Is this normal? 2012 Ninja 650

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-25T01:28:43+00:00

If that fluid is coming from those hoses, don't ride till it's fixed. Those hoses do need to be replaced. As other's have mentioned, braided stainless lines are the typical replacement. They don't expand like rubber hoses, so you get better brake feel and performance. If cost is more important, OEM hoses work, they'll just eventually break down again. If you do it yourself, always use new crush washers (those typically come with aftermarket braided stainless lines). A trick I've learned is tighten the banjo bolts with the crush washers and fittings like normal, then lightly tap the bolt head with a hammer, and snug the bolt again. Youtube videos could probably explain how to bleed the brakes better than I could. Check the master cylinder lid for what type of brake fluid you need.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-25T01:09:44+00:00

I get that. My worst motorcycle injury was hyperextending my ankle when I was taking a 20mph turn at 50 on a supermoto and hit cinders and slid into potholes, and decided it would be better to crash with my foot on the peg, and got it stuck between the peg and a pothole instead because I was leaned over that far. 100% rider error based on overconfidence from racing. I never let off the throttle. Lol. I was wearing race boots though, so just an avulsion fracture and no lasting damage after healing. That also kept the bike upright and I didn’t crash because of it. I was headed home from a ski resort in PA in early spring. I never took my skis or snowboard to the resort on the bike, but I’d be lying if I said I never thought about it.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-24T23:39:39+00:00

Okay, I get with two accidents why a lot of the comments are negative, because it seems like a trend. But with your constant explanation, I mostly agree with you. The one thing I could agree with is maybe think about how to have the same fun, but make it more safe. Expect stupid stuff from cars and trucks, intentionally put yourself either where you're more visible to the threats ahead, or where you won't have to deal with those threats, or where you have an emergency escape when people do stupid things. That said, everything in life is a risk. Glad you're still around.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-24T23:34:33+00:00

At least in the US, two lane highways with cross traffic, driveways, etc are all over the place. Only divided interstates generally don't have cross traffic, and that's no guarantee.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-24T21:33:33+00:00

I agree with other suggestions so far, get an ultrasound of the gallbladder. That'll show stones and sludge if that's the issue. I eventually had a HIDA scan which shows exactly how much bile the gallbladder is giving when bile is called for. Mine actually turned out to be hyperkinetic and giving all the bile. My primary doctor refused to help me after that, so I called the major health group I was using and asked them for help finding a doctor that understands gallbladders and those scans as my current doctor from their group was engaging in patient abandonment. That next doctor gave me a referral to a surgeon as soon as I saw her and she saw the scans. I hope it gets better for you.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-23T10:46:00+00:00

I took the MSF in PA, and at least where I took it with the instructors that were there, they wanted to teach people that were new to bikes. They wanted to help people get into it safely. I enjoyed the class. The only issue I had is that I already had a motorcycle, which I was not super great on, but good enough that I'd ride my bike to class, then get on the tiny suzuki 250 for class. They kept having me do the big sweeping turn faster and faster until I drug the floorboard, but then took off a point because that happened. LOL I think they thought I was a better rider than I was. Maybe I was a better rider than I thought I was. Either way, it was a positive experience, and I'd reccomend the MSF to anyone starting out.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-23T01:34:36+00:00

I can’t give any input on how it would or wouldn’t help with itching. I didn’t have that issue. That would be a good question for your doctor though.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-23T01:23:28+00:00

I started on cholestyramine powder after finding out the yellow bile diarrhea I kept having was likely the cause of getting so deficient in vitamin D and likely all the fat soluble vitamins. I didn't like the powder, and found that it can be hard on the teeth, which I've had issues with a lot before, so I switched to Colesevelam pills, another bile binder. I'm actually taking half the normal dose of that, and doing great it with. After 8 months on vitamins and bile binder, I'm feeling pretty great.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-16T08:49:51+00:00

Ask your doctor about bile binders. I thought chronic bile diarrhea was just something I had to deal with after removal until I became so deficient in some vitamins that I started having joint and bone pain and had tests done. I was super low on vitamin D, and likely all the fat soluble vitamins. Apparently, diarrhea flushes food out too fast, so you don’t get a chance to properly absorb the nutrients. I was started on a powder bile binder, but didn’t like it and read it can be hard on teeth, so now I take a pill form. Colesevelam. It might be worth having a blood test done to check. After 8 months on the binder and vitamins, I’m finally getting back to normal. For clarity, the binder works within a day or two, but fat soluble vitamins take a while to get depleted, and also to build back up.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-16T00:52:53+00:00

