Carb nightmare
Well, at least the problem isn't with my bike. I was helping a friend with his ninja 250 this Saturday. His carb had seperated from the airbox boots (I'm guessing the previous owner had something to do with this). As a result, the carbs were completely clogged from dirt. We managed to get the carbs out a few weeks ago for cleaning.
For those of you who have worked with the Ninja 250, you probably know or have heard stories about how much of a pain it is to take the stock air box out. Let me tell you, the stories are all true. It was a big pain taking the air box out. Putting it back went smoother as we had better tools now and knowing what to expect. However, after putting the air box in, we spent about 4 hours trying to get the carbs onto the air box boots. The rubber boots were somewhat deformed already, and the bottom part had really deteriorated (the rubber was very hard near the bottom). And after 4 hours of failed attempts, we finally gave up and decided to go with some 3rd party pods instead.
Five hours total wasted for nothing. And now we get to take the airbox off again when the pods arrive.
