I might be a newbie but I’ll make this train wreck run.

[SpiderOnMyBattery]

Hey everyone! Recently was gifted a (pretty awful condition) 2004 Ninja 250r from my moms friend. After looking at it the first time (realizing I’m REALLY out of my depth on this one) I decided to stick it out and bring this baby back to life. It’s got a tonne of problems so far which lead me here(y’all have saved my ass way too many times already).

Possible problems for those curious at my misfortune:
Won’t shift past 1st gear
Mufflers had an angry angle grinder taken to them
“like-new” iron oxide chain
Holy **** that’s a lot of spiders
There was a black widow on the battery(got got by a friend)
No keys

Wish me luck y’all. 🤣

[Jiggles]

SpiderOnMyBattery! Glad to have you aboard...

[Triple Jim]

Welcome to the forum, Frank!

* If you're not moving under power when you try to shift from 1st to 2nd, it won't. It's a "feature" (the easy neutral finder).

* You may find stock exhaust parts on the used market.

* You will almost certainly need to completely disassemble the carburetors and clean them, per this: https://n4mwd.blogspot.com/2013/10/s...-passages.html

* I like RK chains for their blend of quality and reasonable price.

[Guaire]

Originally Posted by Triple Jim

Welcome to the forum, Frank!

* If you're not moving under power when you try to shift from 1st to 2nd, it won't. It's a "feature" (the easy neutral finder).

* You may find stock exhaust parts on the used market.

* You will almost certainly need to completely disassemble the carburetors and clean them, per this: https://n4mwd.blogspot.com/2013/10/s...-passages.html

* I like RK chains for their blend of quality and reasonable price.

Big dittoes. I get RK chains. How bad could they be? How hard am I going to drive them?!

[Parshan]

Originally Posted by SpiderOnMyBattery

Holy **** that’s a lot of spiders
There was a black widow on the battery(got got by a friend)
No keys

Wish me luck y’all. 🤣

All the best of good luck buddy
I like spiders but when its on the bike, i don't like them at all.
I'm kinda into macrophotography, so i love spiders and other little things.
Oh, i'm new here as well.

[Triple Jim]

Originally Posted by Parshan

I'm kinda into macrophotography, so i love spiders and other little things.

Welcome to the board, Parshan!

From my garage, a Carolina Wolf Spider:



From a nearby road, another one carrying young spiders:

[DannoXYZ]

Spiders are so cool! They eat pesky bugs that annoy you, like flies, mosquitos, etc.

Your transmission won't shift into 2nd because it's broken! You need to tear it apart to fix like this guy. Then he discovers Positive Neutral Finder feature:

Link to original page on YouTube.

Some hilarious quotes:

"Should I disassemble it [engine]... Sigh...
For that reason, I took it out and brought it to the living room."

"The living room became a mess, so I moved to another place."

Great demonstration of how Positive Neutral Finder works. Basically rear-wheel has to be spinning about 5mph or faster in order to shift into 2nd.

[Parshan]

Originally Posted by Triple Jim

Welcome to the board, Parshan!

From my garage, a Carolina Wolf Spider:



From a nearby road, another one carrying young spiders:

So coolllll...let me share one too.

[InvisiBill]

Originally Posted by SpiderOnMyBattery

No keys

There's an anti-hotwire resistor built into the ignition switch. If you replace it, you'll want to get a genuine Kawasaki part, or make sure to add your own resistor with a generic switch.

[DannoXYZ]

for keys, remove helmet lock and get key-code from it. <letter>+<4 digits>





Send key-code to this outfit and get 2 brand-new keys for $21
https://www.cyclekeysonline.com

Having original keys is handy so it works on gas-cap and helmet lock as well