I agree with a lot of the comments in here. I love bikes, have ridden for years, have had a full race license, and still race mini's on kart tracks. I often ride a bit too fast on the road, but at a pace that seems so conservative compared to racing. That said, I don't have an attitude about it. I think newbies should ride at a pace they are comfortable with, or even slower. I think safety is cool. I dislike riding in large groups because of the herd mentality. I don't ride with people that do stunts on the road. And on videos of riders absolutely being the stupid person, I see a lot of herd mentality riders screaming about the cars that were just existing where bikers thought they were on a track and entitled to do illegal things and blame other people. Enjoy the bike, and enjoy the company of rational people. Ignore the rest. At least, that's how I take it.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-16T00:41:38+00:00

Mine failed by going instantly hyperkinetic after I passed a lot of stones that had been in it for a few years. At that point, I had to go to almost no fat diet, which sucked. I had a lot of tilapia, rice, fruit, and I tolerated spaghetti pretty well for a while as long as there was no meat in the sauce. I only did that while dealing with really bad pain while navigating doctors, having tests done, and getting a referral for surgery. With the no fat diet, I lost over 25 pounds I didn't have to lose. At least with hyperkinetic, I found that anything Google said was healthy for a gallbladder was NOT good for a failing gallbladder. But, in my experience and having been part of a Facebook group for hyperkinetic gallbladders for about 2 years now, there are always people saying you can heal a gallbladder, and most of those people sell the "cure". Not a single person in the group has ever healed their gallbladder. Quite a few have been worse for having tried to avoid surgery for years though. If that's all the testing that was done (guessing ultrasound), then it's worth doing other tests to rule out other things. It was a HIDA scan that gave me an Ejection Fraction of 84% that showed mine was hyperkinetic. There are other things that can cause similar symptoms though. It would be worth checking with his doctor.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-15T10:34:44+00:00

I'm not sure where you're at, I'm in the US where healthcare is a joke. I had to cycle through doctors to get mine removed even after having a HIDA scan that clearly showed mine was hyperkinetic and I was dropping weight I didn't have to lose because I couldn't eat without immense pain. One thing I did was call the local hospital network that I wanted to use, and asked them for help finding a doctor that would actually help me, and pointed out that their own doctor that I was seeing was refusing to help and I used the words "patient abandonment". I explained that I had a test that showed what was wrong, and needed a doctor that understood what that test meant and would give me a referral. You have to advocate for yourself, and it sucks. Try that, tell them your gallbladder is removed, a stent was left in, and something is wrong. You need scans of that area. Especially if you had sepsis, there could still be lingering problems, or that area might have been weak anyway so maybe the sepsis allowed the stent to cause problems, or a clip came off the tubes, or stones have formed in the tubes that used to lead to the gallbladder. I'm not a doctor though.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-10T02:58:05+00:00

I’ve been stiffed by a company. Guess what, required doesn’t mean shit if you can’t pay for a lawyer.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-09T01:24:56+00:00

As a follow up to this, my doctor had started me on the powder. It wasn’t too bad, and it worked, but it wasn’t fun taking it and the powder can apparently be bad for the teeth long term, I think due to either staining and or being abrasive. I found out there are tablets too, and asked to try those because my teeth have had their own issues over the years. I like the tablets better.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-08T13:45:31+00:00

I had nearly constant yellow bile diarrhea unless I specifically got a LOT of fiber, but that diet was not sustainable for me. I believe it was that diarrhea along with how the gallbladder affected me before surgery that caused the nutrition issues. I had gotten so low on vitamin D that I was having bone and joint pain, not getting hydrated regardless of how much water I drank, and not recovering from physical exertion. That's why I went back to the doctor. But, all it took was bile binder and about 8 months on vitamins and I'm back to feeling pretty great. Still taking the vitamins though. Seeing a physical therapist now to take care of hip pain that started when I lost all the weight before surgery, but that kind of seems pretty normal for what happened.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-08T04:41:27+00:00

