The Chinese Motorcycle

[Mortblanc]

The Chinese motorcycle has been painted!

I could not stand the neon green Kawasaki imitation any longer and went at it with a rattle can. Several of them in fact.

It is still green, like is listed on the registration, but they did not specify what shade of green.

I now have a bike that is forest green, with hints of dark earth, and matte brown, with all the bright work painted.

Yes I camo painted the little beast.

I also stuck a new Makuni carburetor on it.

The original carb was proving tricky. You could tune it to run perfectly at 7 am when the temp was 8 degrees and when temp ran up to 30 you had to tune it again. That was proving troublesome since in my climate it can be 10 degrees at sun up and 40 degrees at 5 pm.

The new carb has ended that problem.

The little bike has spoiled me too. It is much easier to ride than my big bike and it's making me consider trading the RE, which weighs 200K, for something lighter. The size of the China bike is about perfect but it need a bit more punch and as expected, the quality is not what I would like.

It is not falling apart, but it does not have the precise handling characteristics expected of a quality bike. I fear the shocks came off something Barbie and Ken once owned. It bobs and weaves and bounces and taking curves at any speed is more of a Zin exercise than riding skill.