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Old 01-20-2011, 09:00 PM   #13 (permalink)
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NinFo - '09 kawasaki ninja 250R
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Originally Posted by WE3ZS View Post
Why so long on the choke?
the newer ninja 250 is a very cold blooded machine, mainly because of the stock carb settings. i dont know about the older ones. this bike takes a little bit to warm up when its in the 30s & 40s. its not that bad though. let it warm up 3-5 minutes, and then take off with it on half choke, and then after a mile or 2 you can turn it off. every bike i have owned has had different cold weather characteristics. some were good, and some were bad. this bike is pretty good about warming up. i had a 750 katana that took 15 minutes to warm up, and you were not going anywhere until that thing warmed up. i had a 650 vstar that hardly ever needed any choke no matter what temp it was. they are all different.
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