Quote Originally Posted by bowtiewagon View Post
I think your gonna love it. I Love my ride. I am lucky enough to be able to ride year round living in Houston.Yeah it does get cold here some days..32 in the morning..sometimes colder.. probably when Jan and Feb roll around I will be catching a ride into work with the wifey..but overall still good weather year rond.
I think most of us besides aside from the weather, are putting a few miles on the bike and working out the bugs.Like this morning I noticed a strange sound in the motor..and found that the nuts holding the exhaust pipe to the head had rattled a bit loose.. just tightened them up and put some locktite on them.i plan on changing the nuts out I do not like the type they use.. had the same type on my scooter and was constantly tightening them..until i changed them. The roads in this area are very bumpy..all over and can rattle your teeth out..especially with the bike being a hardtail. but overall no issues thus far..knock on wood..
Has anyone had any issues with running out of gas? Seems the way the tank is designed..it does not pick up all the fuel..and I have found myself twice,needing to go to reserve to make it to the gas pump.I am thinking about a new tank..but posibly adding another pickup to the tank for the right side and run it into a "T" to mate with the left line.There is always about a little less than a gallon left in the tank when i fill up.been keeping tabs with the odometer..and I have been getting around 48 to 56 miles before i need to fill up..but again..still fuel in the tank.
gonna change the oil this weekend..and put in the magnetic drain plug I finally got.
On another note...anybody know anything about those LED light strips..can they be added to these bikes.. and is there anything I would need to do to the electrical system?Since the bike is black..I want to be seen a bit more at night.
i ran out of gas and had to go to reserve once, but i haven't been keeping any tabs on how much gas i'm using. the gas left in your tank when you fill up is the reserve, it picks up from the top until you only have a half gallon left then when you switch it to reserve it picks up from the bottom.
louisiana weather lets me ride year round too, january and february are our coldest months too but even then we still get days that are in the 60 to 70 degree range. i don't really know about the LED light strips but i'm thinking of switching to LEDs for my lights( head lamp, tail lamp, and blinkers) i think they draw less power.