Originally Posted by
Sirio2127
Ryan I have a little advice. I am pritty shore the tuned 21 ninja has ceramic bearings in the rear. With all engine's but more so with ones with ceramic bearings during the barke-in procdure from first start you must be very carefull not to give fast excelaration you have to have very smooth throttal movements and alway's at a ritch setting. Ceramic Bearing have a bad habbet of skidding the balls inside the outer and inner races during the very early stages of brake-in. When that happens it damages the bearings very very early on befor the bearings and all moving parts have time to set there clearences. I am no expert but I have a feeling that may be part of your prob now. I know i have done it my self many times. I am much more carefull now to make shore i do very smooth throttal inputs on a fresh engine or even after replacing parts like bearings and conrod's. I hope you get it running agen soon. I knew the engine was not running like it should and i think once you get it sorted it should be quite good just don't give up yet. Best Regards Jeremy.
Hey, yeh, Chris ran it in with me..we let is lube right up for a tank at idle..then very cautiously drove it..and didn't give it rapid or hard throttle outings.. only started to really get on the throttle after about 6 or 7 tanks..
I emailed ninja, so hopefully they reply.
Whilst we had it apart.. we compared it to Chris's JP R03..and the porting on the Ninja has nothing on the JP...the JP looks much more impressive! If Ninja don't come to the party...I think I will have an Eagle on the way!
Cheers, Ryan