Max Van's Ninja 400 MotoAmerica Race Bike Overview | Sportbike Track Gear

[@cbr600manpc]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@thrifty4188]

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]

Enjoy that bike and your track time! - Van

[@Philth_E]

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]

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

[@m_w_8088]

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]

Thank you for your business and for watching! - Van

[@MattieXMoto]

What a great dad! Max is lucky!!!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@o7m8]

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]

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

[@CESONER]

“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]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@sprocketrocket2180]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@g.p.880]

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]

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

[@benjytexas]

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]

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

[@ScoutsOut]

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]

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

[@Chris-tw9po]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

You are welcome and thank you for watching! - Van

[@palerider6611]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@sf1203]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@mikehester9902]

Best of luck to Max this year!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you! - Van

[@kawi704racing]

Congratulations on the podium!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@ianhamilton1872]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@HardcityRaindrops]

Sick dude I got a 22 as well krt edition

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Enjoy that Ninja 400. - Van

[@mauricioduarte7557]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@Aberamentho2010]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@baylee8366]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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/

[@RickyJr46]

What a SWEET build!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@YamminHondas]

good video! I would watch more of these!!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@garyjaurique5028]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@scorpion-ninja8228]

good stuff man! good luck this season!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you! - Van

[@jakeb92980]

LOVE this kind of stuff.

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@charlesbeavan2188]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@CC-rp6lv]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@davids2361]

Go Max!! Nice Hayden decal!

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@JDMetz27]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

You are welcome and thank you for watching! - Van

[@TheImtoomuch]

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]

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

[@johny364]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@dogrange]

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]

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

[@Myrussell67]

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.

[@kaanisbilir1229]

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]

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

[@Crissalonsourra]

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]

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

[@jasonduplantis6442]

excellently prepared race bike.

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@fl.thailandgan7818]

I like video clips of Ninja 400

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@RafleeRosli]

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]

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

[@DriveMokoYT]

Love this bike...

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@Fee.1]

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]

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

[@coolchainRocknRide]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@davidelizabeth4933]

Well done, Sir. 👏 Respect. 👊 ❤❤

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@chad_is_here]

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]

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

[@blondiejoe]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@DynamixsEd]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@after40california]

Awesome 👍🙋‍♂️✌

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank yo for watching! - Van

[@peterago1082]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@Grant27966]

Wicked bike man

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@jchainz8198]

When will we be able to buy the body kit?

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@Fee.1]

What’s the purpose of limiting the redline?

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@toddgalley4900]

Nice work.

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you! - Van

[@travisray139]

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

[@winner1338]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@kawi704racing]

Looks great.

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you for watching! - Van

[@austinbanh7935]

How does someone get into the racing scene?

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@austinbanh7935]

@@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.

[@maya00795]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@maya00795]

@@sportbiketrackgear 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏👍🏻

[@HardcityRaindrops]

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]

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

[@ausoi]

sweet bike

[@sportbiketrackgear]

Thank you! - Van

[@naveedaka]

How much horse power does that make ?

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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]

@@sportbiketrackgear ok bro

[@naveedaka]

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

[@robr4596]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

100% thanks for watching! - Van

[@kibert1]

Cuantos HP tiene?

[@sportbiketrackgear]

No hablo

[@kibert1]

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[@joek81981]

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]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@Fee.1]

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

[@sportbiketrackgear]

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

[@Fee.1]

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]

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