First test drive!

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First test drive!

theninjaguy
Hey guys!

So my friend and I finally got her to run today! Such a great feeling riding the bike.  

We changed the oil, new oil filter, put new gas in her, and ran some seaform through her, new spark plugs, cleaned the carbs (not as THOROUGHLY, but cleaner than before) handle bars, got new grips, and ghetto rigged the wires (it all works, just looks bad).  I just wanted her to run today so thats what we did.

After the oil change the engine and everything sound MUCH smoother.    

Couple things however...

Still having the issue of low idle and then the engine dies.  In order for the engine to keep running I have to put constant throttle on which gets kind of annoying.  How would one fix this? Is this a carb issue?

ALSO - another thing - when I was riding, everything was going well, until I started riding up hill.  I down shifted to 2nd gear and I started feeling the engine REALLY struggling, and pretty much stalled on the hill.  Would this be an engine? or again, a carb issue? Clutch issue?

Help Help Help!

Another Thing - has anyone ever bought aftermarket Left and Right modules (turn signals, high beam, low beam, kill switch) I'm thinking of getting aftermarket switches and wondering what people got or what people prefer?

To finish off the day, I took a snazzy picture.  haha

Thanks for the help guys!



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theninjaguy
Oh question about the front forks - there seems to be a little rust on the top ( you can kind of see it in the pictures ) are these easy to clean? Would you guys suggest getting new ones?

Thanks again!

Heres another picture.  Gotta get rid of this horrible looking seat for sure though... ugh

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