Whew I’m coming down the home stretch!

I got a set of Pirelli Sport Demon Tires for my bike (100/90/16 Front, 130/90/16 Rear)! These are supposed to be excellent tires; guess I’ll find out when I get it riding.

I got the tires professionally mounted and balanced this time so that I would have a baseline for the next set. They seem to be pretty well balanced, though the weights fell off one wheel and I had to re-balance it myself.

Now that my wheels are set up, I put the wheels back on the bike and aligned the rear wheel and set the chain slack. I also cleaned the chain as per these instructions. The chain looks a lot better and doesn’t have so much gunk on it.

It’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better than it was. I’ll need to keep an eye on it to see what kind of condition it seems to be in.

I also lubed the throttle cables and speedo cable. The clutch cable seems to have a plastic sheath (maybe teflon) and feels fine, so I didn’t bother to lube it.

The MotionPro cable luber worked great, though I only needed it for one cable. The other cables had wide enough openings for the lubrication straw. I used 4x Ultra Lube for the cables. It seems to hold up well in my gas tank latch, hopefully it will work well here.

There’s very little left for me to do at this point that can’t be done without the carbs. I should be doing those soon, at which point I can sync the carbs, check my idle speed, check my throttle cable slack, change the oil, and change the coolant. After that, I’ll be ready to ride!

As always, here’s an album of all the pictures from this time around.

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Tags: EX250F, Motorcycle, Ninja 250R, Project