I got my hands on this cool EX500 which I have named Lazarus. He’s been sitting for 4 years, he doesn’t turn over, the key won’t even rotate all the way in the ignition, he’s rusted to sh**, and I would love some help raising him from the dead. Where do we begin? @haybaler and I have an easy...

Hey everyone, It's been a while since I have been on the forum. Glad to see a lot of people still around on here from when I was building my bike. I have moved to a house without a garage and on a dirt road. I put the bike up at least until I got settled in and that turned into 3 yrs. Here I am...

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This is my first bike. My 1996. Just over 7k miles. It has an occasional issue were it doesn't want to start. Sometimes when I go to start it, it is just a single click and won't start up. I have to put it into gear, then roll it back until the wheel locks up, then try to start it (Previous...

Model: 06 Ninja 500R/EX500 Mileage when I bought the bike: 23,000 mi Mileage now: 25,650 mi I bought the bike a little over a year ago. It has been starting and running fantastically. When I came home from the store today in the afternoon, all of a sudden it became jerky for the last 2 mins...