Ok, I spent the weekend installing the clip-ons on my bike. They are perfect and I would highly recommend them to anyone if you want more of a racer / aggressive ride position.
The guys at Odd Coupe Industries (
www.oddcoupe.com) did a great job at presetting bar angles for the 250 right out of the packaging but I modified them a little to work for my racing preference.
Here is what I did:
Remove the original clipons. (I had to cut my bars due to the red threadlock compound that Kawasaki uses)
Right Side:
Slide the throttle tube on the new bars but don't tighten them yet.
Install the clipon with the factory mounting bolts.
Install the brake reservoir but do not tighten.
Left Side:
Slide the clutch lever assembly on new clip-on. Leave it loose for now.
Install clipon with the factory mounting bolts.
Determine preferred position of grips by sitting on bike.
(I like mine on the outside edge)
Drill preferred location for thottle tube assembly.
Tighten everything on right clipon.
Install grip on left clipon (I spray a little brake cleaner into the grip so it slides easy and dries with no residue)
Tighten all bolts.
Due to the new position, My brake line hit the dash panel. For me, it was fairly easy to lower my dash panel.
Here is how I did it:
Take off Front fairing.
Cut the dash panel mounting tabs. (I cut mine in the center)
Overlap the two pieces of metal that you just cut and drill holes into both pieces and use small nuts and bolts to attach them. (I lowered mine about 3/4" to 1" on both sides)
Reinstall fairing.
Again, based on my preferred ride position, the right throttle tube bolts would hit the side of my fairing on the flat part just above the gas tank. Easy fix, I slightly trimmed the fairing. (problem solved)
During the install, I decided to remove the horn, turn signal and choke switch assembly. To remove it, I unplugged the assembly and unbolted everything. However, I also removed the safety neutral switch to the clutch. To remove it, I unplugged the harness under the gas tank. Next I cut the wire on the harness that I removed (the cut was about 2.5" from the harness connector just in case I wanted to reinstall it later), strip the wire, twist them together and use a wire connector to crimp the two wires together. Reinstall the harnesses. Next I removed the female plug assembly under the clutch to allow me to rotate my clutch lever down to match the front brake.
Now check everything per recommended torque specifications and your done.
I know this all sounds difficult but it only took a couple hours but feels perfect. I rode the bike down the road and they are positioned perfect.
One other great thing the new clipons provide, I can now dial in my front fork rake for racing. The fork tubes can slide up or down thru the clipons allowing for a full front suspension setup.
As I mentioned above, These are sold at a great price and I highly recommend these for anyone that is considering a lower riser clipons. The OddCoupe Bars in my opinion are better than anything else you will find for these bikes and they are great guys to deal with (OddCoupe races what they sell). Feel free to ask me any questions that you may have.
Pictures left to right:
Dis-assembly with clutch hanging.
Dash removed with mounting tab cut.
Other side of dash with mounting tab cut.
Mounting tab on fairing stay cut and drilled.
Dash reinstalled.
Ninja 250 Clipons
Linear Mode
