What Did You Do to Your Ninjette Today ??

[cbinker]

Well I used a spray gun for the first time, good thing i dont like the color. But it is good for now. I will find a better color later.

[NevadaWolf]

Got new tires...



And promptly found every twisty in the area i could!

[Brian]

Originally Posted by cuong-nutz

I am missing bolts on my exhaust that hold the end caps on. I need to order a new can holder from area p. too many low sides broke it

LOL you're my idol.

If you've never dropped your bike more then once you're not trying to go pro.

[Sirref]

lowsided it

[Brian]

Originally Posted by cbinker

Well I used a spray gun for the first time, good thing i dont like the color. But it is good for now. I will find a better color later.

Anything out of the ordinary from stock color looks good imo, even if you painted it a poopy brown.

Originally Posted by NevadaWolf

Got new tires...

..And promptly found every twisty in the area i could!

Isn't there some rule not to go hard with new tires? haha I would think they spray them with tire shiners but I may be wrong LOL

[Sirref]

Tire break in is just don't go aggressive right on the bat, you can break them in pretty quickly with progressive leans but you can't just jump flick from straight up to knee down without scrubbing them a bit afaik. I know that people take new tires onto the track all the time.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

Tire break in is just don't go aggressive right on the bat, you can break them in pretty quickly with progressive leans but you can't just jump flick from straight up to knee down without scrubbing them a bit afaik. I know that people take new tires onto the track all the time.

Yeah that sounds about right. It sucks you lowsided dude, what speed were you going?

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Brian

Yeah that sounds about right. It sucks you lowsided dude, what speed were you going?

I don't know the exact speed since I don't watch my speedo but I was in 2nd gear so anywhere between 35-50mph.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

I don't know the exact speed since I don't watch my speedo but I was in 2nd gear so anywhere between 35-50mph.

Sheesh. You and the bike okay?

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Brian

Sheesh. You and the bike okay?

more or less yea, we are

here's my write-up
https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...720#post846720


the helmet is all kinds of busted and the scratches on the fairings go pretty deep but it's not cracked at all.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

more or less yea, we are

here's my write-up
https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...720#post846720


the helmet is all kinds of busted and the scratches on the fairings go pretty deep but it's not cracked at all.

Hmm, you got out sorta lucky

I lowsided a couple of months ago my first time once on a smooth wet cement floor literally going 5mph pulling out of my garage and my bike looked like it had been chewed and spit out all on the
left side..

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Brian

Hmm, you got out sorta lucky

The paramedic who saw it happen said the same thing when she patched me up. Yes I lowsided right in front of the home of not one but two paramedics. I'm getting them a gift basket or something as a thank you

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

The paramedic who saw it happen said the same thing when she patched me up. Yes I lowsided right in front of the home of not one but two paramedics. I'm getting them a gift basket or something as a thank you

That's awesome. Totally.

[NevadaWolf]

Originally Posted by Brian

Isn't there some rule not to go hard with new tires? haha I would think they spray them with tire shiners but I may be wrong LOL

If I was told correctly, it used to be the goop they used to pop the tire out of the mold that caused it to be slick.

I go easy on my tires anyway since it takes me awhile to get to any twisties. Today was a slow ride up the mountain after 10 miles of freeway and then going on progressively tighter and narrower roads.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by NevadaWolf

If I was told correctly, it used to be the goop they used to pop the tire out of the mold that caused it to be slick.

I go easy on my tires anyway since it takes me awhile to get to any twisties. Today was a slow ride up the mountain after 10 miles of freeway and then going on progressively tighter and narrower roads.

Nice nice, must have been fun. Are they stock replacements or an upgrade?

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Brian

Nice nice, must have been fun. Are they stock replacements or an upgrade?

nevadawolf went through her stock tires ages ago afaik

@NevadaWolf how many miles are on your bike? I crossed 5500 today

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

nevadawolf went through her stock tires ages ago afaik

@NevadaWolf how many miles are on your bike? I crossed 5500 today

[NevadaWolf]

Originally Posted by Brian

Nice nice, must have been fun. Are they stock replacements or an upgrade?

