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bung posted:The Mini 10 is supposed to have addressed the keyboard layout problems. Yup. I used to sell Mini 9's over the summer and now Mini 10's, and their keyboards are definitely better.
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Took the Ninja 500 in Cycle Stop here in Rochester yesterday for a new rear tire yesterday, a Sport Demon. I've been riding on a bald Sport Demon since Nov/Dec, and I lasted this long while riding whenever I could. I got it back with the clutch cable lubed up and the chain cleaned up. There's a definite difference with clutching in, and I'm quite happy.  Click here for the full 604x531 image.
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sirbeefalot posted:Where is that on campus? Its been almost two years since I was last there, but the windows look really familiar. Right near the quarter mile bridge? Yup. I was picking up me girl from the SHC. Looks like you really etched the minuscule details of that stretch into your mind with your kazillion trudges on it, eh?
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Feb 11, 2010 04:03
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Recently I accepted my fate for 2010, that I would keep my Ninja 500 instead of selling it and getting a SV650. That said, today I was cleaning my chain and noticed that on the exterior side, it's pretty clean, but on the other, inside side there's thin layers of rust on the chain links. I scrubbed them pretty hard with my grunge brush but couldn't get much off, just got speckles off. The o-rings look mostly clean, with slight, slight blushing of rusty red in some areas. Is this chain allright? Also, rust spots have now appeared on my exhaust pipes. How do I fight this? 
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Mar 5, 2010 00:09
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The girlfriend dropped my Ninja 500 today. She was practicing going around campus on it, her first foray on the road. After meeting a detour at an intersection where some guy had hosed up his front tire on a turn and blocked the intersection, we pulled into an adjacent parking lot. I was talking to her from the driver's seat of my car, then we started to leave. She gave too little power and the engine stalled, and she fell over with the Ninja a few feet away from my door. Ensue jumping out and helping the Ninja back up. Her ego was bruised, she had a small wound on her knee. But the Ninja was just fine. It already had a cracked fairing on the left side, which she fell upon. No further damage. We talked about how it had happened. It was sudden for her, and the sudden stop and fall overwhelmed her left leg (she's a black belt in TKD even). Emphasized smoothness of throttle control, etc. Geez. Thank god for already-cracked fairings. We finished the rest of campus, and she's excited to see the rise of her Ninja 250 from the dead. I can't wait either. 75 less pounds to manage.
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Mar 15, 2010 04:00
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I finally put my ex250 on a trailer and drove it to a shop. It needs carbs cleaned, and to be put back into running shape. Stuff that I can't afford to do by myself at the moment. Click here for the full 599x800 image. It should be done next week. Then I can ride the little fucker again. I'm sick of riding solely my EX500.
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Mar 17, 2010 18:24
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shipwrek posted:Rode it. been doing quite a bit of highway riding lately so for a change I headed into town. Thought I would go check out some of the Olympic areas now that they are back to normal and see what kind upgrades/horrible damage has been done to my fair city. what bike is that?  looks like a naked GSXR?Imperador, good luck on recovery. I hope the culprit gets what's coming to him/her/it.
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Mar 20, 2010 17:10
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My girlfriend bought this tint and installed it, all for my birthday. I can't get over how much better my Ninja looks. Especially at night.  Click here for the full 599x800 image.
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Mar 21, 2010 17:23
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My girlfriend is a pledge for a sorority now, and she just experienced being auctioned for as part of a "maid bid" even today. For $10 for a private bid, I got her to be the one doing chain cleaning on my Ninja 250 and 500 tomorrow. It'll be fun. I just added Cobra F1r slip-ons to my Ninja 250. I posted the video of it in the pics & video thread. I just ordered Kerker slip-ons for my 500 tonight. Goodbye, stock buzzy exhaust. Hello, eternally staring car drivers and pedestrians. the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Apr 10, 2010 |
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Apr 10, 2010 07:30
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I installed Kerker slip-ons on my Ninja 500 to change the "buzzy" stock exhaust noise and make it louder. But not obnoxiously loud. So far I like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnXC630PxaQ
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Apr 18, 2010 22:34
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2 weeks ago I noticed that my 500's chain was awfully loose. Loose enough that when I decelerated quickly, it would slap against the retracted centerstand. I figured that the chain needed adjusting. I took it in today and on the way there, the bike jerked hard a few times, which I hadn't experienced before. The shop mechanic looked at it and said it needed new sprockets along with a new chain. He said that was why it was hanging so low, that it was dangerous to ride. Goddammit. I'm sad because today is the first 80-degree day in upstate NY and I was hoping to get the bike back this afternoon to ride. Now it's looking like later next week. Time to console myself with some chinese food.
