Top 10 2008 kawasaki Ninja 250R Questions & Answers

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Your post "engine will not turn start", are you referring to the starter motor not turning or is it cranking but will not run?

• if no crank, check the starter relay;
• will not run, verify that there is spark at the end of the plugs;
• will not tun, verify that there is fuel in the bowl of the carb (drain again);
• if it has a fuel valve, set to PRI.

Incidentally, any clicking sound when you press START? Pls postback updates.

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This should help alot.

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there are small allen bolts or lock screws.. take them out and it should just come off

where the valves set cold or hot? could make the world of a difference...is there intake leaks? bad floats perhaps....its a problem that will take some time cancelling out problem by problem

You need to remove the seat,sidecovers. Then take both sides off of air box (so you can move it slightly) remove fuel line (turn petcock off first) remove vacumm line from the tank and remove tank. Then take a philips screw driver and loosen the clamps on the carb boots.At the air box boots take a small flat screw driver and roll thye springs back. Disconect the choke cable.use a 10mm wrench and loosen adjusting bolt on throttle both the push and the pull side.unscrew the cables out of the braket. pull backon the airbox as you tilt the carbs up toward the airbox and they should come out.once removed you will need a philips,narrow flat head.and a 10mm wrench. drain fuel from carbs and remove bowls. take one carb apart at a time so not to mix floats and needles up.pull the pin holding the floatand remove the needle sholud come out with it.use the 10mm to take out the needle seat(don't loose the washer).
look down the holes in the bottom and you will see screws this is your pilot jet.BE VERY CAREFUL UNSCREWING THE JET AS IT IS BRASS AND WILL STRIP VERY EASILY. Turn the carbs over and remove tophats,srping and slide.turn your air mixture screw in until it hits bottom and count the turns (usually about 21/2 to 3 turns) remove screw and sring,washer and oring. If the oring and washer are stuck in the hole you will need a pic set and alot of pashence. Don't loose these or your bike won't idle right after.clean crabs with carb and choke cleaner and reassemble in reverse order. Hope this helps
P.S. turn mixture screws in all the way and back out same number of turns as you counted before.

1. Tell your dealer your Chassis No. for key replacement in their file
2. Try your local locksmith to make a duplicate
3. Replace the whole ignition key cylinder.
Good luck

This could be due to timing screw being incorrectly set
Locate gold timing screw on the carbrettta turn it clockwise only slightly till bike idles without choke on, Then when choke it on it should idle a touch higher.

I normally put a screwdriver between the terminals on the solenoid to see if it starts. If it does The second thing to do is listen for a click in the solenoid when pressing the start button. If it does but doesn't turn the starter then it's the solinoid at fault not the starter button. If you get nothing when connecting the terminals it's proberly the starter motor or connections.

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