I ditched my stock tires a few months after i got the bike to be better on the track. Ate the Sport Demons up too quick so went with Rosso IIs. Those worked great for the mix of track, street, canyon, and long distance riding i was doing, but have had to replace them twice on the front, four times on the rear. But this year is going to be heavy on the long distance rides so went with the BT45s in hopes of high mileage.

Originally Posted by Sirref

nevadawolf how many miles are on your bike? I crossed 5500 today

Um I saw 36,667 while riding, so probably 36,700 ish now.

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Brian

to answer your question there was a post in another thread somewhere saying that the new tires are bt-45s which are likely the best touring option for the 250. This is switched from pirelli diablo rosso IIs which are awful for touring but amazing for twisties


also dammmmnnnnn ~36,700 miles hopefully my 300 sees that kind of mileage someday.

[Brian]

I want a 180 tire. BAD. (not my pics)

[Sirref]

but there are 0 performance gains to doing that, if anything it will make your bike handle worse

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

but there are 0 performance gains to doing that

I don't know if I'll ever see a track day :[ Too scared for now hahah.

Street riding is my thing though and those are just bad-ass. Would you say it would perform bad because it's a big tire or because it's not meant for the 250r? 600's usually come stock with 180s if I'm not wrong, though yeah, they're built for the bike. I probably answered my own question.

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by Brian

I don't know if I'll ever see a track day :[ Too scared for now hahah.

Street riding is my thing though and those are just bad-ass. Would you say it would perform bad because it's a big tire or because it's not meant for the track? 600's usually come stock with 180s if I'm not wrong, though yeah, they're built for the bike.

honestly the track feels less scary to me than a tree or guardrail them guardrails were not designed with riders in mind.

I believe it would perform worse because the bike isn't designed for it. I'm pretty sure that the smaller profile tires are what give you the "flickability" feeling that you can just swing the bike from side to side effortlessly.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Sirref

honestly the track feels less scary to me than a tree or guardrail them guardrails were not designed with riders in mind.

I believe it would perform worse because the bike isn't designed for it. I'm pretty sure that the smaller profile tires are what give you the "flickability" feeling that you can just swing the bike from side to side effortlessly.

Totally, makes sense.

[menikmati]

Lubed chain and checked tire pressures, first outing on the Diablo Rosso II's tomorrow.

Found out that my lo-beam headlight stopped working, swapped bulbs for the time being while I wait for a new pair to come in.

[tfkrocks]

All I see with bigger tires is higher cost. No thanks. Replaced tires today. DRII on the rear of the 300. IRC on the rear of the 250. Will have a Metzeler Sportec M3 on the front of the 250 as well; person doing my tires couldn't get it on even with a machine so I'll have to finish the job later.

The DRII on the rear feels so much better although that is also a result of not having a super square tire haha.

Oh I did the chain and sprockets on the 300 a few days ago too.

[iplante]

Got her off the battery tender, and she started right up after all winter. Then I cleaned her up and reinstalled my luggage and went for a ~30 miles ride, first ride of the season

[Skullz]

Put the rear stainless brake line on and what a huge difference it made in braking, gotta wait till the weather cooperates to get the front end done now.

[Flying]

Replaced the wiring harness and rear turn signals as well as tossed the snorkel.

While doing so, I realized the airbox is a source of pain. It has got to go.


Also, the 180 tire on the 250 looks like its doing nothing but weighing the poor bike down.

[cuong-nutz]

@NevadaWolf, how many miles did you get out your Pirellis?

Hmm.. I got gasoline in my oil. I was noticing poor mileage this past Saturday but I figured it was do to having the throttle pinned to keep up with the big bikes and the wind. Time to pull the plugs and carbs and check the air filter.

[C-Bass]

More break-in riding, the odometer is now at 500 km (310 miles) .

Also calculated average fuel consumption: 23.6 km/liter (55.5 mpg).

[NevadaWolf]

Originally Posted by cuong-nutz

@NevadaWolf, how many miles did you get out your Pirellis?

