Hi everyone!
I unfortunately downed my Ninja last week pulling out of a parking lot. Needless to say, I need to replace a few items on the bike but before hand I wanted to get some information before I jumped back onto it.
First a bit of background. I purchased the bike as the third owner, whom did some rather...questionable mods to the bike. The bar ends for example, were glued in, the C clip missing entirely, I had to rewire most of the stuff the person did with the heated grips because the wiring has failed on the throttle side, not to mention the exposed wiring next to the fuel lines. The bike itself is running fine but now with the bike down, I figure now is as good of a time to dig into it and get everything done to it while the weather is crap.
The damage to the bike was a small piece of fairing being broken off, the R&G frame sliding bending back (and broke today when attempting to take it off), the foot peg (which ended up in my boot..foot is fine, just badly bruised) a decent long scratch on the rear plastic and the left tail light needs to be replaced.
I have no idea what the prior owner did or didn't do in terms of maintenance. The bike has 14k miles on it now - I changed all of the fluids and adjusted and lubed the cables and cleaned up the chain.
Does Kawi still make the fairings for the bike? The local dealership I called and asked said they most likely don't (then tried to get me to purchase a 2013 650..)
Are there any mirrors that are longer than the stubby ones? Extensions, anything so I don't have to enjoy staring at my elbows.
I would assume this will help reduce the vibes on the bars. I am not sure if something else should go with those or not however.
Are there any recommendations for footpegs? I'd like to do some touring next summer but again, it's a pretty vibby bike. Anything to ebb some of them at cruising speeds would be awesome.
Lastly, the bike does have an Arrow exhaust. Would it be recommended to get a PCIII or V? I only ask as the bike does seem to run a bit rough when cruising. Sounds good but it gets annoying at certain RPM's
Anything else I should look at for the mileage?
Thanks everyone for the replies and assist!
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I unfortunately downed my Ninja last week pulling out of a parking lot. Needless to say, I need to replace a few items on the bike but before hand I wanted to get some information before I jumped back onto it.
First a bit of background. I purchased the bike as the third owner, whom did some rather...questionable mods to the bike. The bar ends for example, were glued in, the C clip missing entirely, I had to rewire most of the stuff the person did with the heated grips because the wiring has failed on the throttle side, not to mention the exposed wiring next to the fuel lines. The bike itself is running fine but now with the bike down, I figure now is as good of a time to dig into it and get everything done to it while the weather is crap.
The damage to the bike was a small piece of fairing being broken off, the R&G frame sliding bending back (and broke today when attempting to take it off), the foot peg (which ended up in my boot..foot is fine, just badly bruised) a decent long scratch on the rear plastic and the left tail light needs to be replaced.
I have no idea what the prior owner did or didn't do in terms of maintenance. The bike has 14k miles on it now - I changed all of the fluids and adjusted and lubed the cables and cleaned up the chain.
Does Kawi still make the fairings for the bike? The local dealership I called and asked said they most likely don't (then tried to get me to purchase a 2013 650..)
Are there any mirrors that are longer than the stubby ones? Extensions, anything so I don't have to enjoy staring at my elbows.
I would assume this will help reduce the vibes on the bars. I am not sure if something else should go with those or not however.
Are there any recommendations for footpegs? I'd like to do some touring next summer but again, it's a pretty vibby bike. Anything to ebb some of them at cruising speeds would be awesome.
Lastly, the bike does have an Arrow exhaust. Would it be recommended to get a PCIII or V? I only ask as the bike does seem to run a bit rough when cruising. Sounds good but it gets annoying at certain RPM's
Anything else I should look at for the mileage?
Thanks everyone for the replies and assist!
