This girl loves her new 300!!!! She looks like an angry pokemon!

[2013 kawi girl]

Hey all!!!
I freakin love my new 300!!! My first thoughts when I saw her, angry POKEMON!!!! So I named her accordingly, Mew
Even before I brought her home, I was trying to figure out what I can do to make her more fit for me. So, I started with making her a bit lighter which is definitely a must. I am going to be removing the factory battery and installing a Shorai Lithium battery. I'll also be changing her exhaust and adding a Bazzaz system (Quick Shift with Traction Control) once she is broken in. Thinking of reversing the shift pattern moto GP style~! Muhahahahha!!!

It took me a while to figure out how to remove the paneling because THERE IS NO SERVICE MANUAL AVAILABLE!!!! So, I did what any logical person would do, made a YouTube video Installing my Bikemaster HID's. I'm posting under "2013 Ninja 300 HID Install - Part 1: Side Panel and Seat Removal"

Link to original page on YouTube.

HEEHEE!!! Thanks guys! If this doesn't work let me know and I will fix it.

[lgk]

copy and paste the address bar after the "="

for example, do this just remove all the spaces.

[ youtube ] c17uB1HF2Eg [ /youtube ]

[Fappy]

You can also just copy and paste the url of the video if you don't want to embed it. Congratulations!
Mew! sounds appropriate! I assume then that it's white lol.
If you get a second one, you should name it Mewtwo.

Any pics?

[CThunder-blue]

Congrats on your bike and your video does not exist.

[2013 kawi girl]

YouTube vid has been posted. Thanks for the help! LOL now that I see how simple it is, I am wearing my dunce cap

Pictures of the bike to come. I've got a few more ideas up my sleeve for her but I want to make sure it's a go before I post

Thanks for the love!

[CThunder-blue]

Video still doesn't work. Make sure it's set to public.

[psych0hans]

Congratulations on your new bike!!! I like the name, but your video doesn't work. Why not post pics first?

[2013 kawi girl]

Sorry, modified the title and so I am just waiting for YouTube to catch up and allow the vid to be viewed. It should take no more than a day. Sorry for the delay. Note to self, editing on YouTube causes posting delays.

[Fappy]

what's the word-for-word title of the video? I can search for it if it's public.

[2013 kawi girl]

FREAKIN FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT! Definitely wearing dunce cap all day long
Thank you all for your help!!!

[CThunder-blue]

Nice work on the vid and welcome to the forums!

[KJohnson21]

[choneofakind]

Very nice.

Are you doing a full retrofit DIY or are you just putting HID bulbs in the stock reflectors?

[Sapper]

I am bout to order some HIDs for my low and high beams.

Just putting HID bulbs in I think...much easier this way and the results are acceptable (although I would love projectors...)

Congrats on the bike what exhausts are you thinking? Just a 250R exhaust?

I am debating on waiting for the 300 exhausts or just buying a 250R two brothers black series pipe...

[choneofakind]

I am doing a retrofit into my pregen headlight in my dorm room. It's really not bad at all. Get a projector for the low and leave the halogen for the high. It doesn't take long at all to get it apart (with some planning ahead of time) and as long as your headlight is deep enough, installing the projector isn't bad at all. Took my 30 minutes to get the whole thing apart, including the 15 minutes it took to bake it in a box with a friend's hairdryer.

If you're just doing HID in the oem reflector, 1) aim it down 2) keep the halogen in the in the high beam side so you can flash high beams if needed.

[Kevin2109]

Welcome Kawi Girl! What part of california are you in?

[alex.s]

all this video does is make me want a 300 so i can break it just so i can fix it...

[Kevin2109]

Wait you have a Bazzaz Z-Fi TC?! I want one too :'(

And yes! GP shift for sure! It makes life so much easier It will take a week or two to get used to it but its totally worth it

[alex.s]

how does the bazaaz TC work? it just goes off the crank speed or does it actually add a rear wheel encoder???

[Kevin2109]

I'm 99% sure its crank speed, when it senses a peek in revs from the back slipping it cuts spark. Its actually a very good system, and has been proven on 1000's a lot, someone even changed out the BMW factory TC and said it was a better system because it was so tune-able. Not sure how effective it would be on a 300 though

[alex.s]

does anyone break loose the rear under power on these bikes??? i can see backing it in and losing both under brakes but.... spark kill for under-power traction control on a 300? i think wheelie control would be more useful on these bikes.

[ricochet08]

congrats! i'll watch the video once i'm disconnected from VPN after work, dang surf control

[Sapper]

Originally Posted by alex.s

does anyone break loose the rear under power on these bikes??? i can see backing it in and losing both under brakes but.... spark kill for under-power traction control on a 300? i think wheelie control would be more useful on these bikes.

Neither is necessary or useful on these bikes. You don't lose traction under full acceleration on a wet road and stock tires. Completely pointless LOL like putting a huge spoiler on a stock Neon (except the TC unit won't make you look retarded BC nobody will see it)

[alex.s]

i could see it being useful in the rain.

[Kevin2109]

Originally Posted by Sapper

Neither is necessary or useful on these bikes. You don't lose traction under full acceleration on a wet road and stock tires. Completely pointless LOL like putting a huge spoiler on a stock Neon (except the TC unit won't make you look retarded BC nobody will see it)

Wheelie control would actually be useful, well maybe launch control, but people have looped there 250's during race starts

[alex.s]

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Wheelie control would actually be useful, well maybe launch control, but people have looped there 250's during race starts

launch control is stupid and pointless on a 250. here is the launch control: rev to redline, let clutch out.

wheelie control would be fantastic though, but it would have to be real wheelie control based on the fork position.

