September 12th, 2010, 08:24 PM | #1 |
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Ninja 250r 2009 - first 300 miles impressions/problems
I bought a brand new 250r, year 2009 for £3.6k. I love the bike but have a few things I'm not sure are normal or not.
I'm now halfway through my break in before the first service and the problems I had so far are: 1) Quite often, if I don't gradually down shift before coming to a stop, and just pull in the clutch and try to shift all the way from 6th to 1st, it won't shift down! - The pedal moves but nothing happens! I have to partially open the clutch, feel the bite point, then close the clutch before it will let me shift down. Also sometimes even if I do that, it goes into neutral, I have to open and close the clutch a second time, and only then I can shift down to first. I've made it a habit not to shift from 6th to 1st and try to anticipate slowing down and downshift gradually, but when you're going 30MPH in 6th gear during this silly break in period, I sometimes find myself at a green light frantically trying to get it into first. Anyone experience this? Any solution? 2) 3 times now, I had the bike slip out of 6th gear. I shift to 6th, start accelerating, then suddenly roar, engine revs to 8krpm and I realise it slipped out of gear - I quickly pull in the clutch, kick up and it's fine again. It's very rare and only happened 3 times over 300 miles. Maybe I just didn't kick up hard enough those 3 times? - But it did go in gear and accelerate before jumping out of gear. Anyone else have this? I adjusted the gear shift lever down a bit as before I had to physically lift my foot off the foot rest to kick up, now it's far easier, maybe I need to adjust it further down? Other than that, it's rock stable on the road compared to the Suzuki GSX125 I had before (for a week) where the rear end kept sliding all over the place on a wet road and it doesn't vibrate my internal organs loose - A lot of fun down the countryside twisties too. |
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September 12th, 2010, 09:02 PM | #2 |
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1) I don't have much useful advice other than shift down as your coming to a stop, rather than doing it once your stopped.
2) You're hitting a "false neutral" going from 5th to 6th because your simply not pulling the shift lever hard enough. |
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September 12th, 2010, 09:16 PM | #3 |
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You cannot shift from 6th to 1st at a stop, all bikes with a positive neutral finder will not allow you to do so. If you end up stopped in a high gear you are already doing what you can to get to 1st. When stopped the only gears you can move between are 1st and neutral. Or do you mean you are slowing down with the clutch all the way in and it doesn't downshift? That happened to me a couple times when new, just pull the clutch in and hit the shifter harder or shift in the friction zone. Oil changes help too. I think the transmissions are a little wanky when the bike is new after and oil change it should vastly improve. above has you covered on 3 also if you have the shifter slightly moved from rest that is another reason it happens
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September 12th, 2010, 09:52 PM | #4 | |
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Would you recommend I change the oil or do anything else to the bike before the first service at 600 miles? What do you mean by slightly moved from rest? |
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September 12th, 2010, 09:55 PM | #5 |
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September 12th, 2010, 10:15 PM | #7 | |
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And yes, that's what I do now, was just wondering if it's normal or not. I didn't have to do that on the Suzuki GSX125 but it didn't have a positive neutral finder so I guess that's why. |
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September 12th, 2010, 10:20 PM | #8 | |
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