PAULIE

Indeed.

Seller has a price of $3,200 on it. Thoughts? IMO its a $1,500 bike running and $750 not running, TOPS

What USD $ figure would you put on this? 300km showing on the fork mounted odo Missing headlight/plate non-original (?) exhaust silencer? Seller says in the ad "Not currently running but I know it will run. Recently had the carb cleaned and got it to start and run but that was last summer so it probably needs to be done again." Seller also says "100% needs a new fuel shutoff switch and an oil change"

It is a brushed motor and might only need new brushes. Brushed motors and the brushes they use are usually "universal" so maybe an electric motor repair shop could replace them. For $100 you might be able to turn a $500 dead bike into a $2000 running bike

Thanks Me too! In retrospect I think it might be easier to stuff the end cap section and then wrap the core that goes into the main body. Oh well, next time! Also replaced the flimsy and hard to grip plastic idle speed screw adjuster and the air screw too and the plastic throttle tube with an aluminium Apico tube. Some $ here but it is super smooth and should last a long time

I've got a low hours on the existing OEM fiberglass type packing but in the quest to make it as quiet as possible I purchased some "Long strand/Loose fill" material to try out. It looks just like the Jitsie product if you are familiar with it. http://areapnolimits.com/products/Muffler-Packing.php Makes sense to me... This info was very helpful because the G-G core is wrapped with a mesh Pic of the original packing material and the mesh wrapped around the core removed it (but saved it JIC) The challenge here is that the modern end cap is very long unlike a typical mx/enduro silencer and the older GG's Went with the "stuff it" method for the lower section Since the end cap and main body cant be stuffed at the same time this end section of the core is wrapped in typical fashion. Getting the very slim end cap on without bunching up the material and THEN getting the core to slide over the outer tip is the hardest part of the job. If the core is off kilter even a few mm's the core and tip wont engage. I had to take all the packing out and rotate the core 180 to get the alignment right With some gentle prodding and it went together on the second try. It's too late now but with all of this loosely packed, sound absorbing material inside Im excited to test it out!

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Some pics (I see now the trans oil looks low but it's due to the incline!) While checking the carb and cleaning the airbox & filter I noticed this reed valve at the bottom of the box to release any water that gets in there - pretty trick!

the decal on the bike says "Unleaded 2%" ( which = 50:1 ) but the manual says use 98 octane at 67:1 (and a "Jaso FD" classification type) think there would be any issues running this VP fuel? I cannot obtain the called out Motorex fuel near me. TIA

Hey why not add some bars too. Took 25mm off each side to get the width to match the stock bars

New stem came in. It bolts right on and I like the change in bar position it gives

I feel the same way. The brakes don't have a lot of feel or power. Would love to swap the nice 4 piston on the front of my MTB but it is mounted on the left side and it cannot be flipped onto the right side. Before changing components going to try some green SwissStop pads.

Ordered this Spank Spike 25/30 stem in red. Will report back

Hello, Liking this bike a ton! Has anyone swapped out their stem for something that has a little more rise and a lot less reach? Looks like ~50mm offset and 0 degrees of rise on the stock stem here... this has much less offset, and some rise too... ...enough rise to clear to the blue comp clicker ( I think ) What do you think? TIA