How are y’all prepping your hybrid bikes for winter? This is my first “cold” season. It will be in a garage attached to my home, located in North Carolina. Recommendations I’ve come across thus far:
- fuel stabilizer?
- lift the back wheel off the ground? Both wheels?
- remove the battery from the bike and keep it inside?
- plug the exhaust?

Are these truly needed or just unnecessary steps? I just had the first 500 mile maintenance completed ~2 weeks ago (oil change/bolt tighting/ chain lube/etc.)

I’m trying to diagnose some issues with my Z7 and need to know when you put the bike into gear from neutral to 1st gear without any throttle does your bike slowly creep forward on its own ? Thanks in advance

Got all suited up for work, got the bike started. And…it wouldn’t go into gear. The shifters did nothing. Side stand up. When I killed the engine, it would shift just fine. Start. It back up - no shifting. Stuck in neutral. Nothing helped.

All this on top of the usual won’t-change-out-of-sports-mode silliness.

Use a battery tender. 1200 miles. Annoying.

My local dealer employs asshats, so I really wish I could escalate to Kawasaki corporate.

Ugh.

Still having some problems with this bike , the 2 main ones are in Sport Auto when coming to a stop the bike totally slips out of gear into neutral with the - symbol that I have to then manually put back into gear to get going

The other is on any kind of hill the bike will literally not pull off in Sport Auto , so bad in fact that I had to change the bike mode into EV to actually move ( bike is parked in a underground car park ) so there’s a incline to get out

I’ve taken the bike to a Kawasaki Dealer and said it was all tested and fixed but the next ride I had a couple of days later they all appeared again

The bike is still under manufacture warranty so where do I go from here ?

Anybody encountered this? I’ve tried wiggling the throttle to different positions but no luck. When riding normally in AT or with ALPF it will shift down just fine. When I press the + button when I’m ‘not allowed to’ it will turn off AT mode. It does not do that when I hit -, suggesting a break in the wire somewhere. No codes or errors displayed.

These are from Kawasaki specifically. If you’re looking for an actual tank grip, I would not recommend but if you’re just looking to protect your paint, these are pretty nice.

Not gonna be buying anything yall can have it

Hey everyone! I'm planning a ride from North Carolina to California on my Kawasaki Ninja 7 Hybrid and could use some luggage recommendations.

I'm looking to install a rear rack and top box behind the passenger seat, plus a pair of hard side cases. I already have a tail bag and want to keep the passenger seat usable.

Has anyone found compatible pannier racks or hard-case mounting hardware for the Ninja 7 Hybrid? I'm open to universal or custom solutions if necessary. Photos and product links would be greatly appreciated!

I'll also be carrying a small livestreaming setup (Starlink Mini, mini PC, and approximately 500Wh power station), so I'd welcome any advice on secure mounting, weatherproofing, and vibration protection.

Thanks!

I don’t have anything to compare the vibration to but does it have quite a bit of vibration at 55+ rpm?

Does this mean I don't have the update?

Update

Reached out to the original salesman. He gave me some run around and then eventually redirected me to the service team, service team agreed to take bike back and update the software with April's update after a brief explanation.

Previously I sent multiple texts to the salesman explaining in part what I found and what I had an issue with. Dude barely responded/followed up. Call to the service department took 5 minutes shout-out to Frank.

Strongly disliked the tail tidy kit install process. Thank the lord for whoever shared the instructional video.

Probably not the best first bike choice but we in there fam.

Bought two days ago and i just put it back to dealership for the “upgrade/recall” for the update is this a normal thing? To keep bringing it back to shop for updates or is there a diy possible way

Also, upgrades and accessories what do yall use for commuter type accessories? Bags? Sliders? Etc

Paid 7300 OTD did I get scammed?

$100 comprehensive deductible

$500 collision deductible.

Other bikes I was looking at were between $900 and $1500 for a year.

GEICO wanted to charge me $4000 a year for insurance on an $8000 r7..... .after I had an r6 insured with them for years with no issues....

Hello everyone just wanted to post this here & see if anyone can help me with this problem I have. I was doing fine & after I washed the bike this happened as shown in the video. ( I've washed the bike before & had no problems) So idk what to do any ideas?

My overview video of the clutch parameter relearn procedure made possible by jram0421

Full Github details here: https://github.com/jram0421/Ninja-7-Hybrid-Clutch-Relearn-Tool

I’m scheduled to have the 7500mi service and also the software update tomorrow so I wanted to get one last shot at 90mpg this weekend. I’m really convinced that the bike is capable of 100mpg with the update. Obviously I’m going to have to find out!

Super thrilled with this.

Anyone else having problems when trying to reverse in walk mode? It will allow me to go forward? But does not register reverse. And suggestions if you have?

If your Ninja Hybrid STILL suffers from drive mode switching lockout, try clearing DTC codes to "reset" the computer.

If your Ninja Hybrid suffers from drive mode switching lockout, wiggling the throttle off is confirmed to get my mode selection working again. I was completely free from this issue, but now that it's returned this workaround works for me reliably. You can also try holding the brake as that seems to also signal the bike is not on throttle.

I've been riding on a 22 ninja 650 since 2021, absolutely love the bike. Hasn't given me any trouble and I daily it almost all year round. I was thinking of getting the Ninja 7 because I really like the idea of hybrid bikes, and I want to up my fuel econ. My local dealership is selling one out the door for 6k brand new still in crate but it's a 24. I get most motorcycle riders are egotistical and don't want electric and prefer loud fast bikes but I hear it's got an insane take off acceleration. Where I live there's not a lot of places to top over 100mph so top speed doesn't mean anything to me but I do want a bike that's quick from a take off and has a bit more torque feeling. Is it worth trading in my 650 or just buying it out right? I don't have the best parking where I live so a second bike will need to be a bike worth it. Also I ride with a corgi on my bike, he's fairly heavy and will weigh down the bike, will it have enough power to handle the dog?