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May 1, 2010 16:07
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Replaced the radiator on my Ninja 250. It apparently cracked and gushed in the middle, from some minature demon on the highway. I also cleaned up the wheels and lower plastics for the very first time since I got it almost a year ago. Nothing like a Ninjette with new Pirelli MT tires, making everybody deaf like myself with the Cobras. I'm such an rear end on the bike while I'm real chill on the SV. Fun.
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Jul 2, 2010 00:15
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Installed a 225mm Delkevic carbon fiber stubby silencer on my SV. A friend said I sounded like a herd of stampeding horses. Roar, fuckers, roar.
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I got a screw in the front tire of my SV, two weeks ago. I didn't notice until the handling started feeling slow, and I checked the PSI. It was ~25, and I filled it back up. Next day, the same slowness. And I walk around to look at the front tire, and there's a glittering metal head staring at me from the tire. Cue ordering a new tire, which takes 1.5 weeks to get here, then an appointment for the tire switch. I ride the bike in that time span, filling it up when necessary. Upon picking the bike up, the bike counterperson shows me the screw - a half inch long, whittled down at the head by approximately 200 miles. Thank DEAR god it was not a nail. When I first got my first bike, a EX500, on the 2nd day, the front tire got flattened by a nail. And knowing how Rochester's summers are only a few weeks' worth, being able to ride makes everything.
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Aug 9, 2010 20:42
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 Click here for the full 789x591 image. Two Brothers slip-on install: check Oil drailed & replaced with fresh oil: check Battery installed: check Finding a chain o-ring rusted, with horror: check The SV rides on. I forgot how fast a bike was.
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Feb 17, 2011 08:03
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PyxlWyz posted:
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Feb 21, 2011 08:47
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Removed my chain guard and cleaned the chain on my yellow SV650 for the first time since I bought it recently. It used to be a dull gray shade. Winter and grime.  Marvelous. Also added a 2nd mirror. My SV's rockin' bicycle mirrors. Eventually I'll have to get some pricey CRG bar-end mirrors. 
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Apr 23, 2011 23:46
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I tend to rock leathers... or a pair of teacher pants (simple non-baggy l.l. bean cloth pants).
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Apr 24, 2011 06:32
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My K5 SV650's throttle tube gained a significant amount of looseness after I installed a set of ProGrip Dual Density 724's. I found it difficult putting on the throttle grip and felt something pop. Crap. So I ordered a new R6 throttle tube and installed it. Problem went away. Yay. I left the R6 grip on, and liking it so far... Also installed CRG Arrow mirrors on the same bike. WAY BETTER than the Mirrcycle $16 bicycle mirrors I had on there previously. Well worth the $180 cost of both mirrors.
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New CRG Arrow mirrors, ProGrip on clutch side, R6 throttle on right side, 350mm Delkevic. 
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Ordered a pair of SpeedBleeders to help with my bleeding my K5 SV's front brakes. Looking forward to making the annoying job much more fun.
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Jul 20, 2011 20:22
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Those things prevent air from going back into the bleed-hole. And they make the job much more faster, from what I read. Last night I worked for 45 minutes in an attempt to bleed from one caliper. No progress. gently caress that.
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Jul 21, 2011 01:12
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Gnaghi posted:Relocated my ECU on the 636. Yikes. Do you know if carbon fiber exhausts help with this issue?
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Jul 25, 2011 14:08
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What exhaust are you running with? Does it matter?
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Jul 26, 2011 22:11
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I hope that ECU's plug and play? I just got a CBR1000RR R/R and a wiring kit from D'Ecosse of SVRider. Gotta pick up a soldering gun and learn how to solder before I replace the R/R in my 2000 sv.
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Jul 30, 2011 20:14
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So the P.O. definitely used gobs of threadlock to attach the pointy decorative bar ends to my Ninja. I tried a rubber strap wrench, vice grips, a heat gun, and now I'm gonna go ahead and drill the fuckers through and toss bolts in there and try again with channel locks. Got a Battlax BT016 rear tire in the mail today, gonna replace the bald and squared-off BT014 in the back and hopefully that cleans up some of the twitchiness in corners. Has the market died down for SV650s? Or is that just the economy making GBS threads itself even more? Thankfully, a good friend of mine wants to grab my bike from me, only later in October when he starts at Intel.
