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I guess this is kind of an anti "which oil should I use" type of statement for a change of pace. The Motul C5 chain paste is the first chain lube that didn't feel like a necessary evil. Every other spray based lubricant I have tried has let me down. Either due to being too light and causing a...

I decided to go for a quick walk through the redwoods up by Joaquin Miller and left my helmet, jacket, and gloves on my bike. Inevitable I guess but lesson learned. Probably some bike theif or just assholes trying to fuck with somebody. Hope they enjoy my head stank and busted zipper on that...

Saw a guy who didn't look like he knew how to ride the black sportbike he was on with no helmet pulling into what looks like a homeless encampment in Richmond. License plate#20M5378 (the 0 may be a Q but fairly sure it is 0) Gps coords: 37.946874,-122.371212 (or there-about. Had to pull over...

Seriously I want this damned bike without having to pay insane dealer fees and I've been waiting for them to hit the private market. Got one of these in your garage but it wasn't quite what you wanted out of a bike or maybe the bills are a little tight due to covid? Hit me up. Please? Pretty...

It's that time again. I rebuilt my clutch back at about 60k miles a couple years ago and now at 106k miles it's starting to feel a little slippy again. The first time around I didn't swap the steel plates and picked up a pack of ebc CK plates and springs off of bikebandit. This time around I...

2012 Ninja 1000, stock front calipers. I just took apart, cleaned, and reassembled my front brake calipers taking care not to lose any of the o-rings or washers on the banjo bolt. Inspected the seals as well and satisfied put them back together. After reassembling, bleeding, and testing I seem...

Some background: Warning, lots of information. I was previously having a strange issue when my engine was very cold during the winter where the idle would fluctuate while the engine was cold. This problem would go away after the engine warmed up usually, so I didn't pay it much mind. Some...

I recently changed out my steering head bearings at motoguild with the help of one of their techs as they were rather notched. Changed out the oem ball bearings for some roller bearings. Since then, however, I feel a bit of a clicking or clunking in the handlebars when going over some bumps and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FLnudgBd8&feature=youtu.be Back again with some weird maintenance stuff for my 2012 Ninja 1000 I've been noticing a buzzing noise coming from somewhere above my engine and under my gas tank for a week or so. It's kind-of done this for longer but usually stops...

Hoping to visit a buddy in medford in 2 weeks and would nuch rather ride than drive. Does anybody know how early those passes are navigable on 2 wheels? I know chains are required until the 29th of march so guessing mid april might still be too early?

So my 2012 Ninja 1000 has been having issues idling while the engine is cold. The idle fluctuates from its usual cold start of about 2,000 rpm, goes down slowly as it would normally do when it starts to warm up, then shoot back up to 2,000 repeatedly. This morning, however, I got a FI light and...

Lately my idle has been fluctuating a bit while it warms up, almost like it thinks it has hit proper idle temperature and then goes "aww shit actually no" and goes back to the usual warm up revs. Once I am all warmed up and toasty the bike idles normally, however. Anything I should look into...

Sena's help desk seems pretty useless about this, but since updating to the 2.0 firmware the sound now slowly fades up to full volume when any new sound comes in. This means that during a song, it slowly fades in to the right volume, which is fine. The problem is that this means I will miss the...

From what I can usually find online, nearly every bit of decent waterproof gear is also heavily insulated. The problem is that in the bay that usually means I overheat the second I step off the bike. Can anybody out here recommend some good waterproofing that will not make me just fill them up...

http://imgur.com/gallery/xH7fTMH So I did my valve adjustment and my bike is running GREAT as far as I can tell. It is back to having its normal noisy valve train again, my bottom and top end power are back, and it just sounds healthier. Hell even that knocking noise that was happening jn my...

https://youtu.be/tJam_JTqvyo I am taking my 2012 Ninja 1000 in tonight to Motoguild to start tearing down for my valve job tomorrow. My valves are overdue for an adjustment and i felt some possible performance issues in my bottom end, but everything sounded mostly normal. Last night i thought i...

Well I am about 5k over my window for needing an adjustment or check on my ninja 1000, and not sure if i want to do my first check/adjustment by manual or take it in to a professional. On the one hand, that sounds daunting enough to me to take it to a shop. On the other, the shop recommended to...

So down in Half Moon Bay yesterday I experienced something truly weird for me. My bike's entire display died at a light, then a moment later, the battery itself. Got it to the side of the road and called a friend to help jump start me, as they lived about 20 minutes away. We jumped it, she...

So this is a new issue I've been having over the last month. Seemingly for no rhyme or reason my fuel pump will refuse to prime even with the killswitch in the on position, key in, in neutral, etc. About 75% of the time when I put the key in, put the bike in neutral, and hit the kill switch I...

Ran across a couple of ladies on 580 yesterday with a dead bike. Decided to stop by and offer what assistance I could. Their battery had, unfortunately, died and needed a jump. Luckily I carry cables with me so no problem, I'll jump em. Well idling didn't seem to give it enough juice so I...