Quote Originally Posted by Bob form NV View Post
"I see you are going red Bob. Just FYI, not sure if you got rid of your air injection hose but they make a red hose that is high pressure and wire reinforced. Just food for thought."

GonzoX, Now that the bike is running as good as it is I may leave the air pump on. If I do the red hose might be just the thing. Thanks

Crelow here is a picture of the choke control and a picture of the breather mod I did. It seems to ride good just the way it is with the hose applying downward force and the spring clamp holding it centered.

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Yeah my stock hose burst while doing 60mph on the highway. Will never do that again. This bike is regulated to in-town riding only. Im OK with that as it's a begginer bike for me.

O'reilly had the red hose and told me it was much stronger than what I had on it so that may be a good way to go for you.

Got my new air filter and damn it sexy. I noticed the stock one has no filter media at the head and that worried me. New one has an end cap to eliminated that problem but appears to be the same filter media. Both filters are China made. If it starts to rust like the stock filter did I will switch to a chrome / foam filter for a few dollars more.

Had a hard time starting my bike today so I put it on the charger. Battery might be my next upgrade. Finally got it started after a charge. Also had to tighten the chain as my bother noted it was too lose. Didnt even notice that. They say 1/2 to 1 inch slack. I was almost in the 1 and 1/2 inch area so I tightened it. Thats the thing with this bike, you really have to inspect it before every ride to make sure everything is tight and in order.

I let my brother ride it the other day and he made a comment about speed shifting. He said not engaging the clutch it seemed to shift easer and that would save wear on my clutch. My heart skipped a beat when he said this as I never heard of speed shifing. I thought doing that would destroy your clutch or transmission. Any thoughts on this?