What Did You Do to Your Ninjette Today ??

[Milsparro]

Originally Posted by Roark

Lots of research to effectively adjust her valves!

I'd show you guys the pictures, but those will remain private

Uglier with the clothes off, eh?

[cuong-nutz]

Originally Posted by BlownWideOpen

What races and ball bearings will fit, to swap the new fork in? I'm not really against doing the "cheap" route. But I thought it was the only way. I wanna do ZX6R forks on mine.

https://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=102014

Go with the all balls roller bearings and races for the 250.

[Rustitution]

There seems to be alot of content here I will have to start sifting through it see if I can help out. I ordered the parts that I need to replace in my engine and got some tools and supplies to Polish the head and lap the valves. Tomorrow is going to be a long day

[nickjpass]

continued plastidipping fairings for track

[MsRandomness-I.S]

I changed my oil.

I also discovered a lot of spiderwebs and am wondering how to get rid of these potential creeps. Canned air? Pesticide on the bike? I'd hate to have something similar to a gfloyd2002 moment.

[LoneRonin]

Originally Posted by MsRandomness-I.S

I changed my oil.

I also discovered a lot of spiderwebs and am wondering how to get rid of these potential creeps. Canned air? Pesticide on the bike? I'd hate to have something similar to a gfloyd2002 moment.

if you have spiderwebs you're not riding enough...

[TreyL]

Originally Posted by cuong-nutz

Petcock is leaking again.

I still giggle when someone says petcock...

[Ducati999]

Originally Posted by MsRandomness-I.S

I changed my oil.

I also discovered a lot of spiderwebs and am wondering how to get rid of these potential creeps. Canned air? Pesticide on the bike? I'd hate to have something similar to a gfloyd2002 moment.

Best way to keep spiders out of your bike is to place a few small bags filled with moth balls around the bike when parked. This works best if the bike is covered. The bags have to be cloth and water will dissolve them quickly but nothing works better, especially good for "winterizing" your bike, and also keeps away little critters like mice and chipmunks!

[LittleRedNinjette]

Originally Posted by Ducati999

Best way to keep spiders out of your bike is to place a few small bags filled with moth balls around the bike when parked. This works best if the bike is covered. The bags have to be cloth and water will dissolve them quickly but nothing works better, especially good for "winterizing" your bike, and also keeps away little critters like mice and chipmunks!

I'll have to try this... i hate spiders...

[MsRandomness-I.S]

Originally Posted by Ducati999

Best way to keep spiders out of your bike is to place a few small bags filled with moth balls around the bike when parked. This works best if the bike is covered. The bags have to be cloth and water will dissolve them quickly but nothing works better, especially good for "winterizing" your bike, and also keeps away little critters like mice and chipmunks!

Thanks tons for the info! I'll definitely give this a try.

[Rogue]

Made it go ker-splash a bunch of times!



Two of the state parks we rode through today had water crossings. I did about 7 altogether.

[NevadaWolf]

Wheee! Awesome picture!

[subxero]

not much today, found out the bike had been vandalized, and they put their nuts all over my bike and in particular inside my tool box.

But i finally got some parts i have been waiting on, new sprockets and chains. Fancy Ti rear sprocket (don't ask... it sounded cool) Will be a little lighter over steel (not much at all) and should not wear very much at all. Ehhh time will tell.

[NevadaWolf]

Check oil, check tires, check chain *slopslopslop*

Well heck, that ain't good....

[subxero]

broke my chain breaker doing my chain and sprocket swap. Will have to pick up another one and finish hopefully tomorrow.

[Skullz]

Lubed the clutch cable.

Going to have to make that a once a month process instead of letting it go for months at a time.

[Ducati999]

Took a long ride out to Quabbin Reservoir with my wife and my friend Mike. Really nice day to ride, weather was perfect. Have been so busy the last few weeks we all needed the seat time and the batteries needed the charging also

[CZroe]

My brother is visiting from out of state so we have been trying to get a hit of work done on the bikes. We tried to assemble two sets of forks yesterday but could only find one set of seals (my new set is gone!). We did finish one set using old seals which did not leak.

He's going to be here for four more days so I thought I'd just order using my under-used Amazon Prime account so we could finish up the other set but Amazon is being a pain.

