I do have to clean it now and then but certainly not every ride. Be careful with the pressure washer at the seat area but that's just common sense.
Make sure the tube between the air box and the carb is clean as water lies in the ridges so maybe the lad that sold you the bike doesn't do this?
While I'm on I've had probs with the throttle cable, I feel the spring in the slide is too long and becomes distorted ,and rubs the inner cable, I've replaced 3, I've now shortened the spring with no issues.
Also I run it very lean on oil 50ml to 4 L because if I don't it dribbles everywhere from the lower silencer joint , you'll see how oily it is when you repack it.
All the best.
PS Make sure you ALWAYS turn the fuel of when not in use, the crankcase stuffers can swell if it floods and cause havoc.
My son's EVO 80 Jr fires up no issue and runs well, but it drools a remarkable amount of orange-tinged goop from the front of the silencer, to the point of being embarrassing. It's wet almost like coolant and oil mixed, but the bike doesn't seem to use coolant and it doesn't smell when running. Our trials are mostly dry, although I do wash the bike with a power washer. As a related aside we're running 80:1 Motul 710 mixed with non-ethanol gas.
Not something I thought too much of until I rode the Vertigo Vertical we just got in the shop. Still, the clutch on the Beta seems to engage quickly/hard even with a determined effort to feed it in very precisely. Because it's the Factory EVO it already has the good plates spec'd - could this be mitigated by changing from the Motul TransOil Expert 10w40 to a different fluid? Swapping clutch springs?
I spoke with Frank at BetaUSA a couple weeks ago, and he acknowledged an early January (9-10ish) introduction with bikes Stateside in mid-late February.
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My son's EVO 80 Jr fires up no issue and runs well, but it drools a remarkable amount of orange-tinged goop from the front of the silencer, to the point of being embarrassing. It's wet almost like coolant and oil mixed, but the bike doesn't seem to use coolant and it doesn't smell when running. Our trials are mostly dry, although I do wash the bike with a power washer. As a related aside we're running 80:1 Motul 710 mixed with non-ethanol gas.
Thoughts?