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Old June 19th, 2019, 07:05 PM   #45
Raddad70
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Name: Dave
Location: Pittsburgh
Join Date: Jan 2019

Motorcycle(s): Honda cx650, 2005 ninja 250

Posts: 45
Got it running over the weekend and it seems it idle fine and exhaust sounds interesting - a little on the loud side like grunting bees. Then I lost my mind and made a temporary fuel tank out of a sea foam can. Dropped it in the fill port of the tank ran a piece of tubing to the carbs and rode it about a mile and back. First impression- handling was not what I’m use to short wheel base and small flickable front tire. The shifter was set way too high had to raise my whole foot to kick it into higher gears. When coming to a stop I seem to give it throttle as I am braking. Pretty much all me getting use to a new bike. I repositioned the shifter, topped off my seafoam can with some premium and checked the tires before my next ride. 20 psi in both! What a fool! Handling was way better after the correct tire pressure, duh! Went 6 miles started sputtering last quarter mile and died as I was coasting into the driveway- totally out of gas, lol. Yep fool is right.
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