Ninja 250 - Nicks and Knacks Hello Bhpians
We could use this thread to highlight the troubles experienced with the Kawasaki Ninja 250r.
I have faced 2 minor issues one of which had the potential to make me spend quite a bit.
First one is the rear view mirrors - One of mirror (Left) tends to loosen up very often, i have to tighten it almost every fortnight. I plan to replace the mirrors with the Rizoma mirrors (Picture below).
Second issue was that my fuel tank lid had jammed, initially the key wouldn't go inside, i sprayed tons of WD40 and left it overnight, next morning the key could go all the way in but the locking mechanism just didn't budge, I tried oiling from the key hole but no luck, i had only 50 kms of fuel left in the bike so had to get it sorted, i then called up the Bajaj Engineer responsible for Mumbai area, he requested me to take the bike to the Probiking workshop in Ghatkopar and he mentioned that since its a first such case he would be present at the workshop. Following Saturday morning i took the bike to the workshop, the technician immediately pour some petrol in the key hole and then sprayed some oil, then he started his ordeal to open the forsaken lid, no luck!! i was scared that the key might bend or break, the locking mechanism was so jammed that it didn't even move 1mm. I then thought of getting a duplicate key done and use the duplicate key to open, also the chaviwala has the hand held tool to hold the key, this key can provide sufficient leverage on the lock without breaking the key, after 15-20 minutes of toying with the duplicate key the lock opened, phew!! I was relieved, the guys at the workshop then made sure that the locking mechanism has not been damaged, before i rode off.
I would suggest all fellow bhpian Ninja owners to keep opening you fuel tank lid atleast one in 15 days and to regularly oil the locking mechanism. I hardly use the bike so last i opened the lid was 2 months back. |