My day at PIT Motors LTD and the CCW Tha Heist

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Originally Posted by Kb96gt

Hi guys, lots of good info on this board! Good choice on the Heist... I've been very happy with mine. Here is a vid of the long exhaust, I just installed last weekend. The bike totally rips with it, you can feel the diff over the stock pipe. It sounds great, more chopper than dirt bike. A bit hard to capture in the vid though.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kb96gt/5564888553/

Kevin

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Dude i have been coveting your Heist for a while. I did an image search some time ago and saw your pics been wondering how you got the kickstart attach and how hard was it to install and setup.
Oh man i love the paint on the tank you are like a minor celeb The pipe sounds awesome better than i thought it would. the whole bike looks great.

I'm hoping to have mine by next week, already got the drag bars new grips and a few other mods in-mind the big one was going to be the kickstart. I cant believe its actually you

Looks awesome, I should be picking mine up this Saturday. Still waiting for them to call and say it is in, will give them a call Thursday afternoon if I have not heard anything. I am also interested in the kick start, you get it though the dealer? Pipe looks better than I thought it would, sounds good also, how loud we talking, rough comparison. Wondering if I will need to baffle since NH is getting tougher on pipes. What size jet you end up going with? I need to get some drag bars, and will be doing some trimming of the rear fender. Will be a slow working project though, there will be certain aspects I may want to shoot for. But better performance and longer lasting engine is one thing that will not be negotiable.

Gardo you funny man! Looks like you had fun down at PIT. Those guys are great!

Kick start was easy-peasy. Bolt it on. The trouble is the exhaust in the way. The stock pipe will need a lever made just for it. Even the drag pipe hits, you can see where I "dimpled" mine for the lever to slide by. By dimpled I mean I put it on and carefully wound it down to see if it would touch. It did but was so close, so I just jumped up and did it. I just didn't care, dent pipe or no kick start. I chose kick start. Even after several hours of sanding and polishing that stainless beauty before hand.

The drag pipe is awesome. Total quality. It is loud, borderline obnoxious loud. The fuzz won't be having it around here. The sound IS perfect, though the neighbors may disagree. I picked up a shorty baffle to try, and will definitely post up a vid. I have the stock pipe back on for now until I get my yearly inspection done.

I haven't rejetted yet, I actually found this place looking for info on jets :) I did send email to Brett at PIT for his thoughts. 105/110 maybe is what I was thinking, but I don't really have a clue what I'm doing so I'll wait and see what PIT recommends.

Kevin,

Glad to have you on the boards and have one of the first Heist riders talking about the bike. I spoke to Al about the rejetting. The carb is a klein 30 with the pump running a 98mm stock jet. the 102 -105 should work out nicely for the bike, what I learned her from these guys.
i was thinking of cutting the stock Pipe, no inspection in NJ, I thought about the shorty pipe but the head and the end of the pipe are the same size So I may just cut the stock pipe and mod it out

Where did you get the kickstart kit from?

http://www.jetsrus.com/a_jets_by_car...4-36_main.html <--- thanks Barnone

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Originally Posted by Gardo

Where did you get the kickstart kit from?

http://www.jetsrus.com/a_jets_by_car...4-36_main.html <--- thanks Barnone

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Gardo,
Your welcome. The 100 main and a washer under the needle seems to be good for me on my Dong Fang.

Kevin,
I put a eight inch baffle up the straight through muffler on my Dong Fang to mellow it out some. Mine needed a 13/4 by 8 ".
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/DFbaffle.jpg

Bought my heist today made final payment and got the insurance hopefully I'll have it next Friday (my schedule counting)
Will be heading to the shop on Saturday to talk upgrades

I placed my order today. Should have my bike next week... Tha Heist...

Heck Yeah guys! So good to see these things getting out there! Appreciate the info on the jets.

Kickstart levers: http://www.lifanenginepartswholesale.com/

I'll do a run down on my bike for you later tonight. Let you know what I changed and why.

Heading down on Saturday to wrench with the guys at PIT and will be doing more than talking upgrades. I'm looking at he knucklebars that CCW has on their site give it a different look up here by me. Oh and i'm definitely going with the black one

Congrats dude. The funs begins eh?!

The things that made the best difference in the overall bike for me were the bars, seat/springs, and of course that drag pipe.

The keystone bars I got are about the limit of the stock cables, the front brake should be a few inches longer in fact. It snags the steering lock. The steering feels heavy until you get the bike going, but it's no biggie. It just feels right when your arms are up a bit.

The stock seat and springs were a bit rough. Maybe I didn't fatass them enough I'm only 140 lbs. They were just stiff, every bump threw me in the air. Softened up they bottomed out too easy, couldn't get a middle ground. I had the seat in the front most position at first and found moving it back helped the shocks a bit. In the end I got a West Eagle seat with a bit of flip in the back and the actual choppershox with the lightest springs. Feels so good, just perfect.

