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shw911 · 08-05-2008, 02:50 PM

After bringing it home, I let it sit for a week before I tried to start it again. At first I thought something was wrong with it when I pulled the clutch lever in, the kick starter felt broken/disengaged. I remember reading somewhere that some engines only start in neutral...ugh. That's what I didn't want. Not only does it have to be in neutral, you can't pull the clutch in when you're starting it.
After a few months passed, I cleaned up the bike a bit, got it to run correctly and added some chrome fenders, I decided I needed to register and insure it. No surprises here.

Itching to go for a long ride, I meet Superness550 and EddieNewYork for the first time and rode with them around the Griffith observatory.

Here's another pic of the bike (no mods yet) near the observatory on another ride day. Eddie's CRF50 is in the back and Downtown LA is in the background.

I found out that my bike is just as fast as Eddie's 88 Takagawa BBK (stock head) Yoshimura Ti exhaust, but I pull ahead once I shift into 4th gear. 1st - 3rd, their about equal, but the CRF50/88 is a bit faster off the line. Obviously, my bike is no match for Ernesto's Honda 124 engine. We never did have any problems keeping up or holding up any traffic at all.

08-05-2008, 02:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
shw911 "Eating Ramen" Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,453	Re: shw911's Monkey/Gorilla build thread After bringing it home, I let it sit for a week before I tried to start it again. At first I thought something was wrong with it when I pulled the clutch lever in, the kick starter felt broken/disengaged. I remember reading somewhere that some engines only start in neutral...ugh. That's what I didn't want. Not only does it have to be in neutral, you can't pull the clutch in when you're starting it. After a few months passed, I cleaned up the bike a bit, got it to run correctly and added some chrome fenders, I decided I needed to register and insure it. No surprises here. Itching to go for a long ride, I meet Superness550 and EddieNewYork for the first time and rode with them around the Griffith observatory. Here's another pic of the bike (no mods yet) near the observatory on another ride day. Eddie's CRF50 is in the back and Downtown LA is in the background. I found out that my bike is just as fast as Eddie's 88 Takagawa BBK (stock head) Yoshimura Ti exhaust, but I pull ahead once I shift into 4th gear. 1st - 3rd, their about equal, but the CRF50/88 is a bit faster off the line. Obviously, my bike is no match for Ernesto's Honda 124 engine. We never did have any problems keeping up or holding up any traffic at all. Last edited by shw911; 08-05-2008 at 03:18 PM.