videos are up working on the pics now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-XCzRLHcE
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videos are up working on the pics now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-XCzRLHcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M1QbcP8_4g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgQ3oNl8t4Y
Gardo, WOW that thing looks quick off the start and some great torque! Bad !@# Those two guys are awesome and keep doing great work. Before long that 250 will be pulling like a 600. LOL Great work and keep it up man. I have the dream's carb, exhaust, soon air ride, and now badly want to increase the torque like you have... What all did you get done? I know next winter i will be sending my tank and fendors off to get painted opposite of the dreams new white one with the apes. I am going to find out quotes on paint job but also some engine work like you did for that HP and torque. Nice vids and bike.
do you know how much they deck off the head? or how much can be taken off? i want to do the weaver carb, but can't bring myself to put the bike out of commission for a couple days.
MK2,Quote:
Originally Posted by mk2gtirob
Tom usually will do up another head to send out in exchange for the stock head. as for the numbers, not sure. its his secrets so i didn't pry but I will tell you this it pulls like a demon and sounds great.
irish, thanks man I took a 650 today when I raced a buddy, man was he bent LoL Al will be repainting my tins this winter as well and snazzing up my Widow
gotcha man. another question. how much does the decked head cost? if you know. i've been to his site but last i checked it only had an address and phone number on it. unfortunately i haven't been able to call him about stuff yet. thanks for the help! the reason i ask about how much he takes off is, i have a buddy that owns an engine shop and i could take it there for a fraction of anywhere else, but i respect people keeping there stuff to themselves, gotta make a living! :)
Just wanted to check in and say hi to the folks, welcome to the new guys as well, hope you guys have fun with your new toys.
I'm still out riding as much as I can (got about 1200 miles on so far). I'd take it out everyday if I could, but with a young kid, work, etc it's tough. I did ride out to a buddy's ball game saturday to do a photoshoot for him. I love reading about everyone's mods and the shared knowledge, it's pretty fantastic the community that's buildling around these bikes.
Happy riding Heisters!
Yea, i keep threatening Tom that i will be redoing his website, man its bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by mk2gtirob
The new head is five and a quarter ($525) five and a half ($550) off the top my head I remember saying yea yea just do it and giving him cash.
Hey it never hurts to ask man :mwink:
Ok not to be a D***, but WOW $550 to get the head done?? I pay about the same for getting a Deck, and mild port&polish on a dual cam 4cyl Honda head. I dont know what He is doing to these heads to justify that kind of cheddar, but more power to Him! Im gonna bring My head to a local machine Guru and see what He says, Im betting He charges less than half. Sorry for the rant.
Ok so look at it this way, He's the Guru. The guy gets the decking, porting, and polishing done and pays his cost to have it taken care of. Then he takes a few to get the bike tuned and put back together so there is a labor charge associated, not to forget that there is a newly done up carb that went with the package.Quote:
Originally Posted by itrguy
He has done a few and knows all the tolerances and thicknesses to cut, best yet is that he covers his work. To me that is more than worth the price. Yes cheaper is nice but sometimes you get what you pay for.
Basically I trust him with my scoot and anyone here can attest that has spoken with Tom he will go out of his way to help a guy out. More than worth the cost.
Tom and everyone I have spoken with seem very cool, I however prefer to do all work Myself, other than machining. Im excited to see what We can come up with after talking to My machine guy, Ill keep You posted. So far I put a washer under the needle, installed a 105 jet, chopped and wrapped the pipe, removed all emissions stuff and installed new Signal/marker lights!
What was your source for the jet and what type of signal lights did you go with?Quote:
Originally Posted by itrguy
Thats great and more power to you man, I look forward to see your vision come to fruition.Quote:
Originally Posted by itrguy
Me I don't have the time or the a lot of the know how. I do have the vision and the great fortune to have people around me to make it real. That doesnt mean i dont wrench my own bike, I just do it under the watchful eye of those that know more. What has been great about my journey so far is that its been educational, and I've learned a lot.
Itrguy, that is great you can do the work yourself, it honestly makes people like me jealous but I must say i have been learning a ton with my bike and not afraid to tackle anything these days because of this site and the great guys here. Weaver is a great guy and I am with Gardo on this one I will be continuing to use the man because he works with the bike every day and is the leader of mods on the Heist at the moment. I mean if you need surgery on your knee would you go to the guy that has done hundreds if not thousands and guarantees his work or would you go to the guy around the corner that has worked on a couple. I just know from my experience I would rather go with the proven! Again that is my experience. The great thing is we all have something in common and that is our Heist!!
Gardo when you did your airbag seat did you use anything special to drill into the engine mount? What size bit? I am hoping to install mine today or tomorrow. Anything else I should know regarding the install? Hints or suggestions? Thanks
This saturday July 23rd if any of you are close to Lexington, Ohio I would love to see a gathering of CCW owners if we could do it at Vintage Bike days. Let me know.
Keep on riding on!
