Re: Kawasaki Ninja 300 Ownership Experience

Finally! Someone please direct me to pointers regarding break in. The ktm guys told me to ride it the way i wish. No break in necessary. I seriously doubt that!

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Thank you so much for your valuable input.

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They are right.You can ride as you wish, no break-in required but take care not to run with very high rpm or very low rpm. keep the rpms varying and of course you can do 100 without any stress to the engine.

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I hope this helps:

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Helped immensely. Thanks.

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I breaked in my ninja couple of months as follows:

4000 rpm till first 500 kms - varying rpms mostly driving within city
6000 rpm until 1000 kms
8000 rpm until 1600 kms

and then voila.

Personally, i felt the bike was a lot smoother when it came in with Kawasaki engine oil. the vibrations were never felt. After first service with Motul SAE 10W40, that silky smoothness has gone. But this is the engine oil that is widely used by KTM service centers.

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the kawasaki engine oil u mention is the same Motul 7100. there are many other variants that u can use. i use the stock oil and it works just fine... my bike has finished 27000 km without issues...

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Omg ! How am i gonna keep this monster under 4000rpm?? Thats the hardest part !

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Actually air horn is illegal to use. If your area cops are regular in checking these things definitely you will be fined. But alternatively you can use normal horns used in cars.

Congrats. I have seen you various posts asking for query regarding which bike like R3/ninja and also used higher CC bikes.

Finally seems you got settled with ninja...!!

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You have a very keen eye. Thank u very much. Logic said R3. Heart inclined over ninja. I went with the heart. Plus the KRT edition paint scheme is a killer.

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yes, Quite irritating and you will get impatient. Take the bike daily for 50 - 60 km ride within city limits. Will help cross the initial 500 km target quickly. It also helps in varying the rpm's.


i crossed 500 within two weeks.

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[QUOTE=dineshaugustin;1262827]Actually air horn is illegal to use. If your area cops are regular in checking these things definitely you will be fined. But alternatively you can use normal horns used in cars.


I know. Mine is a small town. I know which places the inspectors hang around. Also, it is just a 15 km radius and i usually take my bike in weekends. Once i cross the town's limits usually before sunrise, i will take help of this horn. And i have the stock horn with a switch for city limits.

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The Kawasaki engine oil's color was greenish and Motul's is red. A slight vibration is noticed when we cross from 4k - 5k rpm these days which was not noticed before 1st service.

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Not sure of the Kawasaki oil, but Motul oil is top notch. I had the pleasure of using it once and only once(I couldn't afford to use it all the time back in the day) on my RTR180ABS and I have to tell you, I was impressed by it. The vibes went down, the gear shifts were not as notch-y and the bike seemed to rev easier than when it was running on it's regular diet of Shell AX7. The oil didn't last me as long as the shell oil, mind you, which was a surprise. But it was a good run.

I also noticed 2 things - One - unless my chain was well lubed and clean, it didn't matter if I changed the oil in my bike, the vibes were still rampant. Two - cleaning my bike kept the vibes at bay, and when I say clean I mean thoroughly, which - to give you an understanding of how thorough - meant I would take the bike apart and clean the frame, the engine cooling fins, grease the joints, adjust clutch play, clean the wheels and tyres, tighten every bolt on the bike I could reach(necessary because the RTR vibrates a lot) and check the spark plug for a bad AFR setting on the carb. Unless this happened every 6 months, the bike would give me hell. I understand that maintaining a bike this way can be testing in a country like ours, where dust is a part of the society as much as any one of us is, but you have to understand that a bike will perform like it's new only when it's in ship shape. Performance will degrade over time, no doubt, but it's literally on us owners to decide how long that time is.

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Got back from a 3500 km ride spanning a week and I am happy to say that my Ninja 300 performed flawlessly throughout the ride. My bike has done 35000 km on the odometer.

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Looking forward to a travelogue on your thread Was this the trip you were planning to Kodai? Happy to see you and the Ninja recovered well from your accident(I know this is old news, but last I came online you were injured from your IWB accident and I never did follow up on that).