April 19th, 2010, 06:23 PM | #1 |
Handsome Devil!!!
Name: Rodge
Location: Bay St. Louis
Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 250R 07 Yamaha YZF-R6 Charcoal Silver Posts: 66
|
whining sound
hey guys when my bike is sitting or even when im riding, the fuel tank makes a whining sound. Im wondering what this is, and furthermore how I would stop it.
|
|
April 19th, 2010, 06:44 PM | #2 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Paul
Location: Roanoke, VA
Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Candy Plasma Blue 250R Posts: A lot.
|
It's fuel vapor expanding in your tank and escaping through the vent. It's not harmful or unusual. It's pretty standard on a number of Kawasaki models, including the 250. Many find it endearing. If it annoys you, ya can stop it in several ways:
1) move to where it's fairly cold year 'round 2) open the gas cap frequently 3) bore out the vent holes in the gas cap (there's a DIY on the 'net somewhere)
__________________________________________________
Proud member of the Blue Army |
|
April 19th, 2010, 06:46 PM | #3 |
Cat herder
Name: Gort
Location: A secret lair which, being secret, has an undisclosed location
Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Aprilia RS660 Posts: A lot.
Blog Entries: 6
MOTM - Jul '18, Nov '16, Aug '14, May '13
|
Turn it into a positive.
4) Pretend it's the sound of the flux capacitor charging. 5) Sing along. 6) Use it to intimidate bystanders. "What is it?" "Pulse laser. Don't worry, these things almost never blow up." |
|
April 19th, 2010, 07:50 PM | #4 |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE, '15 CRF110F, '13 TT-R50E Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
|
__________________________________________________
Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered) |
|
April 20th, 2010, 10:09 AM | #5 |
ninjette.org guru
Name: Anon
Location: Atlanta, GA
Join Date: Aug 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250 (Blue!) Posts: 488
|
If you hit 85mph while it's whistling, it turns your new gen into a pre-gen.
|
|
April 20th, 2010, 10:48 AM | #6 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Dave
Location: DFW, US
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja TwoFiddy Posts: 160
|
I was wondering what that sound was...
|
|
April 20th, 2010, 12:52 PM | #7 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Craig
Location: Seattle
Join Date: Dec 2009 Motorcycle(s): Blue 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: 86
|
|
|
April 23rd, 2010, 10:35 PM | #8 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Bob
Location: CA
Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Ninja 250r, '14 CBR500r Posts: A lot.
|
|
|
April 24th, 2010, 04:45 AM | #9 |
ninjette.org member
Name: D
Location: Michigan
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): Why do you care? Posts: 64
|
The fuel tank whine was the very first mod I did to the 2 Ninja's, I found it that annoying...
http://www.kawiforums.com/ninja-250r...-pictures.html It worked completely on the Red but the Black still has the occasional 'moan', I'm going to replace both fuel caps with SSR fuel caps... http://www.slingshotracing.net/catal...cap-p-158.html |
|
April 24th, 2010, 05:21 AM | #10 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
lol i'm so glad i found this!
I thought it was the relay for the fan being shot lol |
|
April 24th, 2010, 08:23 AM | #11 |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE, '15 CRF110F, '13 TT-R50E Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
|
__________________________________________________
Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered) |
|
April 24th, 2010, 08:29 AM | #12 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Whodat
Location: Ware Is.,MA
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14
|
When the whining stops check and see if the passenger fell off.
__________________________________________________
If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough! |
|
April 24th, 2010, 08:42 AM | #13 |
dirty old man
Name: Chris
Location: Hazel Green, AL
Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): Blue '08 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot.
Blog Entries: 1
|
I kept it, I like the way she talks to me. Stopped at a overlook once on Topanga (sp) canyon road, walked away and she started whining. Came back, patted her on the tank, said I will be right back and she stopped. She was missing me.
nb
__________________________________________________
Death tugs at my ear and says, "Live, I am coming." -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894) www.friendsofsanonofre.org |
|
April 24th, 2010, 09:41 AM | #14 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Scott
Location: Carlise Ohio
Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): Yahama v star 650 classic Posts: A lot.
|
My bike does it kinda loud, and I park it in my living room every night. Needless to say, my wife doesnt like it to much. Meh..
|
|
April 24th, 2010, 10:03 AM | #15 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
Anyone know if the key-less race cap fixes this as well?
|
|
April 24th, 2010, 11:48 AM | #16 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Chris
Location: N. Central Ill.
Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R (hers), '06 Buell XB12Ss (mine) Posts: 28
|
Ours sounds like one of those rubber chickens when lightly squeezed. So, we nicknamed her Ninja "Super Chicken"
|
|
April 24th, 2010, 01:59 PM | #17 |
Ride it like you stole it
Name: Jeremy
Location: Bama
Join Date: Jan 2010 Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R, '04 R6(sold) Posts: 362
|
Mine was kinda loud. I did the mod, no more squeek.
|
|
April 25th, 2010, 07:34 AM | #18 |
ninjette.org sage
Name: Wayne
Location: Brookfield, MA
Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Honda CBR250R Posts: 585
|
It's great for keeping people away from your bike when it's parked in the sun. They think it's a bike alarm going off.
|
|
April 25th, 2010, 07:36 AM | #19 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
I should have the billet race cap on next week. I'll report back if that takes care of the whining!
Tom |
|
April 25th, 2010, 01:11 PM | #20 |
ninjette.org sage
Name: don
Location: Port Elgin NB Canada
Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 blue ninja 250R Posts: 742
|
Yea it's a bit annoying but you know when I started up the bike after it's winter hibernation it was like the little ninja was saying "Thanks its great to be back at it". All of a sudden I liked the familiar sound.
|
|
April 30th, 2010, 04:22 PM | #21 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
UPDATE:
No more noise on my bike!!! SSR racing gas cap took care of it |
|
April 30th, 2010, 05:35 PM | #22 |
ninjette.org newbie
Name: Andrew
Location: New Orleans
Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 7
|
why would you want it to stop. I love that sound. It's like its purring to me.
|
|
April 30th, 2010, 05:37 PM | #23 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
Sounds like a robot fart. I hated it LOL
|
|
April 30th, 2010, 06:00 PM | #24 |
love to ride
Name: George
Location: Bloomington, IN
Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 250r Ebony/Candy Persimon Red Posts: 53
|
I thought it was something my wife installed on my bike so I would always hear her whining about me buying the bike.
|
|
May 1st, 2010, 04:38 AM | #25 |
ninjette.org member
Name: D
Location: Michigan
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): Why do you care? Posts: 64
|
Received my silver and black SSR Racing Caps and installed them on Thursday, no more noise. If the gas cap mod doesn't work for you, try the SSR caps, they're very well made and look great...
|
|
May 1st, 2010, 06:50 AM | #26 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
Agreed.
Looks sexy on my bike, no more robot farts and no more fiddling with the key. Love it! |
|
May 10th, 2010, 11:23 AM | #27 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Todd
Location: Jersey Shore
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): Concours 1400 (Fat Ninja), Triumph Thunderbird Sport, Ninja 250, 80 Honda Streettracker Posts: 22
|
Cap vented?
Is the SSR cap vented, or will it cause fueling/vacuum problems??
|
|
May 10th, 2010, 12:15 PM | #28 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
Don't know.
I doubt it's vented, but I ran it over a 1000 miles and no issues so far. |
|
May 10th, 2010, 12:51 PM | #29 |
ninjette.org member
Name: D
Location: Michigan
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): Why do you care? Posts: 64
|
I'm quite sure they're vented or you wouldn't have fuel flow for long, you'd end up with a vacuum in the fuel tank. Both of my '09's have SSR caps and are not having any sort of fuel issues. The cap is designed for racing bikes so I'm sure SSR did a bit of R&D on them...
|
|
May 10th, 2010, 01:38 PM | #30 |
Highway Ramp Hero
Name: Tom
Location: MI
Join Date: Mar 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09 250r Posts: 209
|
Where would it vent?
It seals to the filler neck and the cap has an oring... |
|
May 14th, 2010, 01:07 PM | #31 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Todd
Location: Jersey Shore
Join Date: Feb 2009 Motorcycle(s): Concours 1400 (Fat Ninja), Triumph Thunderbird Sport, Ninja 250, 80 Honda Streettracker Posts: 22
|
Anybody at SSR answer this?
No phone # or address for SSR on their web site.
Hey, SSR! Is the cap vented or not? |
|
June 5th, 2010, 06:18 AM | #32 |
Motorcyclist
Name: James
Location: Maryland
Join Date: May 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2014 Ninja 300 ABS Posts: A lot.
|
Did the mod to the stock cap, now it almost never whines... it does once in a while, not regular as before and now only for a second.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
whining sound | mikedabike64 | 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 8 | November 3rd, 2013 08:58 PM |
Whining Noise on Deceleration | Jaife86 | 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 6 | August 11th, 2013 07:13 AM |
Quiet whining sound with bike off | Tim250 | 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 15 | May 20th, 2012 06:19 AM |
Whining under power only | headshrink | 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 36 | August 23rd, 2011 05:48 PM |
Ninja whining???? | Ninja250under | 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 10 | November 10th, 2010 11:39 AM |
Thread Tools | |
|
|