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Slavvy posted:Fan thermo switch and dash temp sender are different things. Figure out which of the two is which, test your sender resistance at room temperature and then in a cup of hot water - the reading should change in step with temperature. Have you got a wiring diagram? A GPX or similar should have the same wiring setup. You could also try supplying the gauge 12V fed through a resistor. Sounds good, the wiring looks relatively straightforward 
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Upon further reading the dash sensor is an old school 1 wire sensor that might just need the crud cleaned off the tip. It's freakin $50 USD on ebay to replace
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Apr 25, 2019 21:05
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Right so just see if you've got 12v running to it and if it's got some sort of resistance measuring continuity through the sender to the engine or earth strap.
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A bag from mcmaster showed up on friday and it was just a bag of 100 nylon washers  Hopefully the screws for the plastics show up today.A local moto FB group was discussing the safety inspection and apparently you need a chain guard, mine is missing so I've ordered one, luckily it's one of the parts that's in common with the 88-07 model and I've snagged one on ebay for cheap. The bolts are the same thread as the fairing screws so that should be fine. The same discussion said you need a license plate light, I don't think my bike has one but it is stock for 1986 so it should be fine? Can't imagine they'd force me to retro mod a license plate light into the wiring harness. I've been on the fence whether I want to fix the paint runs on the fairing.. I guess I'll do it
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Apr 29, 2019 18:52
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On the license plate light, I don't think so but you might want to check your state laws. Wisconsin lists this:quote:At minimum, your street-legal motorcycle should have: Headlight, taillight and brakelight. Front and rear brakes. Turn signals. Horn. Two mirrors. McMaster Carrtel is great but I swear their entire business model is based off gouging for shipping and handling. Always best to order from them in big batches.
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I've got the legislation https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/annual/2019/031.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0BW4sQFHQpAdCSwwBudEkNPr6JEDJfGPjAtcGmGZ_OyXs2YejvEByFRgU quote:12. Lamps as follows: Maybe I do have one, gotta check
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Apr 29, 2019 22:43
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You definitely have one, or space for one, it should live in this little wart on the back:
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Apr 29, 2019 22:57
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My habit of worrying out loud about trivial details yields another success
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Apr 29, 2019 23:33
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Got the fasteners today. Reassembly in progress Right side fairing needs sanding+paint because of the runs. Turns out I do have a license plate light and it's working. Bent the license plate bracket back into place while I was back there, it's got a bunch of surface rust I should probably take care of.
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May 1, 2019 02:42
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It's looking good!
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May 1, 2019 03:08
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That looks great! Never realised they had such miserable brakes though, I imagine doing a front end swap from a later model would take care of that. That 1970's single piston looks useless.
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May 1, 2019 03:38
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Slavvy posted:That looks great! Never realised they had such miserable brakes though, I imagine doing a front end swap from a later model would take care of that. That 1970's single piston looks useless. Yeah I dunno as a noob I've got nothing to compare it to. I did put HH pads on it
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May 1, 2019 03:45
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Oh also I cracked the front fender 
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May 1, 2019 03:54
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Opened up the misc parts for the lower cowl kit and I think it's American rather than Japanese, like Kawasaki USA not Japan. The cowl is fibreglass rather than ABS, and half the fasteners are imperial. Gonna try to scan the instructions tomorrow.
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The chain guard came in, so I bolted that on. Bolted the lower cowl on as well
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I went back to look at the very first picture in the thread. drat, that's night and day.
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May 9, 2019 00:46
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mewse posted:The chain guard came in, so I bolted that on. Bolted the lower cowl on as well Looking good! The bike is really coming together nicely.
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im selling my ex500 to a buddy next week but this god drat thread is making me think about turning right around and picking up a 250 to fix up for a grocery getter well done
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It looks great, man. You must be psyched.
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SeaGoatSupreme posted:This is indeed a cool and good thread, I love seeing and hearing about your progress. But god drat. You're a Ninjette Necromancer.