Getting really upset with Amazon Prime. Not only are the same items with Prime always cheaper from other sellers who ship through Amazon, but they don't even keep stock and so you don't get 2-day shipping. They need to stop spending my Prime membership fees on Prime Instant licensing and put it toward product shipping as it was originally intended. First, they only had one result for "Ninja 250 fork seals" after filtering to only those with Prime shipping. It just so happened to be for the 37mm bikes (250J, Ninja 300, Ninja 500) so I went ahead and ordered. The shipping estimate said October 27th, which is NOT Prime 2-day shipping, so I called and they said it was shipping Monday because they needed special packaging. When I told them that is is actually the Monday after next, they said it was because it was backordered. When I asked why the product link in my order is now for seals that are several dollars cheaper and have the wrong bike description, they said it was because it was a different seller. When I asked why ONLY that seller comes up now when I repeat my "Prime-only" search even though that result didn't have Prime, they had no answer.

Well, I do: it wasn't "backordered" until I ordered it because it would still show if they were allowing back orders. They replenish only when someone backorders it and so it disappears when someone triggers the replen until they have it in stock. Their search algorithm takes a while to update and shows the same product from another seller. Anyway, I canceled and, sure enough, the Prime product showed back up in search results instantly. The two sellers had completely different lists of compatible models leading me to believe that the one I ordered was just as likely for the wrong bike anyway. I ordered some $10 seals. Even if I find my new OEM seals, it can't hurt to have some spares.

[zhuuka]

Woke up this morning and rode it up to the local coffee shop before going to work. Since it will rain the next two days

[Skullz]

CZroe, i had the same problem with amazon with prime on an order until i threatened to cancel my order and magically it showed up at my door a day later. You would expect it to be in stock when you place the order as it shows it being in stock only to show you it is out of stock after your order has been placed, and then you get the out of stock email. FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Needless to say i did not renew my membership with amazon's prime.
It happened to be the D.I.D. X-chain and sprocket kit for $109.00

[Flying]

Rode through enough rain to fill my boots and helmet.

[LittleRedNinjette]

^^ Miss the weather report? lol

[Roark]

Originally Posted by Milsparro

Uglier with the clothes off, eh?

You could say that..

[nickjpass]

same. got my rainsuit but haven't used it because keep forgetting it.

[buhsray]

Rode to work through rush hour -_-

[Ducati999]

Rode thru the worst rain storm of my life! Water running down the street was about 10 inches deep. When I stopped at a red light I got a steam bath from the header pipe. Totally soaked all my gear and my boots were full of water but the Ninja ran perfect

[zhuuka]

Giving her a bath when I get home. Gonna give her a lot of love for a group ride tomorrow.

[LittleRedNinjette]

^^ This is what i should do. My bike is filthy.

Going anywhere good? I got to start finding some new roads. Mine are getting old.

[Sirref]

found rubber on the countershaft sprocket...wut

[chrly]

Snapped a front rotor bolt.. Thank you kawasaki for using red loctite and needing 200 zillion ft pounds to break it .........off in the wheel..

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by chrly

Snapped a front rotor bolt.. Thank you kawasaki for using red loctite and needing 200 zillion ft pounds to break it .........off in the wheel..

don't worry, I snapped a socket wrench on the front sprocket bolt

[dcj13]

Originally Posted by chrly

Snapped a front rotor bolt.. Thank you kawasaki for using red loctite...

Yeah... What is it with kwak using the red loctite everywhere?

A couple of weeks ago, I took off my bar end weights: they installed those things with loctite! Why??? Had to use an pneumatic impact wrench all the way out!

Fortunately, the loctite is easy to remove from the bolts (new or used) with MEK and a toothbrush. Watch out, though... the MEK eats the toothbrush (so don't use a good one!).

[cuong-nutz]

Put up my other 250 for sale on our local forum. Still partial to it and want to turn it into a track stunt monster. The bike.... Errrr frame still had a lien on it so I can't put it in my own name to keep it.

[allanoue]

took it over 20,000 miles on the odometer yesterday. I wanted a picture. I looked at it with 7 miles to go, got in some fun twistes and next I looked it was at 20,010

To celebrate I changed the oil, staying with T6. Gave the chain a good brush and wax. Switched out the modulator with a led friendly one so my turn signals blink

[Flying]

Oiled the chain, rode it, rode it some more, changed out the oil and filter.

Also ended up scuffing the tires because every other car in NJ leaks oil on the road.

[Alex]

Washed her (and her sister).

[Roark]

Ordered a JCWhitney top case for her road trips..

[subxero]

finally got my new sprockets and chain mounted up and set up. I need to safety wire the master link clip yet then it is good to go. Will be excited to ride again. Hopefully a few more weeks before i have to put her away for winter.

[Manimal]

Originally Posted by Alex

Washed her (and her sister).

same here, and finished it off with Maxima SC1 Clear Coat. The 300 looks all shiny and new as if I had just brought it home from the showroom floor.

[Rustitution]

found out that the parts I ordered where for the wrong generation 250 and that they are not compatible. So I finished lapping the valves and did some cleaning while I wait some more for the right parts