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  1. Troubleshooting
    Bought my 07 500r about a month and a half ago. The bike is randomly stalling out while riding at various speeds and gears. It will stop accelerating when I give it throttle, slow down and stop, and takes a few minutes at the least to get going again. Has happened from a stop as well as slow to...
  2. Troubleshooting
    Hey guys, avid reader of the forum and first time wrencher here on a 2006 EX500, about 21000 miles. Bought it about a yr ago Was running fine, albeit a little sluggish, especially at low RPM. Gave it a carb clean (jets were clogged and replaced the float valve that looked worn) and new spark...
  3. Troubleshooting
    Hello all. I'm having a major misfire when outside Temps are below 50 it seems as if cylinder #1 is always the one to cut out. Just for background I got the bike recently as a non runner what I've done so far to get it mostly running right The bike is an 1988 gen 1 Checked timing and adjusted...
  4. Troubleshooting
    I have a 2007 ninja 500. My bike has recently started bogging ( i suppose ) around 2-4k rpms and then when it passed 4500 rpms it’ll rip like it is usually does. I cleaned the carbs throughly and put a new k&n air filter in it. I’ve found a way to manipulate it though. When i adjusted the...
  5. Troubleshooting
    So i just bought a 2009 Kawasaki ninja 500r with only 8k miles on it layed down once by previous owner bike ran rode and even shifted so nice but just today i rode towards some high winds and i started to loose throttle response, so i pulled into the clutch and my bike lost all engin power i...
  6. Troubleshooting
    Hey all, I recently got my first bike, a 2009 EX-500. I did the normal tune up stuff (oil, coolant, filter etc) and got it running pretty well. However, I kept noticing that at higher speeds, when I opened up the throttle, it was almost as if there was a delay in the power response and that when...
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