perfect. http://www.mcmaster.com/#9657k121/=rnty6o Ill see at lunch if Lowes has anything that will work. For the record, I'm not a machinist.
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April 23rd, 2014, 06:37 PM | #5390 |
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I did something I should have done the very day I took the bike home. I went to a 15 tooth countershaft sprocket. The difference is more than what I thought it would be. My left foot's a lot less active in traffic, the bike less buzzy at highway speeds.
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April 23rd, 2014, 08:40 PM | #5391 |
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Cut off the toe peg feeler thingies because they were scraping at the track, causing me to run off...
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April 23rd, 2014, 09:16 PM | #5392 |
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Just unscrew them next time
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April 24th, 2014, 05:35 AM | #5393 | |
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April 24th, 2014, 09:41 AM | #5394 |
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April 24th, 2014, 09:57 AM | #5395 |
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rode her to work this morning after the maintenance this week *see post a few up*
I hate that anytime you change a bunch of stuff you have that "everything feels different so must be something wrong" or "I must have forgotten something" feeling lol also commuting on the 6R for a week made me appreciate some things more on the ninjette and also makes me really dislike some of her short comings. recency effect you know
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April 24th, 2014, 12:47 PM | #5396 |
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Went to replace my clutch and brake levers with Chinese brand. The brake lever fit fine, but the bolt for the clutch lever wasn't fitting. I thought I just couldn't get the bolt screwed in correctly, but upon further inspection the hole for the bolt isn't large enough. Then I looked at the packaging and the customs slip says "Ninja 300". Ordered them a few weeks ago, hopefully I don't have to pay for new ones. :/ No biggie, but just pain in the ass
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April 24th, 2014, 02:33 PM | #5397 | |
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April 24th, 2014, 02:39 PM | #5398 |
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April 24th, 2014, 05:24 PM | #5399 |
RIP Alex
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Removing the carbs seemed more difficult this time around. Swapped back to stock 98 Jets from my DJ 98. Now I just got to find a stretch of road to do a top speed run.
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April 24th, 2014, 06:50 PM | #5400 |
RIP Alex
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I has a 300 motor now
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