Ok time for an update. I figured a few things out on the bike after the first time in the dirt.

I had a retard moment with the round slide carb and was turning the choke to full when I thought I was turning it off. THis caused the issue with catching an idle with the choke "off".

Once i figured that out, the bike was running just fine. I do believe it would benefit from a carb change still but that moves it to a lower priority.

I took it out for another day of dirt riding along with a buddy on a Yamaha WR250F. Had a blast and finalized the decision that I have to buy another dirt bike to leave one set up for dirt only. It's just about as much fun as you can possibly have with your clothes on.

I've been communicating with a woman from FastAce, the suspension manufacturer, and believe I've gotten close to being able to order the heavier fork springs directly from the factory. They are "out of stock" on the heavier shock spring. I did find an online retailer in Canada that has Fast Ace shock springs. I'm waiting to hear from Fast Ace if the springs they have will work on my shock.

The folks at Galaxy Motorcycles have put me in touch with a distributer in Canada to order any other parts I might need. Specifically brake and wheel parts. The only thing I lack in that department is a parts diagram from my bike, the SMC YB150 (or XTR150 as Galaxy calls it), to compare part numbers. Going to try to avoid ordering parts if they won't interchange.

ANyone know of a parts breakout of the Galaxy XTR150???

I have confirmed that the KTM 80/105 SX wheel hubs are a match for my wheel hubs. This will make getting a SM wheel setup much much easier if buying a wheel direct is too costly.

More to come...