Finally got the new valves from Thailand today! Took me about an hour to take the engine apart again and replace the valves. New valves was the solutions to all my horsepower problems. Once everything was back together the bike fired right up and has great pick up. It is finally ready just in time for the warm weather.
Well I got most of the carbon crud off the piston and valves. I got all the baked on gaskets off after much scraping, soaking and (more…)
I finally got the whole engine apart and I got look at the piston. It seems the rings, piston and bore are all in pretty good shape. The main issue is (more…)
My bike has been leaking oil like never before and it is severely lacking power on the uphills. So I am taking the bike apart to (more…)
You may remember my earlier troubles with LED bulbs (more…)
I have been riding my CT90 last couple weeks in the cold and it has been really cold. I found this closed faced helmet at Mega Thrift for $10 last weekend. I sprayed it down with chemicals to kill anything living and then I painted the stripes just to spruce it up. My face thanked me.
Well I have been riding the CT-90 for about a month now. I got it street legal and I have been riding it everywhere. It has been a great ride so far, although it has broken down a few times.
So I changed the points hoping that would fix my idling problem, while it helped the engine run smoother it did not keep the engine from dying when hot. Google told me that the problem might be that I don’t have an air restrictor, I have an aftermarket air filter and not the $100 CT-90 air box system. So the idle might be running too lean, well I am not spending that kind of money for a richer gas/air mixture. So I figured out (more…)
Today I made got all the information I need for obtaining a (more…)