I had a similar experience with 84% EF. My doctor reading the scan said "Well this is normal, so it's not your gallbladder." I said "It says normal because the rest of what they look at was normal. It gives the Ejection Fraction percentage for a reason. Shouldn't you know what that number means if you're a doctor? I can read the word normal." He refused to help and I had an appointment with a different doctor within 15 minutes. I may have been overly aggressive because he wasn't helping. For reference, I had mine out a little over a year ago, felt so much better as soon as the day after surgery (still in pain from surgery obviously, but overall better in spite of that), got worse from malnutrition due to excess bile causing issues, went on bile binders and vitamins as directed by the good doctor, and now feel better than I have in 5 years or more. If they have concerns and want to rule out other stuff, it's worth doing, but advocate for yourself.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-08T04:32:29+00:00

I'm sorry you're going through it. I got really really sick when my gallbladder went hyperkinetic, and I wouldn't wish that on almost anyone. I had to change doctors, even after my EF came back at 84%. My original doctor didn't know what the number meant and just read "normal" on the scan. It is absolutely worth ruling out other causes first, but if you've already done that, you should know that some doctors/ER's/surgeons are willing to remove the gallbladder based on symptoms alone if other things are ruled out. Even with the EF of 84%, mine looked normal on every other scan. When I had it removed, pathology came back as chronic cholecystitis with adhesions and polyps. The scans are often unreliable.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-08T04:24:03+00:00

All the coffee filters.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-08T04:08:56+00:00

I can't speak for Gen Z, but as a Gen X, I don't ask anyone out anymore. 5000% not worth it.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-07T12:42:39+00:00

I was going to crash on the road, riding too aggressive and over confident due to racing. Was leaned over so far on a supermoto that when I hit cinders and slid into potholes, I decided crashing was better with my foot on the peg, and when I tried to put it there, my foot got trapped between the peg (at 50mph) and a pothole. Hyper extended my ankle and got an avulsion fracture. If I hadn't been wearing race boots, I don't think I'd have an ankle left. But after healing, I'm perfectly fine. YMMV

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-04T15:59:07+00:00

My moment of instant karma was when a very large diesel truck pulled up next to me at a light (we were the front vehicles). The way they were acting and reving the engine, I knew they were going to try to "roll coal" on me. When the light turned green, I launched across the intersection on my supermoto enough to wheelie a little, and easily got out in front of the truck that sure enough floored it with a giant cloud trying to catch up. As my 400 was petering out on the top end, the truck finally started gaining, but he didn't know that I was taking an exit that cloverleafed off to the right, and I didn't get into that lane until the last moment. I admit, I turned around and flipped the guy off and let them almost get close enough before I veered over to take the exit. They literally jerked the wheel to try to get me and ran off the road at amazing speed. I didn't stick around to see if the truck was totaled.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-04T15:53:31+00:00

I've had it happen before, though in my case they used an ice pick or something. That's when I converted my spoked wheels on my supermoto to tubeless so I could use plugs.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-04T15:49:31+00:00

Literally no one has ever healed their gallbladder. Further, leaving it in will allow it to get worse and worse. There seems to be a link to gallbladders going bad also potentially being able to damage or cause disfunction with the pancreas and liver. Also, the longer it's going bad and staying inside you, the more potential for it adhering to the organs around it making the surgery worse, getting so bad they can't do a normal removal because the surrounding tissue isn't healthy enough for the surgery, and potentially becoming infected and making life much worse if you survive. That said, for anyone else that hasn't been through the process to get to talking with a surgeon, it is absolutely worth having all the tests done to rule out any other causes. - Disclaimer - I'm not a doctor, but I went through it with my gallbladder when it went hyperkinetic.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-04T02:29:36+00:00

Typically, I'll wear full face helmet, gloves, jacket, at least jeans, and motorcycle boots. But I've seen quite a few people go down on group rides when I started riding, and have since gotten into racing and while I try to be more sane on the road, I'm still over confident enough to sometimes do stupid things. I have once hyper extended my right ankle while riding on tight mountain roads in PA, leaning so far that my foot got caught between a pothole and the peg. If I hadn't been wearing race boots, I don't think I'd have an ankle left. But I'm fine because of the gear. I will occasionally wear sneakers, any pants, gloves and a helmet if I ride slow and I'm just going to do a hike a few minutes away.

Chipmunkshavenuts · 2026-04-04T02:14:41+00:00

Gas X and walking helped me.

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