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Aug 3, 2011 17:22
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Half of my bike issues would be resolved if I had a garage. A warm, comfortable place to work in with easy access to everything instead of a oil-stained, small and dim carport or environmentally busy and time-limited street.
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Installed the new rear Battlax BT016 on the Ninja this morning.  No more jarring squared-off-tire sensation while switching from side to side.Also successfully installed the CRG Arrow mirrors on the same bike last night. It's a truly breathtaking sensation to finally be able to see behind myself. the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Aug 5, 2011 |
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Today I finally fixed my K5 SV650's front brake issue. I was having trouble with the brake lever continuously being loose even though I bled both calipers with SpeedBleeders installed in them. I saw some fluid coming out of the MC's banjo bolt. So I loosened that, then tightened it so it was more tight than before. Then I tackled the MC's bleed nipple, and bled that motherfucker. Finally the bike's GSXR brakes came to life. They brake loving hard with the merest pull. Yay!
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Aug 11, 2011 23:44
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You seem so sedate after discovering that. Shouldn't you be  ?
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Aug 17, 2011 01:26
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Right now, I: - live on my own - in a city that's absurdly cheap to rent/live/eat/booze in - own four motorcycles - own no car - have a girlfriend with a new car under warranty & a hidden carport that I use for my bikes. If I lived with my parents, I'd be competing with my stepbro who's a massive gearhead that takes up the entire garage for his tools, equipment, and random muscle car or ancient Jap car he takes home to fix up and flip. Not to mention the other caveats of living with parents, and the general shittiness and priciness of living in Chicagoland, which negates the prospect of free residency and free food. move out dude.
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Aug 17, 2011 18:46
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Installed Vortex bar end sliders on the Ninja. Also did the zip tie mod; super-glued zip tie to the throttle cable portion of the throttle tube. Saved myself some dollars in not buying a R6 throttle tube. Shorter throttle throw. Now I zoom more furiously past 7k into the stratosphere and without re-positioning my fist. Then tossed on my Throttle Boss, which had been laying around unused since I crashed its main attachment, the K3 SV650. Whoa nelly. More fun in traffic 
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OMG. My 2000 SV650, after I tried my own hand at re-wiring the bike and installing a new R/R a month ago, didn't respond successfully to the mods. So I kept it on a charger since. A recently-moved-in roommate of my girlfriend's, who had extensive electrical experience as a kid and built his own motorcycle, asked to look at the bike after hearing my story. Turns out I configured the red and black wiring connector, which goes from the R/R to the battery, the wrong way. The black/red was switched. He showed me how fuses kept on blowing due to that. D-loving-oh. And now the bike's one happy girl. Volts show a healthy charging system. I rejoiced heavily with some jagermeister with the extremely helpful roommate after the fact last night.
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Sep 10, 2011 17:15
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This is no longer my ride anymore, but I'm posting it here anyway. The guy who bought my crashed mainly-stock blue 2003 SV650N from me for $800 with a salvage title, emailed me and let me know that he had done a bunch of work to the bike and was enjoying it a whole lot:
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I've been thinking about heated grips, it's maddening I haven't installed them and I live in upstate New York. What's a good brand?
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The Ninja's been down for the past 2 weeks due to a dead battery. Now that midterms are coming to a close, I tackled the bike. Had to take off some screws, claddings, a protective bar, and the gas tank to get the battery out, that was a pain. But it was so worth it to blast down the highway with the I-4 fury. The clip-ons are totally pushing me toward: 
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Oct 16, 2011 23:49
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How about some Buell headlights (w/ or w/o the front grill)? Doesn't protrude out as far.
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Oct 20, 2011 07:09
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I also put seafoam in my 2000 SV650. It was backfiring at startup and was not having a consistently smooth revving range. The P.O. last cleaned the carbs this recent spring so I wasn't having it. Now going through a full tank of seafoam'd gasoline and the engine is responding much better. ^.^
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Taking out the battery to re-charge before I try testing it for electrical draws. Also took off the fairings and put them in my basement. I'll be storing the Ninja in a friend's heated basement storage for the nice low price of $17. It looks way awesome now. 
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In the warmth-apex of crazy Rochesterian weather, I finally got around to cleaning the chains on the Ninja and Sv650. I really liked the can of Maxima lube that came with the 636, and now thats depleted, i'm shifting back to that Teflon stuff. I think I prefer the Maxima. Last year I stopped riding in early October. Let's see how long it takes for me to ride on, this week seems like the last before I go on a Thanksgiving vacation and come back to an absolutely frigid city. Not looking forward to enslavement and death under the automobile boot
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