Irish I have to say I agree with the way you put it and you damn right we not only all ride but we are the start of the Heist army.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishevans
As for the airbag I think a 1/4" metal drill bit was used. I had Tom install it on the bike when I was on a business trip. He's your best source of info on it.
Lexinton is about 9 hrs from me I might make the trip out there one Saturday night just need to throw the bike on the rack and drive out
Gardo, thanks for the reply. I will probably make the trip to lowes tomorrow and get a 1/4 metal drill bit to do the install. I may just give Tom a call in the morning to see if I need anything else for the install. I am excited to get it on and see the difference. As far as making the trip that is a long a@# drive. I am only 25 minutes from lexington and any time you want to come and bring the widow to Ohio believe me you will have a rider next to you when you get here! Hell being a heist owner means what is mine is yours right? your always more than welcome to swing by my place in central ohio!!! Sounds like the widow is running great and to take off quicker than a 500 on a 250 is sweet. I am jealous but that always gives me something to look forward to and to do in the future. Weaver rides will continue to be supported by me that is for sure!!! Wish i was closer to go there myself!
Keep on riding on!
Gardo - What do you think about the sprockets? Did you get to try a different setup or are they different enough that nothing else will work?
From what I can tell with the CDI it's kind of the same story. It's a DC cdi, which can be hard to find for this motor.
It'd be awesome if PIT/CCW comes out with something in both of these areas. Reading all the china bike sites the main mods are carb jetting, exhaust, gearing and cdi/coil. We're half way there man!
@Irish
I'm only about 2 hours away (give or take on the bike). I would love to come out saturday, however I will be honeymooning with my wife and out of state starting friday, too bad. Maybe another time, keep us posted!
Let me know what bit you end up using then (if it's not the 1/4), I'm seriously considering the airbag.
Looks that way Kev, Weaver is in development on something as is CCW, we have talked about the CDI. Almost there brother, the power curve increase would be an added benefit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kb96gt
Looks like my build should be done this week so I'm trying to get my paperwork in order. As for insurance, I know several of you are using Progressive so I'm on their site trying to set that up. The only "Cleveland" anything listed is Cleveland T-Trike and if I select that none of the CCW models show up for selection (I see a softtail, 3 trikes and other) so that can't be the right choice. My Cert of Origin lists Qingqi as the make the only models listed are a couple QM125's and a QM100. Did y'all set your policies up online and if so WTF am I missing?
Through Progressive my insurance card reads "Year: 2010 (though it's a 2011) Make: Cleve Model: Tha Heist"
I believe it is/was listed as a Cleveland Trike for some reason (though the card cuts it off). I remember my insurance agent and bank being thoroughly confused.
Good luck!
Just pulled trigger on head and carb mod
:)
Woo Hoo! Best thing I did for the bike put another 170miles on the bike today Rode up the GSP into NY onto I87 and over the Tapan Zee Bridge up the Saw Mill Parkway onto I684 keeping a constant speed of 65 - 75 with more left over to get around the slower vehicles :lol8:Quote:
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Irish - how did the airbag install go today?
Im excited! Gotta wait a week or so till he can get to it. Said someting about going to cali. I can wait, but it'll be tough. Haha
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Hey whoa whoa whoa, what's with the kicker!!!??? Please explain, did Tom come up with a mount that works around the stock exhaust?
I'm working on a tank lift as well, did you do anything to the rear mount?
Looks great Gardo, I've got some catching up to do with everything that's been going on around here.
Last I heard, they were minutes away from putting a Kick start lever into production????
That is a kicker and at present it is just for show with the stock pipe, Tom will have the one he is fabricating soon, but I am redoing my vision of the Widow.Quote:
Originally Posted by JK3
All we did was lift the front of the tank, at some point over the winter I want to move the petcock all the way to the rear of the tank.
JK heading to Rutt's Tonight about 730 - 800 if you are interested
Thanks for the reply Gardo, my bike is sitting down the shore right now. I'm up north now to clean out my desk at work, just got laid off last week.
Sorry to hear that JK, best of luck on getting on your feet in a timely fashion.
JK, sorry to hear about your job situation... Hope something opens up. Firm believer that when one door shuts another opens. Good Luck man!
Gardo the bike is looking sweet and so is that carrier on the back of the X. Miss my X at times. Had a red one! Glad to hear it is still running like a beast with throttle left as well. So giving me the itch to do some engine work like the widow has had done to her! I cant wait to get everything done. Kick stand looks great as well. As far as my air bag install.... Well i ran out of time... I stopped to go to a Jimmy Buffet concert up near cleveland last night and my parrot head had to get there early because that is a must in margaritaville. I did get the back mounted to the frame and seat and the hole drilled thru the engine mount. Today I will run the hose and teflon tape everything and hopes that it holds air..LOL Question for you tho. I notice you have your seat in the furtherest back position, Does your seat rub the fender? Also does your air bladder of the air bag stay straight up? Mine seems to be angled forward a bit but my seat is in the middle position and when i tried the furthest back it would rub the fender..
Keep on riding on!