Thanks for updating. How will we know the brake pad is worn out?

My back brake gives me kwek sound some times, when engaged below 20KM/H. Done 9.5K Kms.

You can visually see whether brake pads have worn out or not. I changed the first pair around 7-8,000 km.

Vishwas can you tell me what is done in servicing ?
Like in ordinary carborator bike SVC peoples do (1) Clean carborator (2) Clean Filter (3) Set Average by moving carborator screw (5) Changing Engine Oil Depends on owner (5) Oiling chain (6) Oiling Clutch (7) Oiling accelerator wire (8) Washing bike .
What SVC peoples actually do in Ninja Servicing ?

18,000 kms is a minor service, but during the major service of 12,000 and 24,000, here are the some of the things which are done during the service:

1) Oil change and oil filter change.
2) Valve clearance check/adjustment (have to open the cylinder head for this)
3) Coolant level check
4) Voltage inspection
5) Clean and oil air filter element
6) Wheel alignment
7) Check/adjust chain slack, chain lubrication.
8) Headlamps level adjustment
9) Spark plug cleaning/replacement x 2
10) Clutch/accelerator cable play check/adjustment
11) Brake pad inspection
12) Engine idle level inspection
13) And there is detailed washing/waxing etc.

This is what I remember from memory - for more details I can check up the manual and let you know.

Inputs needed

This evening, while riding the bike, when I shifted the gear to 2nd, suddenly the bike stopped. It stopped exactly the way it stops when the gear is shifted from neutral to 1st or 2nd while it is still on side stand.

I started the bike again and tried to 'recreate' this issue by riding slowly and shifting gears but the issue did not occur again and the bike rode fine.

Any ideas why this could have occured? Impurity in spark plug? Or something else?

-Ashutosh

Could be a possible sensor issue. It is good to have it checked once. Did the FI light come on at any point?

Sup bluevolt

Good to see ya here, Ten. I've been busy with a new job, and haven't been able to ride much either And worse I have been plagued with thoughts around a bike upgrade which I really don't need, but want

Haha..coming back to this thread feels like coming back home.
New bike ? Go for it go for it go for it. U want one and u need one too...in say the ninja 650R for ur touring fetish
Catch up with u soon..gonna be in bang lore for days together soon. Hope new job doesn't translate into a different city for you. That will be sad.
Does n_aditya frequent this thread still ?

The 'Wheel alignment' part was done for your bike sir @ 12k service?
As, I don't think they wouldn't be able to provide this here as no tool/machinery I found in PBK SVC, Delhi for Wheel alignment.

Ah.. no 650R man. That is a practical bike, and I already have a fast, practical bike for my touring. I was thinking something more exotic - lets see who comes on top; my head or my heart. My head tells me I have all the bike I need for the Indian roads, and my heart says something else. The problem with being 35 years old is that you start looking at the practical side all the time, and indulgence does take the back seat. Let's see how this turns out. But in no hurry, will probably wait it out till end of this year and wait for some more options to start cluttering my already jumbled head. By the way, I have outgrown my HD XR1200x fancy and probably the monster 796 too!

New job, but luckily that is just down the road from my old office, so problem there at all, still in cool Bangalore! Let me know when you are in town, lets meet up again my friend!

Adiboy is omnipresent - I am sure he will reply to this post before the sun is down this evening!

When I meant wheel alignment(not balancing), I meant only the rear wheel. That is done when they loosen up the rear wheel for adjusting chain slack, and when they tighten it, they make sure that the notches match up.

No buddy, the FI light was not seen even for a fraction of a second. Everything seems right there.

Awesome !!! Great to hear that you are coming to Blore. When? When? When? I'm still here, at least on the Ninja thread. Is a trackday on the cards? If yes, i'd love to track my ninja, infact waiting for an opportunity to. Do reserve a few days for us so we can show you around in Blore.

Monster 1100? Streetfighter? Triumph? BMW? A lil birdie also mentioned that the MV Agusta is going to be launched, no info on the date though.

P.S. Anyone know why the Ducati Hyper retard.. oops hypermotard is not as popular as the other models?

Wow nice work around for SVC peoples. Actually on any indian bike in service manual there are a lot more works are mentioned to be done but SVC does only few's i mentioned earlier

0-100kmph

Friends - How long it takes for Ninja 250 to do 0-100kmph? I beleive around 6 secs (my driving exp, never measured though). Most car and bike show says 8 secs....