Kaboom 95 ninja

Rollingmenace · July 11th, 2013, 04:01 PM

Well I got a free ninjette from a neighbor it was a 96 and it was a basket case... I put it together over the winter and got it running this spring... Was having an issue with oil pressure once it warmed up... Oil light would come on below about 1800 rpm or so ... I messed with several oils and nothing changed.. Was riding alone at about 5000rpm and oil light came on and KABOOM THE MOTOR LET GO.. This was the end of April .... I ended up scoring two motors off a guy parting out some ninjas... both are supposed to run one is a 96 with 4400miles and other is unknown mileage or year.... GOT EM FOR $160 for the pair...

pic is in bike

here is one out of bike

Rollingmenace · July 11th, 2013, 04:07 PM

Fast foreword to July ... It's been a hell of a busy summer.. Finished some other bikes went on a couple EPIC dune rides ( Moab Utah , St Anthony Idaho ).. Work has been crazy but finally found time to get to ninja... Pulled motor this week and got the valve covers off of the two motors I picked up... All looks good when they turn over as soon as my girl gets home ill run a compression test on em both and decide which will go into bike.... I'm leaning more toward the 96 just because i know more about it..

TonyKZ1 · July 12th, 2013, 06:25 AM

Sorry to hear your motor in your Ninja failed, but at least you've gotten a pretty good deal on a couple of replacement engines. I've had to replace mine as well. Good luck and get it back on the road soon.
Tony

radioflyer · July 12th, 2013, 06:49 AM

Kaboom indeed!! Well done!...Well played! I bet that was a hoot going down the road!? Hope you get it back to riding soon.

FvnnyL3tt3r1ng · July 12th, 2013, 11:49 AM

Those are some awesome pics lol!

LNasty · July 12th, 2013, 12:10 PM

thats crazy! how loud was it when it blew? Have never seen anything like that before

Rollingmenace · July 12th, 2013, 04:44 PM

Well I got both spares tested compression looks good on em... I got one in the bike and just about all hooked up... Picked up a new battery and some oil today.. The old stuff had quite a bit of fuel In it... Ill hopefully try and fire it tonight...

It was a hoot when it let go I think it was the balancer shaft and some of the oil pump gears let go when it let go sounded like someone hit the cases with a sledgehammer ... Oil went everywhere the bike still would run but as soon as you gave it gas the balancer would flop around and make all kinds of noise

Rollingmenace · July 13th, 2013, 09:10 PM

GOOD NEWS..... Got the motor in the bike... It starts and runs well... Seems to have a bit more power then the old one... Put A little over 30 miles on it today ...
RAN into a few issues
#1 runs good around town but when I get it out on the highway where I'm running 8000rps constantly it seems to run itself out of gas ... Between some gunk in the tank getting into the fuel filter I think it ends up restricting fuel flow and leans out the carbs... I'm gonna try an auto parts store tomorrow and see if I can't get a better filter with more surface area to flow more fuel
#2 under hard acceleration clutch slips at or above 10000rpm I think it just may be a little out of adjustment cable a little too tight ill mess with that a little more tomorrow
#3 need to loosen up the chain just a bit it seems a lil tight for my liking

Overall so far so good I hope to get another 100 miles or so on it this week and then take Leslie for her first lessons next weekend

EMSRacer07 · July 13th, 2013, 10:07 PM

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#2 under hard acceleration clutch slips at or above 10000rpm I think it just may be a little out of adjustment cable a little too tight ill mess with that a little more tomorrow
#3 need to loosen up the chain just a bit it seems a lil tight for my liking

Overall so far so good I hope to get another 100 miles or so on it this week and then take Leslie for her first lessons next weekend

Would try clutch springs. Those wear out over time. My 90 ninja with 11k miles on it showed a bit of age in my clutch springs. They are only 7 bucks to get them.

Also best to keep the chain 1 1/4" to 1 1/2". That is where my bike like to have it with the 15 front sprocket.