[Kevin2109]

Originally Posted by alex.s

launch control is stupid and pointless on a 250. here is the launch control: rev to redline, let clutch out.

wheelie control would be fantastic though, but it would have to be real wheelie control based on the fork position.

Thats like saying launch control on a 600 is rev to 10k and let the clutch out

[alex.s]

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Thats like saying launch control on a 600 is rev to 10k and let the clutch out

... yeah... and?

[Sapper]

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Wheelie control would actually be useful, well maybe launch control, but people have looped there 250's during race starts

Rookies. I almost looped my 250R on the drag strip in 2007. Then again, I was a rookie drag racer then.

But yeah in that scenario wheelie control could put your mind at ease.

[Sapper]

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Thats like saying launch control on a 600 is rev to 10k and let the clutch out

It pretty much is. You slip the clutch a bit, but I have run my best times on my 600RR launching around 9k

[Kevin2109]

Originally Posted by Sapper

But yeah in that scenario wheelie control could put your mind at ease.

And thats all these new electronic toys are, ABS, wheelie control, damper, traction control, launch control, etc. They are all just tools to protect against the what ifs, bad rider input, and conditions out of our control, (most can still be categorized under user error) but its nice to have, especially when you test them out and know it just saved you

[alex.s]

i always say, if you aren't wheelying taking off and going into 2nd gear on a 250, you aren't doing it right.

[Whiskey]

Originally Posted by Sapper

I am bout to order some HIDs for my low and high beams.

Just putting HID bulbs in I think...much easier this way and the results are acceptable (although I would love projectors...)

Congrats on the bike what exhausts are you thinking? Just a 250R exhaust?

I am debating on waiting for the 300 exhausts or just buying a 250R two brothers black series pipe...

HIDs are a bad idea for the high beam, even the good ones flicker & have to warm up for a couple of seconds when they're flicked on.

I've the low beam done on mine & it's great, but have a standard style bulb for high because of the delay when I flick them on. (riding with high beam HIDs on will p1ss off everyone around you, even the low has a little scatter)

[Old Guy on a '08]

WELCOME Kawi Girl and Mew!

drool.... so many 300's and there are only 3 available in NC - 2 at Ron Ayers in Greenville, NC and 1 at Kaw/Yamaha of Hickory.... all are white without ABS

[Sapper]

Originally Posted by Old Guy on a '08

WELCOME Kawi Girl and Mew!

drool.... so many 300's and there are only 3 available in NC - 2 at Ron Ayers in Greenville, NC and 1 at Kaw/Yamaha of Hickory.... all are white without ABS

Only white is out right now in the US. Black and the special edition are coming soon. You can ONLY GET ABS IN THE SPECIAL EDITION GREEN/EBONY

This is why I bought white non-abs. I don't like the special edition. Stupid move for Kawi I think but deal with it and buy the color you want non abs or go for special edition..

If you like the special edition definitely wait and get the abs model.

If not, go buy a white one, I LOVE mine even though I initially planned imgetting a black abs before I found out it was special edition only. The white grew on me fast and now I prefer it over black, it is much more unique and gets more looks/compliments

[antiant]

Welcome! I've been a lurker on here for awhile, but then I noticed in your other video and post that you mentioned Clawson's (I live in the same area you do and I'm also female). I probably sat on your bike before you purchased it (about two weeks ago or so), lol. The guy at Cyclegear told me they had a ninja300 and that it looked pretty bad ass, so I ran over there before they closed, so I could check it out (it did not disappoint!). I don't ride yet (I plan on taking the MSF class), but I've been absorbing information obsessively to prepare myself for what I'm about to get into and found your battery video informative and probably something I'll do, when the time comes. Keep the DIY videos coming.

[Old Guy on a '08]

Originally Posted by Sapper

Only white is out right now in the US. Black and the special edition are coming soon.

Not exactly true
Cycle Trade Search for 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 show 105 bikes for sale, white is predominate, but black and special edition (in both ABS and non-ABS) are all avaialble....

[psych0hans]

Originally Posted by antiant

Welcome! I've been a lurker on here for awhile, but then I noticed in your other video and post that you mentioned Clawson's (I live in the same area you do and I'm also female). I probably sat on your bike before you purchased it (about two weeks ago or so), lol. The guy at Cyclegear told me they had a ninja300 and that it looked pretty bad ass, so I ran over there before they closed, so I could check it out (it did not disappoint!). I don't ride yet (I plan on taking the MSF class), but I've been absorbing information obsessively to prepare myself for what I'm about to get into and found your battery video informative and probably something I'll do, when the time comes. Keep the DIY videos coming.

Quit lurking & start riding... Looking forward to seeing you on 2 wheels...

[antiant]

Originally Posted by psych0hans

Quit lurking & start riding... Looking forward to seeing you on 2 wheels...

Ha, unfortunately I have to wait until funds are available, as I spent all of my funds on a recent vacation. My timing is off, but I'm so glad I decided I wanted to get into motorcycling when the ninja300 was announced and not prior. I probably won't be on two wheels until spring, so I will continue to drool at other people's 300's and absorb information in the meantime!

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Old Guy on a '08

Not exactly true
Cycle Trade Search for 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 300 show 105 bikes for sale, white is predominate, but black and special edition (in both ABS and non-ABS) are all avaialble....

Probably because dealers list their stock they have not received yet.