took delivery in the snow...put the wheels on, tightened up the handle bars.... installed battery and started it up and took it for a ride after i fixed the gas line....had a gusher. There was a slice in the gas line. It handles nice. The suspension is tight but i don't mind. I can haul some load on the racks that way. I froze my **** off. no gloves and no long johns. It didn't want to throttle up much at first while cruising along at maybe 10 mph. Had to coax it by slowly applying throttle and waiting for it to decide to wake up...then it zips right along. I think maybe it has to do with the engine being new and not broken in the cold. It wanted to idle up a little sometimes when sitting still posibly from the electric choke asking it to from the engine getting cool because it's cold outside? Starts right up and runs smooth although i hear a little bit of intermittent racket coming from the left bottom side of the engine sometimes when it's sitting there idling...not sure what that is.

 

Most likely what you are hearing at certain rpm's is the chain hitting the frame. Even if the chain slack is set it will still vibrate on the frame.

 

my front rack doesn't look like it's going to bolt up. I'm not sure whats not right. I gotta look at it some more. the rear rack bolted up a little crooked. It looks to me like the fabricating welding is not precise. I bolted on the front push bar. One of the bolt holes is not centered in the tube so the bolt is bottoming out before getting tight against the metal...hence i listened to it vibrate while riding today until i wrapped some electrical tape around it to get rid of the noise. I will have to put a shorter bolt in that hole. I further investigated the noise i am hearing from the engine. It seems that it might be intermittent valve noise when the engine is cold. It happens when it's sitting there warming up. I found a new problem today after riding for awhile. One of the top ball joint stems is loose. I can move the top of the wheel in and out and it makes a clunking noise. After further investigating it. I see the stem moving. I'm not sure if i should tighten the bolt that clamps it into the spindle bracket. The metal is very thick and i don't know if it will close tighter on it without something going wrong. I rode around a bunch, climbed a couple of hills, wasn't a bad day. Changing from forward to reverse requires giving the machine a little nudge by thrusting your weight forward or back a little while seated to get it to drop in to gear....no biggee... Anyone have anything to offer?