Terrible way to start a day

Lychee · October 4th, 2012, 10:35 AM

On the way to work today I decided while coming to a stop that the choke needs to be reduced a little. So as I come to a stop I shifted to neutral, let go the clutch lever, and went to work the choke lever. Shifter went right through neutral, and left the bike in second gear. Bike lurched forward and dumps on the left side. Aww dammit.

Whoops, forgot the Kawasaki positive neutral finder prefers to work when you are at a complete stop. The damage was slight- clutch lever ball broken off, gear shift lever bent, ego only partially dented. But, the clean sparkly muffler I picked up a few months ago now isn't clean and sparkly anymore.

What can you do.

Alex · October 4th, 2012, 10:44 AM

Reason enough to get a new-gen; this way when the bike tips over on the left there isn't an exhaust to scrape up.

Glad you're OK.

psych0hans · October 4th, 2012, 10:47 AM

Think that the worst is behind you and have a great day ahead

Glad it wasn't worse...

Lychee · October 4th, 2012, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Reason enough to get a new-gen; this way when the bike tips over on the left there isn't an exhaust to scrape up.

Glad you're OK.

I was thinking this too, except my reasoning is that the efi system on the supergen doesn't require the operation of the choke lever...

Quote:

Originally Posted by psych0hans

Think that the worst is behind you and have a great day ahead

Glad it wasn't worse...

Thanks man.

Jiggles · October 4th, 2012, 03:22 PM

Crashed the 250, but you already have a gixxer... Hmm, turbo busa it is then.

If you want to sell your pregen for below market value I know a guy looking for a super cheap one.

broken neck · October 4th, 2012, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lychee

On the way to work today I decided while coming to a stop that the choke needs to be reduced a little.

I was learned that you should never ride a bike with the choke on. It's only to help starting the bike and should be closed as soon as possible and before you get going...

Was I educated wrong on that one?

And sorry about your mishap, sucks to see the bike going down...

Lychee · October 5th, 2012, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Crashed the 250, but you already have a gixxer... Hmm, turbo busa it is then.

If you want to sell your pregen for below market value I know a guy looking for a super cheap one.

Gixxer came before the ninjette, if that matters. You assume that I want a turbo busa or that I am planning to sell my ninjette? Neither is not the case, however, if your friend would like to purchase a pregen at a price wayyyyyy above market value, you can send him my way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by broken neck

I was learned that you should never ride a bike with the choke on. It's only to help starting the bike and should be closed as soon as possible and before you get going...

Was I educated wrong on that one?

And sorry about your mishap, sucks to see the bike going down...

It has difficulty staying alive without choke on when cold, especially taking off from a stop light. How do you handle that? I was taught not to warm up at idle.

YunMing · October 5th, 2012, 12:11 PM

Weird my pregen can start fine without choke and it doesn't die either.

Jiggles · October 5th, 2012, 12:14 PM

Those are the rules though, crash the 250 and you have to get a bigger bike

Ninja-KID · October 5th, 2012, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lychee

On the way to work today I decided while coming to a stop that the choke needs to be reduced a little. So as I come to a stop I shifted to neutral, let go the clutch lever, and went to work the choke lever. Shifter went right through neutral, and left the bike in second gear. Bike lurched forward and dumps on the left side. Aww dammit.

Whoops, forgot the Kawasaki positive neutral finder prefers to work when you are at a complete stop. The damage was slight- clutch lever ball broken off, gear shift lever bent, ego only partially dented. But, the clean sparkly muffler I picked up a few months ago now isn't clean and sparkly anymore.

What can you do.

Yeah, one thing I learned on my 250 was that the bike would sometimes drop into neutral when trying to down shift from 2nd or upshift from 1st. I hate when that happens. But as long as you are ok. And atleast it wasnt a bigger more expensive bike. I would die if i lay my new cbr600 down.

October 4th, 2012, 10:35 AM	#1
Lychee sail away Name: Jon Location: San Jose Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): gixxer (sold), ninjette (upgrade!) Posts: 964 Blog Entries: 8	Terrible way to start a day On the way to work today I decided while coming to a stop that the choke needs to be reduced a little. So as I come to a stop I shifted to neutral, let go the clutch lever, and went to work the choke lever. Shifter went right through neutral, and left the bike in second gear. Bike lurched forward and dumps on the left side. Aww dammit. Whoops, forgot the Kawasaki positive neutral finder prefers to work when you are at a complete stop. The damage was slight- clutch lever ball broken off, gear shift lever bent, ego only partially dented. But, the clean sparkly muffler I picked up a few months ago now isn't clean and sparkly anymore. What can you do.

October 4th, 2012, 10:44 AM	#2
Alex 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 Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Reason enough to get a new-gen; this way when the bike tips over on the left there isn't an exhaust to scrape up. Glad you're OK. __________________________________________________ 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)

October 4th, 2012, 10:47 AM	#3
psych0hans ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Hansveer Location: Bombay, India Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r - Track whore, Ninja 300 - SOLD, KTM RC390 - Orange Hulk, Ducati 899 Panigale - Red Devil. Posts: A lot.	Think that the worst is behind you and have a great day ahead Glad it wasn't worse... __________________________________________________ GETTING BACK INTO RIDING? Read this.

October 4th, 2012, 03:22 PM	#5
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Crashed the 250, but you already have a gixxer... Hmm, turbo busa it is then. If you want to sell your pregen for below market value I know a guy looking for a super cheap one. __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

October 5th, 2012, 12:14 PM	#9
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Those are the rules though, crash the 250 and you have to get a bigger bike __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

October 5th, 2012, 12:11 PM	#8
YunMing ninjette.org member Name: Alexander Location: Santa Rosa Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): (Sold) 2007 Red Ninja 250r, 2003 Cbr 600 F4i Posts: 137	Weird my pregen can start fine without choke and it doesn't die either.

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