Rollingmenace · July 14th, 2013, 10:17 PM

Clutch issue worked out... I just had the cable too tight set the free play and now no more issues with high rpm slippage....
Chain has been loostened up....
Still coming across fuel and carb issues switched to a bigger fuel filter that seemed to help ... Then was having issues like it was fuel starved again.... Pulled the carbs drained the bowls and the right bowl had alot less fuel in it than the other pulled carbs apart.... Cleaned carbs really well found some issues with the needle valve as well as made small adjustment on float height... I think I'll buy another carb kit and put new needles in....

Ran bike for a short while afterwards with no issues but I really need to take it out and run it to see if I got it taken care of....

Was able to take it out and let Leslie ride it for her first ever time on two wheels she did pretty good had 2 very small tip overs stopping ... We really need to work on the whole starting and stoping .... Bike ran well until I had to put it on reserve and all the crap that I couldn't get out with the cleaning plugged up the petcock ... Gotta love bikes that have been sitting for over a decade... I took it home
Rinsed tank out again with some old premix I had and cleaned out petcock .. Threw it back together and gave it 2.5 gal of fresh gas it started up and idled good but it has been raining for over 3 hours ill have to wait till tomorrow to really shake it down.....

July 11th, 2013, 04:01 PM	#1
Rollingmenace ninjette.org member Name: Zach Location: Colorado Springs Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 96 Ninja 250EX , 87 CBR 1000, 86 TRX 260R, 86 KXT 250, 84 ATC 200X, 82 ATC 250R (w/CR480) Posts: 134	Kaboom 95 ninja Well I got a free ninjette from a neighbor it was a 96 and it was a basket case... I put it together over the winter and got it running this spring... Was having an issue with oil pressure once it warmed up... Oil light would come on below about 1800 rpm or so ... I messed with several oils and nothing changed.. Was riding alone at about 5000rpm and oil light came on and KABOOM THE MOTOR LET GO.. This was the end of April .... I ended up scoring two motors off a guy parting out some ninjas... both are supposed to run one is a 96 with 4400miles and other is unknown mileage or year.... GOT EM FOR $160 for the pair... pic is in bike here is one out of bike

July 11th, 2013, 04:07 PM	#2
Rollingmenace ninjette.org member Name: Zach Location: Colorado Springs Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 96 Ninja 250EX , 87 CBR 1000, 86 TRX 260R, 86 KXT 250, 84 ATC 200X, 82 ATC 250R (w/CR480) Posts: 134	Fast foreword to July ... It's been a hell of a busy summer.. Finished some other bikes went on a couple EPIC dune rides ( Moab Utah , St Anthony Idaho ).. Work has been crazy but finally found time to get to ninja... Pulled motor this week and got the valve covers off of the two motors I picked up... All looks good when they turn over as soon as my girl gets home ill run a compression test on em both and decide which will go into bike.... I'm leaning more toward the 96 just because i know more about it..

July 12th, 2013, 06:25 AM	#3
TonyKZ1 ninjette.org member Name: Anthony Location: Marble Hill, MO Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): 1975 Kawasaki KZ400D (Sold), 1989 Kawasaki Ninja 250 (sold), 1997 Yamaha XJ600s Seca II Posts: 231	Sorry to hear your motor in your Ninja failed, but at least you've gotten a pretty good deal on a couple of replacement engines. I've had to replace mine as well. Good luck and get it back on the road soon. Tony __________________________________________________ 1997 Yamaha Seca II - mostly stock, Racetech upgraded forks, FZ6R rear shock, Oxford Heated Grips, Barkbusters Blizzard Handguards, a Scottoiler vSystem chain oiler. My Mileage Tracker Page.

July 12th, 2013, 06:49 AM	#4
radioflyer ninjette.org member Name: ivan Location: Arkansas Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 ninja Posts: 13	Kaboom indeed!! Well done!...Well played! I bet that was a hoot going down the road!? Hope you get it back to riding soon.

