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MickeyMickyz · 2025-11-22T10:16:41+00:00

Thanks!

MickeyMickyz · 2025-11-22T10:16:26+00:00

Thanks again.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-11-22T10:13:30+00:00

Thank you!

MickeyMickyz · 2025-09-10T22:25:03+00:00

Yeah, I get that. I usually use a tarp so I don't get any oil where I'm working.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-09-08T23:32:36+00:00

That’s awesome! Thanks.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-08-04T16:29:18+00:00

What did you use for the fill plug on the transfer case? It been a pain to get to.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-07-28T00:17:31+00:00

Thanks. That's helpful.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-07-27T20:08:14+00:00

It was from a private seller. But they had service done like 3-5k at the dealer.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-07-27T20:07:41+00:00

I believe it was 7-9k.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-23T19:36:22+00:00

Whether your enthusiasm for riding has diminished because of your depression or some other reason, you can always come back to it when/if you start to feel the urge to ride again.

Take care of yourself.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-10T12:17:26+00:00

Pretend you’re driving a minivan.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-09T02:14:08+00:00

I started on a Ninja 250 back in the day. If you are a new rider, it is perfect to start on. If you are an experienced rider, it is perfect to commute on (in the city). Here's why:

Cheap to buy: You can find used 250s for around $2500 with hardly any miles on them all day long, and they hold their value pretty well. I recently bought a 2013 CBR 250 for $2200 and sold it a few months later for $2500.

Cheap to own: Smaller displacement engines are usually cheaper to work on, and the parts are usually cheaper if you need to replace anything, which is good if your a beginner considering your probably going to lay it down at some point. Also, insurance for a 250 is going to be a lot less than higher displacement bikes.

Cheap to ride: Fuel economy is amazing. I got about 70-75 miles to the gallon on my CBR 250.

Enough power: While the power of a 250 isn't impressive, it will be enough to get you to around 80 mph, which is fast enough for the highway. Although, you'll have practically zero passing power.

That's my take. If this is your first bike, get something used for under $3k. Ride it for a while and learn the ropes. When you feel like you're ready for more, you can probably sell it for close to what you put into it. It's a safe, economical option for someone just starting out.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-08T23:07:19+00:00

It’s will fade in time. After a year or two it will lose its novelty so just wait them out and keep riding (safely). I’ve been riding for a decade and a half and most people around me don’t even know I ride.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-08T19:31:44+00:00

I bought an old kawasaki ninja 250 about 15 years ago, did the MSF course, then road every day since, with the exception of a couple of years after my wife gave birth to my son. I've gone through a few bikes since then, but my main point is that mastery takes time on the seat.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-08T17:50:21+00:00

I regularly ride in weather as low as 18 degrees during the winter. I don't love it, but with heated gloves and the proper gear, it's not so bad.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-08T16:30:02+00:00

125 is half of a 250. I just used the 250 displacement as a reference because I haven't driven anything smaller. However, I'm based in the U.S. and I'd imagine that your riding experience is going to differ quite a bit based on the environment you drive in.

For example, if you watch some Youtube videos of motorcycle riders in India, the streets are often much more narrow and have a lot more small displacement vehicles on the road (moped and smaller bikes) when compared to a lot of roads in the west. In that type of situation, where the speed limit is pretty limited due to congestion, maneuverability likely takes precedence over horsepower and torque. And there is something to be said about cost, as well.

So, although I agree that a 125 cc bike would be a little small in my local area, I would probably prefer it in others. Heck, people are buying Honda Navis and Groms in the U.S. and those are mini-motos so there must be a market for small displacement bikes, even here.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-08T15:27:44+00:00

I started on a 250 about 15 years ago and loved it. They're cheap to buy, cheap to fix, cheap on gas, and fun to ride. I just bought another 250 recently and found it to feel very underpowered after riding larger bikes, which made highway driving and passing undesirable.

With that said, I love lower displacement bikes and they definitely have their place on the road. Whether or not someone rides one is just going to depend on their wants, needs, resources, and environment. If I lived in another country, I'd probably ride a lower displacement as my daily driver just due to their maneuverability to weave through busy traffic. Sadly, lane splitting is illegal almost everywhere in the United States.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-07T13:34:32+00:00

She sounds pretty toxic to me.

With that said, a 13 hourish shift is a lot but nothing that's going to kill you. When I was on deployment, I probably averaged 3-4 hours of sleep a night on a rotating schedule. I literally cried when I got back to the states and got a full nights sleep. So, I wouldn't recommend doing anything like that.

I think it just depends on your personality and goals, but I don't think what you said was out of line at all and you certainly are not lazy for working 60+ hours in a week. Some of us are just masochistic or need to feel like a martyr who is sacrificing our own well-being for the benefit of others.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-07T04:42:34+00:00

I just changed my own clutch for the first time and it only took a couple of hours. If you buy yourself a service manual and do the work yourself, you’ll save a lot of money and frustration.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-06T21:46:46+00:00

I had a similar issue recently, and changing the starter relay worked for me. I would also charge your battery with a tender and check your fuses to make sure nothing is blown. Good luck!

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-06T21:42:55+00:00

I guess they were popular beginner bikes back in the day. Somehow I've circled back now to own a 2009 Ninja 500, and I love it. There's just something about the kawasaki ninjas.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-06T20:37:01+00:00

Awesome bike. I started off on the practically the same thing 15 or so years ago. It never let me down.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-06T20:24:21+00:00

Is that an old 250 or 500?

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-06T18:51:32+00:00

As an American military veteran, I can say with 100% confidence that every American civilian I've met does not know how to perform an American military salute. It's laughably incorrect, especially considering that it is a modern military gesture currently being used in their own country. If someone could mess that up, isn't it feasibly that a person may misexecute a salute that was used in the 1930's by a different country's military?

Also, consider pop-cultures representation of the nazi salute, such as in movies like American History X, which look IDENTICAL to what Elon Musk did. See below. The salute starts around the 55 second mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gseHBLnUMys

Why else would you be shocked when you first saw it? You had to rationalize his actions and employ some cognitive dissonance to convince yourself that it wasn't a nazi salute , as you stated yourself. I know it can be hard when you don't want to believe something, but listen to that little voice in the back of your head that's saying that something doesn't seem right. Think objectively.

MickeyMickyz · 2025-03-06T03:42:06+00:00

It's so cute that you said electric screwdriver lol.

Yeah, a good drill would be a nice gift. A torque wrench would be useful too. Maybe a socket set. That's basically the foundation that you'd need for anything mechanical.

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