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[shadowelement]

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Hello, I was offered a motorcycle today, and seller claims that everything works fine except for 1 problem:


"When you try to max the bike
It hesitates at 9-10 thousand rpm before going to max rpm
I spoke to someone and they told me its most likely the jets need replacing"



This was build in 2008.

Does this seem like a big issue, or is this a common thing and can be easily fixed? I count on you guys, most have a lot of experience with motorcycles.

 

[Benny!]

What bike?

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[shadowelement]

250R Ninja

 

[silverbullet132]

Pretty common that those things get plugged up, clean and sync the carbs and she should be mint.

 

[shadowelement]

Pretty common that those things get plugged up, clean and sync the carbs and she should be mint.

Do you know how much that would cost me at mechanic?

 

[silverbullet132]

Probably around 2-300, total guess tho.

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[Concac]

That ninja is ****ed up. I've seen it. The owner abused it like a pos. Typical new rider

 

[shadowelement]

That ninja is ****ed up. I've seen it. The owner abused it like a pos. Typical new rider

Okay, good to know, will pass then

 

[deejizzle]

seafoam MIGHT clear it.

 

[jc100]

Okay, good to know, will pass then

Depends...is he selling it for $30 or $3000?

 

[DemonPig]

I'm curious what kind of expert told you that jets need REPLACING OP?

On a Ninja 250 you can clean them in 30m-1h as a first time job. Zero specialty tools. A can of carb cleaner and a needle.

... But yes, even though you don't NEED to, you can rejet the carbs quite easy. New jets are cheap and just need a screw driver to take old ones out, or a socket. Ninja 250 is known for beeing cold blooded, going with a larger size jet helps.

 

[shadowelement]

I'm curious what kind of expert told you that jets need REPLACING OP?

On a Ninja 250 you can clean them in 30m-1h as a first time job. Zero specialty tools. A can of carb cleaner and a needle.

... But yes, even though you don't NEED to, you can rejet the carbs quite easy. New jets are cheap and just need a screw driver to take old ones out, or a socket. Ninja 250 is known for beeing cold blooded, going with a larger size jet helps.

Seller did. I ended up passing on the bike, probably has more hidden issues than just this.

 

[unL33T]

Lots of bikes have hesitation at certain RPM. My RS125 has one around 5k. I just rev it above that before I even release the clutch. It's got no power below 6k anyway. But I blew it up so I'm likely doing it wrong, lol.

 

[Concac]

Lots of bikes have hesitation at certain RPM. My RS125 has one around 5k. I just rev it above that before I even release the clutch. It's got no power below 6k anyway. But I blew it up so I'm likely doing it wrong, lol.

Wtf? Are you high?

Also your bike is a complete different animal. Its race replica tuned mainly for track. Not to mention 2 strokes never has a smooth powerband

 

[Concac]

As for the OP, common rule of thumb is if the issue is as simple as the seller says then they would have fixed it b4 selling. I bet he did try to fix it to no success.

 

[unL33T]

Wtf? Are you high?

Also your bike is a complete different animal. Its race replica tuned mainly for track. Not to mention 2 strokes never has a smooth powerband

No I'm not. I'm pretty sure my 650R (EFI) had one too. It was around 4k on that bike. Just lived with it.

Depends how bad it is. If it's a small spot in the rev range I wouldn't worry about it. If it's really bad then there's probably a problem.

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