July 12th, 2013, 11:49 AM	#5
FvnnyL3tt3r1ng ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Justin Location: Florida Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 2001 Posts: A lot.	Those are some awesome pics lol!

July 12th, 2013, 12:10 PM	#6
LNasty Daily Jap rider Name: Lance Location: La Porte Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250r Posts: A lot.	thats crazy! how loud was it when it blew? Have never seen anything like that before

July 12th, 2013, 04:44 PM	#7
Rollingmenace ninjette.org member Name: Zach Location: Colorado Springs Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 96 Ninja 250EX , 87 CBR 1000, 86 TRX 260R, 86 KXT 250, 84 ATC 200X, 82 ATC 250R (w/CR480) Posts: 134	Well I got both spares tested compression looks good on em... I got one in the bike and just about all hooked up... Picked up a new battery and some oil today.. The old stuff had quite a bit of fuel In it... Ill hopefully try and fire it tonight... It was a hoot when it let go I think it was the balancer shaft and some of the oil pump gears let go when it let go sounded like someone hit the cases with a sledgehammer ... Oil went everywhere the bike still would run but as soon as you gave it gas the balancer would flop around and make all kinds of noise

July 13th, 2013, 09:10 PM	#8
Rollingmenace ninjette.org member Name: Zach Location: Colorado Springs Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 96 Ninja 250EX , 87 CBR 1000, 86 TRX 260R, 86 KXT 250, 84 ATC 200X, 82 ATC 250R (w/CR480) Posts: 134	GOOD NEWS..... Got the motor in the bike... It starts and runs well... Seems to have a bit more power then the old one... Put A little over 30 miles on it today ... RAN into a few issues #1 runs good around town but when I get it out on the highway where I'm running 8000rps constantly it seems to run itself out of gas ... Between some gunk in the tank getting into the fuel filter I think it ends up restricting fuel flow and leans out the carbs... I'm gonna try an auto parts store tomorrow and see if I can't get a better filter with more surface area to flow more fuel #2 under hard acceleration clutch slips at or above 10000rpm I think it just may be a little out of adjustment cable a little too tight ill mess with that a little more tomorrow #3 need to loosen up the chain just a bit it seems a lil tight for my liking Overall so far so good I hope to get another 100 miles or so on it this week and then take Leslie for her first lessons next weekend

July 14th, 2013, 10:17 PM	#10
Rollingmenace ninjette.org member Name: Zach Location: Colorado Springs Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 96 Ninja 250EX , 87 CBR 1000, 86 TRX 260R, 86 KXT 250, 84 ATC 200X, 82 ATC 250R (w/CR480) Posts: 134	Clutch issue worked out... I just had the cable too tight set the free play and now no more issues with high rpm slippage.... Chain has been loostened up.... Still coming across fuel and carb issues switched to a bigger fuel filter that seemed to help ... Then was having issues like it was fuel starved again.... Pulled the carbs drained the bowls and the right bowl had alot less fuel in it than the other pulled carbs apart.... Cleaned carbs really well found some issues with the needle valve as well as made small adjustment on float height... I think I'll buy another carb kit and put new needles in.... Ran bike for a short while afterwards with no issues but I really need to take it out and run it to see if I got it taken care of.... Was able to take it out and let Leslie ride it for her first ever time on two wheels she did pretty good had 2 very small tip overs stopping ... We really need to work on the whole starting and stoping .... Bike ran well until I had to put it on reserve and all the crap that I couldn't get out with the cleaning plugged up the petcock ... Gotta love bikes that have been sitting for over a decade... I took it home Rinsed tank out again with some old premix I had and cleaned out petcock .. Threw it back together and gave it 2.5 gal of fresh gas it started up and idled good but it has been raining for over 3 hours ill have to wait till tomorrow to really shake it down.....