help! bike won't start

[ninja79]

There is an electrical switch on the right side of the bike, connected to the brake pedal by a spring. When you apply the rear brake, this spring pulls on the switch and brings the connections inside it together, activating the brake light. Sounds like there isn't enough movement in the switch to activate it, but it can be adjusted - there should be a couple of locknuts on the switch - you will have to turn them so that the spring tension will move the switch enough to turn on the lights.

Thanks. How do I know if the switch is being activated? When I just touch the front brake, I hear as distinct click and the brake light turns on -- so that must be switch. I don't hear such a click when I press the rear break.

The brake pedal pushes a rod into some sort of device, which has two cables coming out of it. One goes to the rear brake, and the other one goes up into the seat and I'm assuming eventually all the way to the brake light.

What would I need to adjust to make the brake light turn on?

Oh and where can I get a good manual that explains this whole thing?

thanks,

Eugene

[snwbrdr]

Thanks flynrider... actually by cold weather im talking about temperatures between 0 and 30 fahrenheit, im from Ohio not north cali like most of the rest of you. thanks for the reply though

[paul246]

Paul,
the problem you mentioned with the two cluthes sticking together....
1) Do 2000 ninja 250 have this same clutch design?
2) Mine is freezing like that in the winter is this whats happening/ is there a long term solution? i figured out the whole walking and dropping the clutch thing on my own, but its kinda difficult when its really cold. i know the best solution would be to take the truck, but when you get the itch....

Nothing that I'm aware of. One thing that may speed things up is to place a small electric heater so that it blows against the clutch housing. Then try the loosening up procedure a few times before attempting to start it and put it in first. After that you should try to regularly use the bike if you can or periodically give it the "walk and drop the clutch" exercise.