My 2007 Ninja 250 Streetfighter conversion

James55 · December 3rd, 2015, 04:21 PM

I bought a 2007 Ninja 250 with 14k miles on it about 2 months ago for $900 and knew exactly what I wanted to do with it, which was turn it into something similar if not identical to that famous yellow Ninja that Chicago Bob created

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These are the most before picture I have, I guess I just couldn't wait to get the fairings off. The bike was completely stock and it runs! I immediately did an oil change and had some issues with the idle but I think I have it under control now

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I trimmed the side fairings using a dremel, pretty straightforward. If I were to do it again, I would have changed the angles to protect the fuse box better.

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I got a 7in round headlight from speedmotoco and all in all I'm happy with it. The headlight turn signal bracket kit was $100 and the quality is good. If I were to do it again, I would have gotten everything from Ebay, it's all the same stuff and it would have cost me $50 for everything. In fact, the rear turn signals are from Ebay and they were identical to the ones that came with the kit. Much cheaper. Also, I was not happy that the low beam bulb blew out within 7 days off use.

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I really tried to save the stock gauge cluster and reuse what I could. I even got the tach and speedo out of the plastic and mounted them in these camping mugs. In the process of drilling out the holes in the mugs, I destroyed the microchip in the tach so that sucked. In the end, got a trail tech but still need to install it. I hope it is not too painful. I think it's for the best, the low profile look will be nice. I did manage to save the idiot lights which is nice.

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I trimmed the front fender and painted it black, along with the side fairings. I found some black spray paint laying around but it was charcoal black, I would have preferred black black but I'm not worried about it.

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I got the same taillight Bob got from Amazon and mounted the rear turn signals today. Big improvement from the ugly stock taillight.

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I used a bicycle rear rack mount and cut it up to fabricate something to mount everything. Lucky to have that laying around

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You can see here the idiot lights and the lack of anything else. Need to get the trail tech mounted next.

Well there you have it! Big thanks to Chicago Bob for the inspiration. Took a ton of weight off and I much prefer this look. Let me know if you are in the process of doing this or thinking about it, I can maybe answer your questions.

If you have any suggestions I would be happy to hear them!

csmith12 · December 8th, 2015, 10:45 PM

CarbonElite · December 21st, 2015, 07:47 AM

Looks great, thanks for sharing. I'll be doing something very similar to yours and ChicagoBobs so this is helpful!

Alex · December 22nd, 2015, 01:04 PM

/moved to pre-gen farkles

MrAtom · December 22nd, 2015, 03:20 PM

Looks like mine but different

December 3rd, 2015, 04:21 PM	#1
James55 ninjette.org newbie Name: James Location: Cambridge, MA Join Date: Dec 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: 2	My 2007 Ninja 250 Streetfighter conversion I bought a 2007 Ninja 250 with 14k miles on it about 2 months ago for $900 and knew exactly what I wanted to do with it, which was turn it into something similar if not identical to that famous yellow Ninja that Chicago Bob created IMG_20151111_154647 (1).jpg IMG_20151111_154656 (2).jpg These are the most before picture I have, I guess I just couldn't wait to get the fairings off. The bike was completely stock and it runs! I immediately did an oil change and had some issues with the idle but I think I have it under control now IMG_20151116_163407.jpg I trimmed the side fairings using a dremel, pretty straightforward. If I were to do it again, I would have changed the angles to protect the fuse box better. IMG_20151117_114208-2.jpg I got a 7in round headlight from speedmotoco and all in all I'm happy with it. The headlight turn signal bracket kit was $100 and the quality is good. If I were to do it again, I would have gotten everything from Ebay, it's all the same stuff and it would have cost me $50 for everything. In fact, the rear turn signals are from Ebay and they were identical to the ones that came with the kit. Much cheaper. Also, I was not happy that the low beam bulb blew out within 7 days off use. IMG_20151120_210208.jpg I really tried to save the stock gauge cluster and reuse what I could. I even got the tach and speedo out of the plastic and mounted them in these camping mugs. In the process of drilling out the holes in the mugs, I destroyed the microchip in the tach so that sucked. In the end, got a trail tech but still need to install it. I hope it is not too painful. I think it's for the best, the low profile look will be nice. I did manage to save the idiot lights which is nice. IMG_20151203_141536.jpg I trimmed the front fender and painted it black, along with the side fairings. I found some black spray paint laying around but it was charcoal black, I would have preferred black black but I'm not worried about it. IMG_20151203_160153.jpg I got the same taillight Bob got from Amazon and mounted the rear turn signals today. Big improvement from the ugly stock taillight. IMG_20151203_160207.jpg I used a bicycle rear rack mount and cut it up to fabricate something to mount everything. Lucky to have that laying around IMG_20151203_160218.jpg You can see here the idiot lights and the lack of anything else. Need to get the trail tech mounted next. Well there you have it! Big thanks to Chicago Bob for the inspiration. Took a ton of weight off and I much prefer this look. Let me know if you are in the process of doing this or thinking about it, I can maybe answer your questions. If you have any suggestions I would be happy to hear them!
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December 8th, 2015, 10:45 PM	#2
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	__________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

December 22nd, 2015, 01:04 PM	#4
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	/moved to pre-gen farkles __________________________________________________ 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)

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