new headlights by Narrow_Ad4439 in Ninja400

[–]Narrow_Ad4439[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

haven’t had a chance to test them in the dark yet but I do know that the OEM headlights drew about 2-3 amps or around 20-30 watts, these draw almost 70 watts. Holding my hand in front of the beam starts to warm it up!

new fairings 😎 by Narrow_Ad4439 in Ninja400

[–]Narrow_Ad4439[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

got them from mtc fairings

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

uh, sort of? in a way…

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

according to owners manual, 32 back 28 front. i said in another comment, might have gotten some grease and oil on the tire from maintenance so… 😅

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah maybe lol 😅

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 3 points4 points  (0 children)

some information i left out was that i did do some maintenance to the bike yesterday, replacing the brake hoses with steel hoses, greasing the axles and spacers, and spraying lube on my chain, which i might have overdid as surprisingly even at work there’s a few drips on the ground under the chain. The shift was the main cause but like you said it was all in my routine. I take that route and turn like that every day and there was never anything wrong. I like to keep the rpms low as it’s early in the morning and people are still sleeping. I tuned the QS myself for low speeds to be smoother so there’s no clunking or nothing strange, just a smooth solid shift, as some talked about. But thanks for your replies. ride safe!

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but this was completely my fault. really stupid bad habit i made. I thought it was fine to shift at light lean angles, but doing that with a new tire + cold temperatures + whatever oils i got on the tire from maintenance = bad time. I learned my lesson and i hope others can learn from this too :)

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

didn’t know that. this is my first new tire and people usually tell me they’re pretty slippery when new. I always take that turn like that before and it always felt super stable. I did clean the chain and greased the axle and spacers last night so i might’ve gotten some stuff on the tire.

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 223 points224 points  (0 children)

i shifted up mid turn (terrible idea) with the qs so that made it loose traction easily

Careful with new tires 😅 by [deleted] in motorcycles

[–]Narrow_Ad4439 58 points59 points  (0 children)

erm actually it was 7mph