Good video and happy to see more doing their own maintenance. Every rider should do so. Just a quick correction, the "Throttle Free-play" is the distance from when you first turn the throttle to the point where it ACTUALLY engages the throttle which is what the 2-3mm is a reference to. Keep up the good videos!

On a personal rant: I think the biggest load of crap is motorcycle warranty. 1 year?? They are betting most riders wont ride in the snow or bad weather. I purchased my new Kawasaki in October 2019. It was stored in the garage by December when the cold, rain and snow made it impossible to ride. I got it out this year around March. I have ridden it a whopping total of 560 miles in 6 months, but my warranty will expire in less than 2 months. Given the seasonal nature of riding, manufactures should at the very least offer a 2 year warranty. This hurts the dealer network as I will not be taking my bike to them for routine service as I have no incentive to do so. Having a longer warranty and enforcing routine maintenance would go a long way to helping dealers. Thanks for a good video.

Master tech here. Excellent video for DIY. Good job.

I ride a 2017 Ninja 650 with 60k miles on it, and I have always done my own maintenance and actually just this year, completely rebuilt my motorcycle from the frame. (New swingarm, engine, plastics, everything). And I did all of ny maintenance using that User Manual. When it came to rebuilding the bike, I bought a $20 Official Kawasaki Shop Manual that had everything I ever needed to know to do this rebuild. Save time and money by doing the work yourself. Excellent video, and hope everyone rides safe

Thanks LJ! Just hit 600 on mine and they quoted me WAY to high so thanks for the walkthrough and saving me money 👍 also I love how you went threw the whole 600 mile service not just the oil change

This is a damn good video, well edited, informative, to the point when it needs to be. Good shit LJ

thank you for this video! i am a visual person so reading through the manual is somewhat daunting but i appreciate you going over it. i just got a z650 a couple of months ago and was thinking of getting it serviced. i’m glad to see i can do it myself

Awesome job, I think you are the only person on KZfaq who has walked through the owners manual. Time for my first service on a 2021. Thank you

I'm so glad I found this video- and your whole channel really! You're very relaxed, without an "in your face" personality; music is relaxing too. I don't wanna feel stressed working on my bike, and you've helped me feel calm thinking "yeah, I can do this." I really liked how you displayed the owner's manual, and showed everything as you did it- explaining what you're doing and why. I now feel even more confident buying my first bike -a ninja 650

LJ just wanted to say your videos are awesome, your mannerism speech and etiquette are astounding and you hold the audiences attention with your well mannered and positive demeanor. Youre a very likable and detail oriented person and i look forward to more of your videos.

first I want to say nice bike, second thank you for this video and YOUR TIME to really do your homework and share how you took your time and referenced the manual and actually showed what you did. This video will help many of us and I appreciate the time you took. Be safe and again thanks brother!!! I am also in FL!

Thanks man! I have the same bike, and I am coming up on 600 miles. Was debating taking it to the dealer. This helped change my mind! Great video!

I just got my first motorcycle. Ninja 650. Thanks for making this video for everyone. Helping people is always Great. Now I know the easy way as I'm cleaning my bike I can listen to your information that you share.It saved me alot of time and stress. So Thank You.🤓

Like others have said, you deserve more subscribers. I'm about to be a new rider and you're making the choice a lot easier! I'm actually getting the same bike you have but the black/green one. Good luck on your channel!

I know this is an old video but im buying a ninja 650 soon and know nothing about bike maintinence, until now. This helped a lot. Thank you!

great video man, thanks for going over everything in detail. ride safe bro

Appreciate it! Just did a full checklist for my 2021 Ninja 650! Everything was good! Just had an oil change done around 800 miles.

Nice one dude, very informative. Personally I think it’s a no brainer doing your own servicing. It’s a sense of achievement and also knowing that you’ve done it properly. I’ve just bought a new Kawasaki w800 and I’m looking forward to doing my own servicing. When you try to sell your bike later down the line, most people are just interested in how little they can get it for never mind the dealer stamps in the book. 👍

saving this video for later! Great video and thanks for covering more than just oil change. I have a 400 but should be the same check up

Real good review ! It’s a good thing to look into the owner’s manual, get to know your bike better and save a couple of dollars 😉

I'm not a big social media guy but this guy right here needs more love then he's getting! When you can get my attention for 18 mins straight your doing something right! I'll say it again you are the SHIT!!