I had been getting around 6000 on the rears, 12,000 on the fronts. This last set only lasted just over 5000 on the rear, not sure why. I think (really unscientific WAG) that is may be because I had been running around 32/38 psi and this last go round I let it drop to 28/36 psi.

[NevadaWolf]

Originally Posted by C-Bass

More break-in riding, the odometer is now at 500 km (310 miles) .

Also calculated average fuel consumption: 23.6 km/liter (55.5 mpg).

Whoo hoo! Those first couple hundred miles are so much fun even with the break in restrictions. Course on my break in, I was also learning so was quite happy to have the restrictions.

[Victimm]

Originally Posted by rojoracing53

Clean it off with break cleaner and you should be good. When we blow motors on the Superbikes and get oil on the rear tire we clean it off with brake cleaner and take it easy for a couple laps.

I love that every time I visit this site I learn something very useful!

Gonna clean and lube the chain here shortly and if the weather is anything like it was yesterday, then I plan on spending today the same way, almost entirely on my bike! Hit a few errands and onward to Atlanta

[sharky nrk]

Originally Posted by Sirref

honestly the track feels less scary to me than a tree or guardrail them guardrails were not designed with riders in mind.

I believe it would perform worse because the bike isn't designed for it. I'm pretty sure that the smaller profile tires are what give you the "flickability" feeling that you can just swing the bike from side to side effortlessly.

[sharky nrk]

Put her on the stand since she tried to kill me, sudden failure in the steering stem. Not sure what happened but will go through it this week hopefully. Going to put springs in the forks for the commuter and service them while I am at it. Bike has not hit 10K yet and steering felt fine up until it happened, weird. I put tapered bearings in the race bike but will probably reuse the stockers from the racebike build to save some cash on the commuter if the races look ok.

Went and got my 6R out of storage at FIL barn from the move and rode it from Dallas to Austin. She will be on commuting duties until the Ninjette is back in action. FYI the 6R sucks as a commuter and my neck, wrists, back, and butt are still pissed from the ride down from DFW.

[kxpower?]

Spent Easter Sunday decapitating two engines!!!

Finally got around to pulling the head off the bike. Not very hard actually. One intake valve was soaked in oil so I figured the valve stem seal was bad, where I was hoping not to have to futz around with the valves at all . Not a huge deal, I'll just have to spend a day in Dad's shop an hour from nowhere where I can check the guides, replace the seals, and grind the valve seats.

Then I thought crap, I still have the spare engine that I haven't touched, and it's head could use a good checking out anyway (this engine was reported to have a rod knock by PO but I can't verify anything yet), why don't I just do both heads at once?

So I pulled the head off the other engine. Next free Saturday will be spent figuring out how to do a valve job... fun stuff!

Here's my helper with the head off the good engine.

[cuong-nutz]

Originally Posted by sharky nrk

Put her on the stand since she tried to kill me, sudden failure in the steering stem. Not sure what happened but will go through it this week hopefully. Going to put springs in the forks for the commuter and service them while I am at it. Bike has not hit 10K yet and steering felt fine up until it happened, weird. I put tapered bearings in the race bike but will probably reuse the stockers from the racebike build to save some cash on the commuter if the races look ok.

Went and got my 6R out of storage at FIL barn from the move and rode it from Dallas to Austin. She will be on commuting duties until the Ninjette is back in action. FYI the 6R sucks as a commuter and my neck, wrists, back, and butt are still pissed from the ride down from DFW.

What happened with your steering stem? I noticed on mine that the spanner nut loosens up over time. I know it shouldn't but mine did. Second time around I ended up replacing it with tapered bearings thinking it failed but it loosened up again.

[DCMoney]

Road my 250 harder than ever before!



Oh and replaced a front brake pad...

[mgentz]

Originally Posted by NevadaWolf

Whoo hoo! Those first couple hundred miles are so much fun even with the break in restrictions. Course on my break in, I was also learning so was quite happy to have the restrictions.

What restrictions?