Carb. No electric fuel pump. I attached a photo best I could as it’s tucked away now. You can see the fuel filter and the line goes to what I’m assuming is the pump (black).
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What did you do in your garage today..?
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Annual "why are you crying" day...
Wash, Oil change, hook up the battery tender day.
That's it for me for 2024
At least two more weeks of nice weather ahead.
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Mad Mike
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Tip: Keep a roll of mechanics wire in your box. Low pressure fuel and vac lines can be wire tied.
Small zip ties will also work.
Tip: 6’x8’ dollar store tarp. Makes finding dropped items easier than find in them on gravel or you living room carpet.
Mad Mike
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Mine did that, she sits weeks at a time. I put in a $10 prime bulb for an outboard motor. Hit it 3 times and she fires in 2 seconds.
That's exactly what I was thinking as a solution.
Good tip.
When I'm in the U.S. with spouse she heads off to Joann for about 90 minutes and I hit Harbor Freight to shop for things I probably don't need, but want. HF has a good selection of tarps in different sizes and grades and they are dirt cheap. I usually purchase a few and use them as semi disposable drop cloths for a range of things.
Unlike here where tarps are IMO overly expensive for what they are.
I usually make up a list of all the solvents, lubricants, brake fluid, herbicide concentrates, wheel and tire cleaner, car wax, tools, saw blades, drill bits, hardware items etc. etc. that I need (or want) and check out pricing at HF and Walmart. Most things on the list are less than half price even with exchange.
I wanted an angle grinder. HF had 5 or 6 and I selected the 2nd cheapest at about $22 U.S. Also purchased a range of blades at a fraction of the cost at CT. In 10 years I've used it 4 or 5 times, great to have it available. It's obviously not a contractor grade tool, but perfectly adequate for my very limited needs. IMO it would be great if Princess Auto linked up with HF to import and sell it's line of tools and accessories.
Turn that frown upside. Buy a ratty klr and abolish annual crying day.Annual "why are you crying" day...
Wash, Oil change, hook up the battery tender day.
That's it for me for 2024
Both good tips!
I did try using safety wire to tie the fuel lines, but was worried they would eventually cut through. Why I didn't think of zip ties though, I will never know. I use them for everything. My favourite use for them is propping up the little threaded inserts that sit in your battery terminals !
I have started laying down a painters drop cloth under my bike when working, but with the leaves and ground all wet I didn't bother this time under the tractor. My mistake. Still, it astounds me how far a dropped screw (let alone spring) can travel after hitting the ground.
I also keep a roofing magnet nearby. A quick walk around and you recover most dropped fasteners/springs. No help if you drop stainless though.
I've added a nearly-new 2024 Ninja 500 to the stable. The price was actually fairly decent, since it's a base model and it has some superficial scuffs on one side from a parking lot tipover. I pulled off all of the lights and fairings today, since it's going to become a race/trackbike. It will be a significant upgrade from my current Ninja 300 track workhorse.
For fun I weighed it before (375lbs) and after (342lbs). I was just using bathroom scales so the weights aren't super accurate. Kawasaki might be cheating a little bit on their published wet weight of 375lbs, since I've currently only got about half a tank of fuel in it, but it's in the right ballpark. That's nearly the end of the free weight loss; everything else after this point is going to cost money. There's still at least another 20 easy pounds to be shed (stock exhaust, passenger peg brackets, ABS module/pump, maybe a lightweight fairing stay) before adding some of that weight back (race fairings, engine case covers, dozens of little bits and bobs).
Most aftermarket parts for the Ninja 400 don't explicitly list the Ninja 500 yet, so I've been spending quite a bit of time cross-referencing the 400 and 500 parts fiches to see what parts are compatible. The 500 is 95% the same as the 400 in most places that matter. Not sure what I'll do with the street parts. It's highly unlikely that I'll ever put this bike back on the street, but I also intensely dislike interacting with buyers. So maybe the street parts will just get mothballed in the attic for now.
For fun I weighed it before (375lbs) and after (342lbs). I was just using bathroom scales so the weights aren't super accurate. Kawasaki might be cheating a little bit on their published wet weight of 375lbs, since I've currently only got about half a tank of fuel in it, but it's in the right ballpark. That's nearly the end of the free weight loss; everything else after this point is going to cost money. There's still at least another 20 easy pounds to be shed (stock exhaust, passenger peg brackets, ABS module/pump, maybe a lightweight fairing stay) before adding some of that weight back (race fairings, engine case covers, dozens of little bits and bobs).
Most aftermarket parts for the Ninja 400 don't explicitly list the Ninja 500 yet, so I've been spending quite a bit of time cross-referencing the 400 and 500 parts fiches to see what parts are compatible. The 500 is 95% the same as the 400 in most places that matter. Not sure what I'll do with the street parts. It's highly unlikely that I'll ever put this bike back on the street, but I also intensely dislike interacting with buyers. So maybe the street parts will just get mothballed in the attic for now.
Gaoler
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Lol... I would buy a ratty old KLR, but have you seen the price of milk crates lately?!
Nawwww... I've decided I'm a fair-weather sportsman. Park the bike By November 1st and I think I shot my last outdoor IPSC match today...
Well... We'll see how the weather is next weekend and then maybe THAT'LL be the last outdoor IPSC match for the year...
Malks
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Even though I don't have disposable lug nuts on my car I was getting fed up with the seasonal tire change over and decided to buy new All-Weather tires to replace the OEM summer tires that came on my 2016 CX3. I then sold the old Michelin X-Ice tires, which were mounted on aluminium rims. They only had a season or two left in them and I got $250 for the set.
It will be interesting to compare winter traction with the All-Weather (snowflake approved) tires to my old X-Ice tires.
I never used snows until I started commuting St Marys to Goderich each day. Goderich gets slammed by the lake effect in winter quite often.
Priller
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We did the same this year. Went with a set of Michelin CrossClimate 2's after reading some testing that they offer about 95% of the grip of a true winter tire in the snow while actually being better in wet and slush. Considering wet and slush is way more common here with the vast quantities of salt used, I figured that was a good tradeoff.
Add not having to swap tires twice a year, not having to store tires (either taking up precious garage space or paying someone) and a 100,000 km warranty (FWIW), along with way more positive reviews online than any other tire I've researched, and we decided to pony up for them. Despite the snowflake, they don't qualify as winter tires for our insurer, as their requirements are more around swapping tires than the performance of the tire. But that ended up costing us a grand total of $3/mo (!) on our bill.
So in other words, this is a post about something I WON'T be doing in my garage this fall and spring (Costco is swapping the tires on the rims)...
Malks
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I've used four snow tires on every car I have ever owned going back the the late '70s. It is a lesson I learned from my father from when we lived in Dryden back in the late '60s. Back then he started to run four studded snow tires on his car. He did this after he was T-boned at an intersection because he slid through a stop sign with snows only on the rear wheels.
I'm really hoping the winter rated all-weather tires I just bought will perform at least as well as the old X-Ice tires. I can already tell they are far better in the wet than the OEM Yokohama all-season tires.
You need them at all four corners.
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