for those of you who killed your airbox...

[rabies]

after chopping it up for pods or jus seperating the box from the battery box..how did you keep the battery box held in?

where hav people been tucking hiding resistor boxes and relays when ditching fairings? iv seen a few ninjas, very bare but where did you tuck all that at? or did you remove/delete somethings?
i still dont understand how theres a resister box when its carborated

[n4mwd]

Originally Posted by rabies

after chopping it up for pods or jus seperating the box from the battery box..how did you keep the battery box held in?

where hav people been tucking hiding resistor boxes and relays when ditching fairings? iv seen a few ninjas, very bare but where did you tuck all that at? or did you remove/delete somethings?
i still dont understand how theres a resister box when its carborated

The battery box has bolts to hold it in. There is no resistor box on a Ninjette. It has a CDI on the left rear side and a voltage regulator on the right. There is also the fuse box on the right.

I'm not sure why you are removing fairings. If you want a cruiser, then why not just buy one. Some people and bikes do not look good when naked. The Ninjette is one of them.

[7oxSin]

on my first ninja i removed the airbox and i used large zipties connected to each other to make a cross harness for the battery. before i did that it used to slide all over the place.

[rabies]

Originally Posted by 7oxSin

on my first ninja i removed the airbox and i used large zipties connected to each other to make a cross harness for the battery. before i did that it used to slide all over the place.

thank you sir. il try that

[Racer x]

Hiding the wiring is difficult. I had to relocate all the items on my bike when I did the cafe racer look. Adding and removing wiring. It is a pain. But if you first find a location for the items in question then run the wires it can be done. Lots of solder and shrink tubing involved.
I took inspiration from the chopper guys.

[thurt88]

Originally Posted by n4mwd

The battery box has bolts to hold it in. There is no resistor box on a Ninjette. It has a CDI on the left rear side and a voltage regulator on the right. There is also the fuse box on the right.

I'm not sure why you are removing fairings. If you want a cruiser, then why not just buy one. Some people and bikes do not look good when naked. The Ninjette is one of them.

Thats all an opinion. I have seen some very tasteful streetfighter'ed up ninja 250's.

Like this one ..

from this thread
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38826

[choneofakind]

If you cut the battery box off the airbox, there are two bolts in the bottom of the battery box that keep it secure on the bike. The batter stays in the box because the seat is on top of it and there is not enough space for the battery to bounce out.

[rabies]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

If you cut the battery box off the airbox, there are two bolts in the bottom of the battery box that keep it secure on the bike. The batter stays in the box because the seat is on top of it and there is not enough space for the battery to bounce out.

...what if that plastic inner fender mud guard is gone though? then theres no bolts ot bolt thag box down? i cut mine yesterday so it can still bolt but theres nothng under the seat now. *pics later*

[choneofakind]

Hmm, I saw a picture of that earlier today. Any reason that you took the whole inner fender piece off? That is there to keep crap from the road off of everything "inside" the bike.

[n4mwd]

Originally Posted by rabies

...what if that plastic inner fender mud guard is gone though? then theres no bolts ot bolt thag box down? i cut mine yesterday so it can still bolt but theres nothng under the seat now. *pics later*

I'm sorry but I have no sympathy for someone who deliberately mutilates their Ninja. Pretty much ALL of the plastic on the bike has a function. Even the front plastics prevent you from being injured when the bike comes down on you in an accident (plastic not steel lands on your leg). I can *understand* when people are forced to remove plastic because it was damaged beyond repair in a wreck and they can't afford to buy replacements, but when people do it on purpose, that's just plain wrong. In addition to looking ugly, it also lops off about $800 off your resale value and pretty much necessitates parting the bike out if you ever want to get rid of it.

And yes, that is an opinion. Again, people who don't like plastic should buy cruisers. That's also an opinion. I may be the only one here that will say that to your face, but I know for a fact that other people share that opinion too.

[rabies]

cool but off topic.
the inner plastic peice was removed because the rear of the bike will be cut and chopped down. and i wanted to remove/delete as much as possible.
it will turn into a frankine bike by next year

[choneofakind]

Just my .02 here, you might want to keep that innner fender and cut it down as needed. It might be easier to have something to bolt the battery to, and it will be good to use that space for your electronics so that they don't get wet/covered in road grime. There's some pretty nasty stuff that gets kicked up off the road. Look at the swingarm right in front of your tire if you want to see what I'm talking about

[rabies]

ya that peice is pretty knicked up from rocks. i did end up cutting down the plastic jus enough to keep the built in nuts on it.
on another note..my friends pregen i picked up for him when we bought it...the airbox wasnt even connected to the carbs and it started and ran fine ??? until you got to 10kl rpms and it kinda bogged down. weird

[choneofakind]

Yeah that happened on a bike that my buddy had as well. It was good up to like 10k in the mid-range, and it just hung there whenever you gave it WOT, no matter where it was in the rpm's.

Once you get the airbox boots re-attached, it will run like a champ.

Does it have the spring clamps on those boots or are those missing? Those were missing on my buddy's bike, and that's why the airbox boots came off the carbs.

[rabies]

no. hes missing those spring clamps. poor kid. the airbox wiggled around too...along with the gas tank..not a bad bike for $550 but need alot of parts..that are free from my 04 cuz i got upgrades

[choneofakind]

Get the spring clamps. We put those on, and the airbox sealed right down.

Big hose clamps might work and are cheaper.

[rabies]

will do. he bought lots of parts today. plus he had no filter in the box.
im really fighting the urge to cut my frame and rat the bike out....my bike is scared for me to come home lol

[choneofakind]

There's someone around here who cut the back seat off. I think you might be interested in their bike. I'll look around a bit and see if I can find it for ya. It looked pretty good the way it was done.

EDIT:
here's how his bike looked before he stopped posting:


and here's the thread:
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showt...t=tail+chopped

[Monkeytofu]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

There's someone around here who cut the back seat off. I think you might be interested in their bike. I'll look around a bit and see if I can find it for ya. It looked pretty good the way it was done.

EDIT:
here's how his bike looked before he stopped posting:


and here's the thread:
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showt...t=tail+chopped

Eh, I think once you start cutting from the bike you need to remodel the back seat fairings. Looks totally off in the pictures I've seen so far.