Awesome job on the bike build Brian. Looking forward to this weekend and watching Max improve his race craft this season.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. The kid rode really well at Road Atlanta, looking forward to VIR now. - Van

nice and good luck. side note: because of you and your videos...I got a Ninja 400 two months and have been following your build videos and signed up for a track day.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy that bike and your track time! - Van

Glad to see this business still thriving. I used to order from these guys in the late 2000s. Brian used to answer the phone and take orders himself when they were busy. I stopped riding around 2010 and just now starting to get the itch again. I see new orders in my future here...

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your business and for watching! - Van

Bike looks fantastic. Appreciate the deep dive into the race goodies. Good luck this season.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome and thank you for watching! - Van

Always love how descriptive you are in your video's.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

What a beauty! Can’t wait for the season, see you all when Pittsburgh comes back around again. Good luck and stay safe guys!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and we will see you at Pitt! Go 48 and 62! - Van

M4 Exhaust FTW and the owners are awesome as well! Drop the hammer Max! Good luck this year, and your mechanic needs to smile more..LOL! Great review and talking points about the race parts! Pure awesomeness!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! M4 is one of the brands we are proud to offer here at STG for sure. - Van

Bike looks outstanding,,hope all your hard work and preparation help you to a great season.Liked and thanks as always...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

What a great dad! Max is lucky!!!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

We are lucky to have each other! Thanks for watching. - Van

awesome walk around, its cool to see what you guys have to go through to get a race ready bike!! I hope to see you guys at laguna this year

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Make sure to come over and say hi at Laguna. - Van

Dude, that thing is so sick. Very nice job.

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

The kid has really been riding this bike well. Thanks for watching! - Van

good stuff man! good luck this season!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! - Van

“I tell him to read the… effing rule book, and build the motor.” That’s great 😂😂😂 Nice build. Especially for the boy. Awesome stuff.

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

good video! I would watch more of these!!

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

Your an awesome Dad :) love the father son duo!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the kind words. - Van

What a SWEET build!

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

Best of luck to Max this year!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! - Van

LOVE this kind of stuff.

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

We are blessed to be doing what we are doing for sure. Thank you for watching! - Van

Congratulations on the podium!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, it was a great weekend. - Van

Hell yeah! Looks great, thanks for sharing. You always do a great job in your videos.

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome and thank you for watching! - Van

Looks great and seems like a fun project, good luck to him in his races It's kind of a shame that companies didn't continue making beefy small bikes like they did in the 90s, e.g. the RVF400, with the double front discs, upside down forks, 4 cylinders, etc. These 300's and 400's look fun and all, but it would be cool if they were truly the small versions of their bigger brothers in the engine department.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it would be nice if there was a better chassis that uses the same 400 power plant. In stock trim the Ninja 400 is a very basic motorcycle, it takes a lot to make this into a good race bike. - Van

I used a soft return spring on my old R3 and a r6 throttle tube and I loved it. Highly recommend the upgrade even for the street. It's cheap to.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

It is an excellent upgrade for the R3 or the 400 for sure. - Van

Go Max!! Nice Hayden decal!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

We have that on both Max's and Joe's bike. Gone but never forgotten. - Van

Nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

excellently prepared race bike.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

I am really proud of this one. We learned a lot with the project bike and racing at MotoAmerica last year. Everything I did not like with the first build I cleaned up with this one. - Van

Wicked bike man

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

Great job by Max and Joe LiMandri at Road Atlanta. They were both ripping out there

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Both of the boys rode very well last weekend. Thanks for watching! - Van

Well done, Sir. 👏 Respect. 👊 ❤❤

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

Nice work.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! - Van

Love this bike...

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Reese at REB Graphics did an amazing job with the graphics. - Van

Looks great.

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

Just watched MA and max killed it !!!!! Nice job guys. Felling bad for Kayla though

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Both Joe and Max had a great weekend. We are friends with Kayla and feel the same way. End of the day the call was correct (not just because it worked in our favor) but the series should have done a better job of handling the situation. I have discussed this with them and they were receptive. MotoAmerica is doing a great job overall. - Van

Sick dude I got a 22 as well krt edition

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy that Ninja 400. - Van

Great looking bike! I love the Nicky Hayden tribute decal on the tail section. You mention the green brake lines for contingency. Do you have to have a certain percentage of green on the bike?

