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I haven't taken the fairings off so no I can't tell yet, sending you pm.

Pretty certain we didn't overfill it, emptied all the oil and added less than 1.75L. Calls for 1.9L. PM'd frekeyguy but now I'm not that confident that the bike will last the hour long journey up there (I'm from Burl). Will try to locate the leak soon, have to take some fairings off.

Little update - filled my bike up with oil (only had a liter on hand when I did the change a few days ago so just picked up another later) and drove to Canadian Tire to see about a safety (probably 9km), when I got there and parked I looked down to see that my engine was not only leaking, but...

I think I could probably clean my carbs and sync them (with the help of my more mechanically inclined friend haha), don't think I could do the valves. Does anyone know what a mechanic would charge for this? I'll have to make some calls after Easter's over

Bike has 47000 km on it, about 300 recently. Started acting up in the last 100. Was sitting all winter but they had it out last season running fine. The inside of the tank is spotless so I don't think any nasty stuff could have gotten into the carbs unless some garbage was put directly into the...

Finally got insurance and plates on Monday, had been riding Tuesday and Wednesday with no problems. On Thursday morning I was riding and the bike didn't want to go above 100kmph. I'd be in 6th gear and at full throttle I'd be cruising at 80 or 90. I thought maybe it was because the bike was cold...

Definitely, I'm super excited to get plates on tomorrow. Only gave it a few text laps around the block when there were no plates on ;)

Completed RTI's M2 licencing course this weekend at their Oakville location, nothing but good things to say about it. The only experience I had going into the course was riding my ninja 250 around my neighbourhood (no plates so just up and down a few streets), and a lot of time on a regular...

Sorry for the late update, but the problem is solved now. I checked on the bike after a month to find that the front brakes were dragging now too, even more than the front (even hard to rotate by hand). Took Riceburner's suggestion and everything seemed to clear up after one ride. Wheels both...

There is rust on the disks so that definitely could be it, I had to drag it around in neutral quote a lot to move it so I thought it would have scraped off the rust that was causing the sounds. Nothing like riding it though, just moving it a few dozen feet. I'll do that PilotPilot suggested...

Was moving my bike in neutral today just to reposition it and I heard this scraping that seems to be coming from my rear wheel. Maybe even a bit from my front. I also feel a bit of drag. It sounds like the brakes are locked and they're scraping my disc. I recently got this bike (99' Ninja 250)...

I also recommend Paul South, lowest new rider quote I've had. Taking the motorcycle training course helps your insurance rate go down too.

Thanks PrivatePilot, I used a vice to get the key back into shape and then went and bought a blank at the local dealer, which I'll get cut tomorrow. For people who break or lose their keys for ~'99 ninja 250s, when I called the local kawi dealer they said the key code may be stamped on the...

Don't have the code for the keys (unless it's somewhere on the bike) so I'll try taking the key to a key place. I'll call a few places tomorrow. Thanks for the advice and for the prices for reference, too.

No code stamped on the key. Is it true that I can find the key code on the bike? I've heard equal amounts of people say that it's on the bike and that it's not, so I looked briefly but didn't find anything. I don't have the manual either and I know sometimes it's written in there. I can open the...

I'm on Burloak, so right near Oakville. And okay thanks, I'll do exactly that. If anyone has recommendations on locksmiths that are good with motorcycles or that have been proven, post them here! I got a quote from a locksmith in Hamilton who will come and rekey the bike for $140, which is a...

Bent my 99' Ninja 250 key trying to open the gas lock when it was stuck. This happened before and I was able to bend it completely straight again and it's been working fine, but this time I can't get it to work in my ignition. The key is mostly straight, but it looks like the teeth nearest to...

I appreciate the advice, I bought a bike (99' ninja 250) though. It probably would have been smarter to save up the extra cash but I won't really know until we see how this bike holds up. Thanks for the gear advice too, I've been buying everything on sale online and capitalizing on free...

I bought the Parts Unlimited battery just because of the price right now ($32 from apparently $89 @ fortnine), I will have to add the acid though so thanks for the warning. Would love to go yuasa but the savings were a bit too tempting for me

Literally right after I posted I found this - https://fortnine.ca/en/parts-unlimited-agm-battery Any reason why this isn't exactly what I'm looking for?