Quote Originally Posted by Bobthebobber View Post
Hey Guys! I got my bike this weekend. Everything looks just as it should.. minus a few small problems. The chain is SO TIGHT i do not even want to roll the bike around in fear it will damage the sprockets. The weird thing is that the tire is already adjusted at the most forward setting.. leaving to way to adjust the chain and loosen it. Good thing I have a small sprocket on the way. The grease fitting on the left foot peg was drilled on the top instead of on the bottom.. kinda silly but i just threw some flat paint on it and you dont really notice. There were a few other minor things like paint chips and such.. but i worked most of it out.


I pulled all the stripes off, changed the air filter to a slightly shorter one with a closed end, and swapped out the breather to a matching mini cone filter. IDK how it was on your bikes but the battery took me almost an hour to get in because it was VERY very hard to get the nuts and bolts through on the terminals.

Worst thing happened though.. when i was putting gas in her.. the top of my gas can was cross threaded and it poured all down my tank... it ate all the paint on the tank and now I have a streaked tank. It actually took the paint all the way off in a few spots. Really sucks.. I actually like the flat black in person.. I guess ill have to repaint it eventually.

Can you show me where the idle adjustment is? I fired it up last night and it seemed like it was running about half throttle. I could not for the life of me find it in the dark. Man this thing is loud.
Yep, chain was tight on mine. Should be 1/2 to 1inch slack. I recently had to tighten mine a bit as it was too slack after only 360 miles. Watch that.

I did spill gass on my tank as well but it really didnt hurt my tank. A year later the clearcoat they used on the fender started coming off on the fenders but not the tank. I still have the stupid blue protective film on my gas cap and am having a hard time getting that crap off. I just use my fingernails redneck style to peel it off a bit at a time. Was goint to use a wire brush on a drill to get rid of it but thought that would ruin the chrome finish. Oh and dont let the chrome plating fool you. It still will rust as I am fidning out.

Air filter swap is a good idea IMHO. The stock one lets too much crap in. The end cap filter is a good idea as the stock one has no filter media on the tip, its just wire and wire mesh is not a good filter media. Next time Im going with an all phoam one personally. I like the cool retro wire mesh looking one but I prefer something that will protect my jap clone carb.

I remember my brother telling me I needed to adjust the seat height/tension but I do not see any kind of adjustment nut there. Am I wrong?