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Kawasaki requires a certain amount of Team Green be on the bike to qualify. Last year some teams were running a green front fender, we decided to have some green all over the bike. I even popped for some OEM Kawasaki wheel stripe kits for all the wheels. - Van

I would like to know more about what you do to the engine and are you able to flash tune the ecu? Do you run stock crank, pistons , heads and valves? Do you port and polish? What does the bike put to the ground HP TQ? Thanks love watch your videos.

great video, amazing bike! are you guys running stock gearing?

@sportbiketrackgear

10 ай бұрын

No we are running a 415 chain with different gearing for pretty much every track we are racing at. - Van

Best of luck. Hope to meet you in Pittsburgh..

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, make sure to come over and see us at Pitt! - Van

Awesome 👍🙋‍♂️✌

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank yo for watching! - Van

Thanks for sharing, great video! I wonder what rear suspension are you using? I am thinking about upgrading mine

@sportbiketrackgear

6 ай бұрын

We used the K-Tech 35DDS Lite Rear Shock on our Ninja 400's. Here is a link to that shock on our site: www.sportbiketrackgear.com/k-tech-kawasaki-ninja-400-18-22-35dds-lite-rear-shock/

Hey Van, love the vids - what is the wet weight of this race prepped 400? Also, did you guys test the fork brace from the earlier build vid’s and decide not to use it?

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

The fork brace is not legal in MotoAmerica so we no longer run it. The minimum weight for the Ninja 400 is 137kg. Max's bike weighs 139.5kg with no fuel in the tank. - Van

sweet bike

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! - Van

I like video clips of Ninja 400

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! - Van

Any issues with false neutrals on that one (or the 2018)?

Very helpful. I'm surprised that the oem master cylinder is retained for motoamerica.

@sportbiketrackgear

5 ай бұрын

In this class you have to run the OEM master. - Van

hey man, thanks always for the videos, i have a problem and you are the only one who talks good about the ninja 400. so i was trying to do a 4 pin adapter for the tail conector diagnóstic and i put loose wires on the pins, i found a diagram in the internet that says that 1 of those pines is called K Line, so i put a wire and the wire touch the red conector of the battery and made a cut, now the bike it doesn't start, and the keys if i put in on/ignition position it doesn't do anything, please help, I hope I explained it well

@sportbiketrackgear

4 ай бұрын

Undo anything you have done and recheck. If you still have a no start condition check all of your fuses. If they are all good it is possible you have damaged the ECU and will need to replace it. - Van

Have you ever shot a video or talked about installing tank foam? How does that work with the fuel gauge etc?

@sportbiketrackgear

11 ай бұрын

We have not shot a video on tank foam. It for sure interferes with the fuel gauge. - Van

nice bike😍👍 can you make a video on how to remove code error 21 on ninja 400? thanks😎

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Assuming you have solved the problem that turned the CEL on you will need a scan tool to clear the code. - Van

Hey man quick question, you ever had to replace the mechanical water seal on a 400? Mine started leaking coolant the other day outta nowhere

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

I have our engine builder install the Norton Motorsports Kawasaki Ninja 400 Replacement Cylinder Coolant Seal in all of our engines. We have never had a failure because we have this in all the engines. Here is a link to it on our site: www.sportbiketrackgear.com/norton-motorsports-kawasaki-ninja-400-replacement-cylinder-coolant-seal/ - Van

are all bikes engine internals in the MOTO AMERICA JUNIOR series have to be stock or can be gutted and replaced with full on racing materials like the World Super Sport 300 series in WSBK ?

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

For the Ninja 400 there is not much that can be done to the engine. Cam timing, under cut trans and polished trans are pretty much it. The R3 you are able to do quite a bit more to so the power will be on par with the restricted Ninja 400. - Van

Hello, is the engine stock or exactly which parts have changed and what are you using motoamerica approved as software are you using power commander?