Bro thank you for all these instructions. I got a 2020 650 ninja and after my 1st service I’m more interested on doing my own maintenance.

Very helpful video. Thank you from a first time ninja 400 owner. 😊

Thank you so much for this!!! You are a natural at teaching 👍👍

Thanks so much. Dealer was charging 400+ but you my friend just saved me some cash. New sub. Best of luck growing this channel 👍

Great video, you deserve more subscribers.

Awesome Video Bro. The first service is something that us consumers can do ourselves, especially if you follow the manual. My local dealer wants $250.00 for the first service, excluding the oil and filter. What a rip off! It's a new bike and Kawasaki always tightens all their nuts, and bolts before releasing the bike to the dealership. Please keep up the content. Peace......

Excellent video, thank you!

You know I think I will do my first oil change today on my 2019 ninja 650. It has 430 miles now and im snowed in for the winter.

Such a good video. Thanks for the information.

Super informative. Great video bud. Thank you!

Great video with the use of the owners manual.

Thank you for the video. Made me way more comfortable wrenching on my own bike.

I have the same exact bike! Amazing bike it’s my first bike 2019 with 1800 miles on it

This is an amazing video, thank you very much for this man, I just got myself a used ninja 650 with about 700 miles on it, I'll try to see if this was done or not. I'm subscribing to your channel !!!

Great information thank you Very much very helpful...this is my first Kawasaki street bike

An educated consumer, makes the best customer. As a private pilot i will tell you this, when saftey counts learn to do the work yourself. I just bought a sport bike 2 days ago. Like you i am reading the manual. Great video

'17 Ninja 650 here. I do most of mine too. Actually all of it so far. For chain maintenance, my rule of thumb is whenever it rains or I end up on a gravel road for some reason, I clean and lube. Other wise it's every two gas tank fills. This fall, I'm going to replace my brake lines with braided ones and change the pads and fluid at the same time. We'll see how the chain and sprocket are around that time too, so get it all done at once and then get it ready for the winter. I love this bike. I put on new tires and it made a difference for grip in wet and the feeling in curves. So much fun on it, isn't it?

Just got my bike same color as yours. Great video! Follower here✌🏼

Very good video. Thank you so much.

Great review. Thx 👍

Great video. Tyvm

Very well explained thanks bro

Thanks for this content. Just copped a 19 ninja 650 myself. Im looking forward to more videos. Cheers.

Solid video thanks

Thank you for posting this video. Where did you get the those turn signals?

Great video! Thank you kind sir!

I have the exact same bike, 2019 Ninja 650 ABS. I would suggest to you and any of your viewers to use a Fumoto oil drain valve instead of a drain plug - makes life much easier down the road. Been using them on my cars for years, zero issues. The one from the Versys 650 fits this, same engine.

Thank-you Brother.

Love this bc I have this exact bike (and exact color) and It's my first and idk what to do!

My 2022 ninja 650 has 571 miles on it. Dealership quoted me 275 before tax for the first service. With your video I’m contemplating doing the first one myself or letting the dealership do the first one and me doing the rest.

Thanks for this video

Very informative video, my 2020 Nina 1000SX is now due it’s 600 mile service. Was wondering if you or anyone could advise on how to rest the service indicator on the dash after the service?

Hi Good video overall, only thing that wrong/not showed in the video is the "free play" checks. I'ts mean the free play before the lever start activating the mechanism. Check it by twisting/pulling very gently of the lever/throttle and see that it's got the proprete free play. If not u can change it very easy bu using the 2 screws on the cable.

I Love my Kawasaki z400 Where do I fill up my blinker fluid if it's low ?

I believe the oil level should be equal to the top line, no less

Great video brother. If you're ever in Arizona hit me up, there are lots of nice/fun/sceneic rides around the state, be safe 👍

It’s time for my first service on my 2022 Ninja 650. I was also thinking about taking it to the dealer, but I’ll go through the manual. If I don’t have to pay for a check and can do it all myself, why not?