Everything bolted up with the stock brackets.

the stock seat is nice but a bit thin, not really a problem I've tried it with the springs and was comphy on them with my 200lbs on a 5'7 frame, hey i'm taller then Ken Casey. I have a set of drags for now and new grips. Will be fabbing a side mount tag and light plate as well as modding the stock pipe. looking at maybe fabbing a new leather seat for the bike and using the stock as my template. Get some nice supple newbuck in red and so the pan in a 12G stainless with some enbossments to it
I'll have to look at my leather stock. the other way is order just a seat pan that has the correct bolt pattern then do it up in the leather maybe a distressed Black or tan... Ooo a black and tan, Ok i want a Pint

Pick up tomorrow, cant wait. going to change paint next winter to a semi gloss black with the decals of this helmet airbrushed on.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

Will also eliminate most the chrome. Congrats to you guys buying, Im actually going to ride over to a couple local dealers and see if they will carry them. Now just need this snow storm that came in to leave and get up to 55F

bckcntryslddr - Where abouts in NH? My folks live up in Woodsville/North Haverhill area. Looks like a great place to ride the Heist up there.

Congrats to all you guys, can't wait to see them chopped up!

I'm in Milton it's right outside of Rochester northern 16 is nice ride and the kangamangus is great also

Hey Gardo love to see the bike in person sometime. Been lurking around here for weeks, seems like this is the only forum that has been discussing Tha Heist.

Going to look at one tomorrow in Forked River.

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Originally Posted by JK3

Hey Gardo love to see the bike in person sometime. Been lurking around here for weeks, seems like this is the only forum that has been discussing Tha Heist.

Going to look at one tomorrow in Forked River.

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I'm headed to PITMotorsLTD tomorrow, Al's got a full day for me looks like I get to pull my own bike and unwrap it LoL YAY!!! So i will be down there all day hanging out and seeing if I can get a ride in at some point.

JK3 Welcome to the boards, lots of great knowledge here and good people. I'm in clifton so when I get the bike home we can arrange a meet at a mall or something

Gardo,
No photos, no bike!

Oh yea the old rule. i have 2 cameras coming with me pictures later tonight. Now, now i take my daughter to breakfast

Ok I was at PITMotorsLTD for a bit more than 9hrs wrenching on the bike and getting her going, from uncrating her to the first ride and everything in between. Needed to fabricate and mod a few things with the bike to get the bars and tins just right. My vertical side mount plate didnt come in yet :eek2: so we didnt cut the rear fender and shift the light... yet

Tons and tons of Pictures and video. Will take me a while to get everything uploaded but I will post a quick 2 teaser pics.
also got a chance to talk to Nick in NH who picked up his Heist on the 2nd

Stock Heist
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My Heist
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the Bile is being delivered to my house on Wednesday :riding:

grats on getting her together! She is one sexy beast =)

Nice work G! Gotta get a clip of that gutted pipe. Jealous of the lax noise laws down there!

I spent a few (not 9!) hours with the bike yesterday as well. Pulled the wheels off and cleaned the brakes, started getting a little squeal. Sprayed everything down, lightly sanded the disk. good as new. Also tightened up a few things that worked loose. A little locktite here and there.

Put a shorty baffle in the pipe. Just perfect. Did rob some power tho. Still amazed that I can even feel a difference with just the pipe. Even with the baffle it runs stronger and is still loud and mean, just a bit refined. Definitely better than that stock scooter sound.

Purposely rode through the cops territory and yeah they looked but no probs. Last week I was pulling the clutch as I rolled by 'em. When my first kid was born I spent time and $$ cleaning up my license from teen age hot rodding - like to keep it clean now.

Gardo,
Looks good. I see you chopped the front fender and muffler,right?

Kb96gt,
The rule around here is your bike don't exist without photos especially the baffled chopped muffler.

Thanks guys,
Barnone I did indeed have the front fender bikinied and the exhaust cut. Also added that kick@$$ seat. KB has tons of pics on the web of his bike looks nice with the paint job on the tank.
I liked the look of the exhaust on the Df250RTB so i did something similar. I like the chrome look to it... for now.
the Bars were a beast needed to work a few things cause they were hitting the tank took 4 hrs to get them right.
Did the valve adjustment dropped the oil and got her going. it was a great day down at PITMotors.

heres a video walk around.
http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=100_4040.mp4

just a quick ride with my new handlebar Camera. its a bit noisy and I didnt get the cam to sit too tight there's a rattle from the mount

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elJk0X1sGc0

Gordo:

Do you know what that set the valve clearance at?
I saw a .004 feeler and that looks way off from what I thought it should be (.007)
The bike looks so much better with the mods you had done =)
I'm sure once you get the side mount plate its going to look even better o.O

not from for the Heist, those tolerances were from the main engineer at PIT the intake is .002 was a bitch to get it right.
They make heir own jets there I may take it from the stock 98 to a 102 with the new pipe

i know looks like a totally different bike, once the side mount comes in i 'm going to have the rear fender bikinied as well :icon10:

That is a really sharp looking bike. Congratulations!

Looking forward to a video with sound ... or, take an extended road trip ... to Beijing! I'd love to see one "in the raw"

Here's a vid I uploaded to photobucket
http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o...t=100_4040.mp4

I've also named the bike. the Widow I think she's aptly named
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...10402-1952.jpg

Gardo that looks and sounds awesome. congrats dude.