After a 13 hour day of working to put this thing together, I've just went for my first ride! WOO HOO!
After some test runs, I've switched the gearing to 13/39. This works great for cruising at 60 mph and gives me the top end to pass on the freeway. Even with the tall gearing, taking off in 1st gear seams fine on the road. I am amazed at the acceleration! It isn't scary R1 type fast, but wow, you can just fly on this thing!!
I weighed the bike today and it is 240 lbs with a full tank of gas. I've also been playing with the jetting. Some people had told me that I would need richer jetting to run a 2 stroke on the road vs running in the dirt. I have not found this to be true - it wants the exact same jetting as my harescramble dirt machine. Whether that makes sense or not I do not know...
Just an update - I have put quite a few road miles on this bike. It has proven to be a fun project bike that gets some weird looks! I moved the upper shock mount on the frame so that it now sits level. Maybe this will be a fun ice racer when winter comes around, hmmm....