Good job.

Hey bud... watched ur vids recently, cuz I bought the same bike here from a buddy recently with less than 1000 miles, but it sat for a while. Any chance you've removed fuel injectors before?

god video LJ thankz

Greetings LJ-Very informative video, I may be picking up a ninja650 next spring(I used to ride many years ago)my question is about the transmission fluid; since it wasn't mentioned in the owners manual I can assume the ninja650 doesn't require transmission fluid and that the oil takes care of both engine and transmission?

I've done the maintenance myself but there still a "service" notification that pops up every time I start the engine. Is there a way to get rid of it? Love your enthousiasm!

Hi sir, how many kilometer before changing engine oil?

I live in nyc so doing the maintenance myself is not ideal when parked on the street it sucks because I would love to work in it myself. I have the 2019 650 . I want to install my fender eliminator kit myself as well but from some digging around in the net I keep hearing of stories where dealers/Kawasaki void warranties for doing work yourself even when the issues doesn’t have anything to do with what you modified.

I have the same bike too, have you had fading on your rear seat? I keep it covered and idk what to do to fix it and keep it from happening again

I wonder why they tell you to lube the o-rings. That is how you lube a non-o-ring chain but I see no need to put oil on the o-rings. Did I miss something?

What about the fuel system? That's part of first maintenance but I noticed you skipped over it when going down the line in the manual

I have the 400. I love the upright seating position. Is it the same seating position for the 650?

Me again what was your oil amount you put in your bike??

Where did u get your bike stands?

It helps maintain value when the service book has dealer stamps on it. Own servicing can be detrimental to the residual value.

Hi. What liquid is he talking about at 10:40.

Bro at the manual it's said that to change Drain Bolt Gasket every oil change service. Can you clarify that? Now I just know when changing the oil engine, must change the oil filter, only these two things

I just bought a 2018 ninja 650!

Mine just didn’t come with a manual though

I would always get the First Service Done by the Dealer..peace of Mind But you are Right Read the Owners Book there are Torque numbers for sump Bolt Axle Nut Get a Torque wrench!

What kind of Oil and filter did you use? Kawasaki 10w40 or just one from your auto store.

Weirdest thing just happen. I took my bike in for a oil change and got it back with the with check engine light on. Now there tellling it’s nothing to do with the oil change. I should of took it to a Kawasaki dealer but it was local bike shop in my area that is certified by the state. Now I’m left wondering wat the heck. Prior to this my temperate gauge was shooting up pretty high one bar away from maxing out all the way to the H mark. Idk if that have something to do with it or the gauge going up like that is normal I mean its still pretty cold in New York so I’m puzzled. do your temperature gauge ever pass the half way point? Or goes higher? Or it stay steady ?

What type of oil filter did you purchased??

2020 ninja 400 si alguien lo quiero diganmelo se los puedo dar en PDF

Thanks for the heads up my brotha. I’m getting into riding this year and advanced knowledge is good to have so we know that we’re not being taken advantage of. Where are you located at? I plan on doing some road trips in my 650

Perks of having the Z650 is that it doesn't have so much plastic I need to remove haha

did you change the oil filter for a new one right ?or you used the same? and you just change the gasket?

190 isn't that bad, I'm looking at a grand for the 7600-mile maintenance.

hand tighten oil filter only

Diesel? Spark plug s?.....🤔

Great video! I have 2021 Ninja 400 videos in my channel I may do an Owners manual walkthrough LJ style. Thanks again

The stealership will ONLY half-ass change your oil, scratch your bike and sign off on ALL other items without checking them. Ask me how I know..

i work as a motorcycle mechanic for over 25 years and can do everything my own but i am not allowed to lol... if i do my any service on my new bike i will lose the warranty..... i have to go to a certified Dealership and let them do it and pay 230 for work i can do in 30min myself..... that's how warranty rules work here in Europe... 🤢🤮🤮🤮👿👿👿👿

I am not selling my bike and by the time i sell it , i give a **** if someone cares about the service checks.

My YODA!!