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

For MotoAmerica you can not really make any significant changes to the engine. With the current rules package the motor is more restricted than anything else. For the engine management we are using a MotoAmerica approved ECU flash. - Van

Does MotoAmerica not use the spec Mectronik ecu like FIM ans BsB?

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

We are running the OEM Kawasaki ECU. There is one other system you can use that replaces the ECU from Solo Engineering that is MotoAmerica legal. - Van

*69, Respect for Nicky Hayden! great video, thanks for the post!!!

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

100% thanks for watching! - Van

Is max in any of the vids/races posted by MotoAmerica?

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

Considering he took a 1st and a 2nd last weekend I would hope to see him. - Van

13:47 next time other side woodcraft custom handle bar switch installation video....... please because I love that🆒🆒👏👏🤠🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍🏻👌🏻

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

We should do a little video covering that for sure. - Van

@maya00795

2 жыл бұрын

@@sportbiketrackgear 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏👍🏻

Do you still have the stock parts? Some jerk stole a bunch of stuff off my bike and from my home and now I’ve got to find a way to get it close enough to safe to ride again asap and finance wise couldn’t be a worse time. Exhaust would be the single biggest thing I’m missing now

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

We actually have multiple sets of the stock parts now that we need to sell. Plan to work on that this winter. - Van

When will we be able to buy the body kit?

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Here is a link to the Armour Bodies for the Ninja 400 on our site: www.sportbiketrackgear.com/armour-bodies-kawasaki-ninja-400-2018-pro-series-bodywork-kit/ It is out of stock now but we expect it to be back soon. - Van

Could you tell us how much did you spend on all the mods?

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

I have never sat down and added all of it up. Throwing a dart at it you will be somewhere around 8k or so plus the bike. - Van

What type of oil would you run in a stock ninja 400 I asked you in another video but I didn’t realize it was from nine years ago lol

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

We are running Motul 300V in a 5w30. - Van

What’s the purpose of limiting the redline?

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

This was done by the FIM to balance the Kawasaki Ninja 400 and the Yamaha R3. - Van

How does someone get into the racing scene?

@sportbiketrackgear

2 ай бұрын

You start with track days, then some club racing before you take the step to professional racing. - Van

@austinbanh7935

2 ай бұрын

@@sportbiketrackgear thanks for the reply! I didn’t realize how old this video was when I was watching it! I’ll took a look into it but I didn’t see many tracks around the Kansas City area so I might have to look into surrounding states.

How much horse power does that make ?

@sportbiketrackgear

5 ай бұрын

Sorry, I am not going to give that number out. We sold the bike to another racer who will be using it in MotoAmerica this season. - Van

@naveedaka

5 ай бұрын

@@sportbiketrackgear ok bro

@naveedaka

5 ай бұрын

Can u tell me how much power does a stock ninja 400 make there

This is your yearly reminder to update your website and solicitation to have you hire me to do so…I would love to

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

We are actually working on a full site update right now. If you are local to us and looking for a job come on by. - Van

Cuantos HP tiene?

@sportbiketrackgear

2 жыл бұрын

No hablo

@kibert1

2 жыл бұрын

@@sportbiketrackgear traductor sirve para vos

So, hang on - and again, I beg your patience with me. You're saying there's a double banjo off the master, and the extra one goes to a data box in the dash itself? It reads fluid pressure thru an actual hose?!? Because that trick as hell. Like I said, I dunno s**t so maybe that's elementary to everybody, but it blows my mind that the other end of that brake line is going into a computer.

@joek81981

Жыл бұрын

There it goes, you can see the bottom one, off the master. I didn't wait long enough. Effing bananas, man. So cool.

@sportbiketrackgear

11 ай бұрын

Yes with this setup there is a second short hose off the master that holds the brake pressure sensor. - Van

Do you revel in the knowledge that you’re like that dad that people dream of having as a kid? If not you should.

@sportbiketrackgear

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. Max and I are lucky to have each other for sure. - Van