gagallagher04401
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Hey everyone
George here from the cold state of Maine. I am upgrading my nephew from a mini bike to a Suzuki 2003 JR80. He is very excited and so am I. I want a riding buddy. Lol
Here is a little background. Bike is all stock. In good condition. New rear tire and tube. Everything seems to work the way it should. I put in a new spark plug. Cleaned and oiled the air filter. Cleaned and chain lubed it. ( gonna need a new chain before long) Lubed all cables. New tranny oil. Filled up injection bottle. Cleaned all the gunk out of the exhaust end. Cleaned the carb. ( I have a new needle & seat on the way) air acrew at stock setting. Everything in the carb is at stock settings. I compression tested the engine. I am getting 110-115. So before taking the carb off to change the needle & seat the bike started good, idled good, ran ok. Curious to see how the new needle and seat helps her out.
What else should I do for reliability prep?
Any way to lower one of these little bikes? My nephew is a little to short.
Tips on carb tuning?
When I am ready for a top end rebuild do any other bikes have the same top end? I seem to have a hard time finding engine parts for this bike that don't cost a ton.
I know I will have more questions after I get her back together.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
George
George here from the cold state of Maine. I am upgrading my nephew from a mini bike to a Suzuki 2003 JR80. He is very excited and so am I. I want a riding buddy. Lol
Here is a little background. Bike is all stock. In good condition. New rear tire and tube. Everything seems to work the way it should. I put in a new spark plug. Cleaned and oiled the air filter. Cleaned and chain lubed it. ( gonna need a new chain before long) Lubed all cables. New tranny oil. Filled up injection bottle. Cleaned all the gunk out of the exhaust end. Cleaned the carb. ( I have a new needle & seat on the way) air acrew at stock setting. Everything in the carb is at stock settings. I compression tested the engine. I am getting 110-115. So before taking the carb off to change the needle & seat the bike started good, idled good, ran ok. Curious to see how the new needle and seat helps her out.
What else should I do for reliability prep?
Any way to lower one of these little bikes? My nephew is a little to short.
Tips on carb tuning?
When I am ready for a top end rebuild do any other bikes have the same top end? I seem to have a hard time finding engine parts for this bike that don't cost a ton.
I know I will have more questions after I get her back together.
Thanks in advance for all the help.
George
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