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I'm in a sadbrains rut right now where I don't work on the bike and then I avoid it because I'm upset with myself for not working on it Need to: - Sand and repaint right side fairing to get rid of paint runs - Loctite the front reflectors that mount on the fairings - Drill out mirror mount holes on both fairings to accommodate new bikemaster mirrors - Oil (wash first?) foam air filter with proper foam filter oil - Replace clip master link with rivet master link - De-rust license plate bracket, install steel license plate reinforcement - Change bike registration from 87 to 86 by providing photos of neck badge - Call provincial monopoly insurance company and ask where I can get safety inspection done - Book safety inspection - Figure out how to get the bike to the safety inspection
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Yeah degrease that filter first, its got tons of dust and grit trapped in the filter particles. I use simple green but basically any grease cutter should do it You can do it! We believe in you!
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Jonny 290 posted:Yeah degrease that filter first, its got tons of dust and grit trapped in the filter particles. I use simple green but basically any grease cutter should do it It hasn't been on the road. I saturated it with K&N filter oil last year and wondered why it was so runny, not knowing that that stuff was for their perm filters. The UNI foam filter oil bottle instructs to clean the foam first so the fresh oil doesn't get diluted, but I didn't buy the cleaner, wondering if I can just dish soap it
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You definitely can use dish soap, it's just a pain in the arse getting all the gunk out because the soap and water will turn the oil into thick white globs that you have to squeeze out of the filter with your hands 
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Yeah my go-to for those is kerosene, melts the poo poo right out of there then you just blow it out with compressed air. Petrol also works well but not recommended if it's got any glue seams.
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I gather diesel is sufficiently equivalent to kerosene for this purpose? Lots of other forums posts waffling about the fine differences in terms of weight and energy density and hydrocarbon composition but I've had a hard time finding anyone just saying "yes diesel will dissolve the poo poo out of engine oil just as good as kerosene".
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Slavvy posted:Petrol also works well but not recommended if it's got any glue seams. It's just a slab of foam with no seams so I might bathe it in gasoline  Would mineral spirits work?
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Renaissance Robot posted:I gather diesel is sufficiently equivalent to kerosene for this purpose? Lots of other forums posts waffling about the fine differences in terms of weight and energy density and hydrocarbon composition but I've had a hard time finding anyone just saying "yes diesel will dissolve the poo poo out of engine oil just as good as kerosene". I've never tried diesel but my past experiences with it are that it turns everything into a horrible slimy mess, so I dunno. mewse posted:It's just a slab of foam with no seams so I might bathe it in gasoline Never tried it, I don't know if they would play nice with the foam though.
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Just wash it in your sink with dish detergent and put it on the drying rack. I did this the other night with a prefilter I made for my K&N from the same material. My hands were clean afterward, taking a step out of the process and the whole thing was a lot more pleasant. It was dry by morning and I oiled it up and reinstalled it.
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New aliexpress parts Alu CNC gas filler cap, flat blade screwdriver tips that will actually work in carbs
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May 18, 2019 00:18
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Going for a Broppe on my dïrghtbæke later
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Cold and rainy today but seems like the bike is running on one cylinder. Will have to check for spark on both sides sometime later e: installed the new oil fill cap and it seems strictly better mewse fucked around with this message at 00:52 on May 23, 2019 |
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mewse posted:I'm in a sadbrains rut right now where I don't work on the bike and then I avoid it because I'm upset with myself for not working on it whoa, are you me?
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With reasonable confidence in the carbs, and a disinclination to pull them again, I pulled the spark plugs and there was no spark on right hand plug. Swapped the plugs and the problem swapped sides as well. Both plugs are fouled black, probably when I was running super rich to compensate for an air box that wasn’t hooked up. Going to order a pair + spares
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While waiting for new NGK plugs to show up I decided to throw in the old champion plugs that the bike came with, because they looked brand new. The engine seems to be running perfectly. De-rusting the license plate bracket right now.
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May 26, 2019 02:40
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Just get on it and ride that poo poo already.
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Bad news: I broke the left fairing again by accidentally resting it on the wrong edge Good news: drilling out the fairings with a 5/8" bit allowed new ninja 250 mirrors to mount quote:- Sand and repaint right side fairing to get rid of paint runs mewse fucked around with this message at 01:00 on May 31, 2019 |
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May 31, 2019 00:31
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Yo, I dunno if I would run those Champion plugs https://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Changing_the_spark_plugs_%26_brands_to_avoid
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All plugs that aren't NGK plugs are evil plugs, not to be used. The only plugs are NGK plugs.
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