I do not have a motorcycle license yet, but I plan on taking the safety course this summer. My dream bike is the Kawasaki Ninja 650 ABS, but I know its a terrible idea to start out on a 650cc. The drivers school that I plan on going through lends you a 125cc while you are in class, but going from a 125 to a 650 is suicide especially since I wouldn‘t consider trainers school actual road experience. My mom has a 2004 Kawasaki Ninja 500r and I think she might let me ride it if I go through drivers school, but she still will probably tell me to ride a 250 first. I checked Craigslist for a CBR250r Honda and the cheapest I could find one for was $3,200. I can‘t see myself purchasing a trainers bike for that much money especially since I do not have very good sales experience and probably would not be able to sell it back for much. What are my options as far as working my way up to a 650. I would consider purchasing a 300 ABS but I‘m too worried about investing in a bike that might not be my dream bike.
You didn't say where you live. In some places (UK) you have to start small and work up. In other places (US) you can start as big as you like. I know they use 125s and 250s for training, but partly that's because they're cheaper to maintain and operate and also partly because in training you do all of your riding in an empty paved lot at 10 mph and big bikes are just clumsy at that speed. If you never rode on the street, only in parking lots, and never above 10-15 mph, a 125 would be all the bike you'd ever need. If you plan to ride on the street, but never on the highway, never above 50 mph, then you'd never need anything bigger than a 250. If you plan on going on the Interstate more than a couple of miles at a time, 500cc is the minimum and 650cc would be better. Personally, I don't think a 500 or 650 is too big to learn on. It's quite a bit bigger and heavier than a 125, but not that much bigger than a 250. Maybe 50 lbs. That's not as much as it sounds like. I know lots of people who learned to ride on 650s, in fact some 650s (like most 250s marketed in the US) are designed as trainers, as 'entry level' motorcycles. The Ninja 650 is not an especially hard bike to learn on. I think this is just one reason it's so popular! Almost any viable, rideable, reliable motorcycle is going to cost you at least $3k. Anything cheaper than that is probably someone's 'project' that's been sitting in the garage for 5 years and they just want to get rid of it. If it runs at all, one thing after another will probably go wrong with it and it will just break your heart. Also I'm not convinced of the advantages of ABS. It makes a bike more complicated, taking wheels off, changing tires, changing sprockets or chains all become a lot more complicated.
You need to check the A/C for proper charge as well as the main PCM computer is also to be tested for trouble codes.
Get the trouble codes read to find out why. Asking us to guess which of the many possible codes are set on your car is a fruitless endeavor. This is why computers store trouble codes, to TELL you where to start your diagnosis rather than asking for wild off the wall guesses.
Why ABS? Motorcycle brakes are the most controllable of ANY vehicle.
A Ninja 650cc isn't as powerful as it might seem if you are still learning how motorcycles work. The 650R is still a 4 stroke vtwin. So even though it has more displacement than say a 600cc inline 4? They are very different engines, and the relative power is insane. Think about the brake horse power (bhp) of the bike. The average Ninja 250R is around 30bhp. I own a 2014 650R and dyno'd it last weekend at 64bhp (completely stock) A ZX-6R (600cc) is around 120bhp. So going from a 250R to a 650R is only a boost in power by 30bhp or double the power. Going from a 250R to a 600RR? It is about 90bhp boost which is almost 4 times the power. This is why you hear people say going from a 250R to a 600cc race replica is insane and ill-advised. Personal experience on both 250R's and 650R's? While a 650 is quite a bit more power than a 250R, it is hardly twitchy power transfer. The 650R is very smooth, plenty of power, good weight, and suited for beginners and experienced riders alike. As for ABS vs non? If you can get it? Why not. If you have to spend a lot more to get it? No reason. When I got my bike, it didn't cost much more to me so yes, I have a 2014 Kawasaki Ninja 650R ABS. Just keep in mind, ABS doesn't make you a safer rider. It will assist a safe rider become safer, but if you start pushing the limits of your traction with the assumption the ABS is going to save you, you are going to get injured. Also whether or not it is as effective as a car's ABS system is still an ongoing debate. The videos I have seen where they test it with roll bars, it only prevented a skid out in about 30-40% of instances. So it is still a work in progress.
