Alright, Gents...
Bar a paint job, my bike is finally how I want it for the season!
I'll quickly brief you on my order, then share all my mods/insight.
I ordered from countyimports.com AKA joyridemotors.com
I was between the TMEC 200 and a Brozz 250, but I did too much research, and in that time the last Brozz sold. whoops.
So I was happy to go with the TMEC. On county imports' website, they showed two models: supermoto style, and knobbies style. I called ahead to make sure they had the sumo version because I do mainly street riding. I was assured they had them. Long story short, he (Wayne) lied.
I ordered the bike April 17th, received it the 27th, and got the paperwork May 17th
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In that time I had found out that Culcune had an old set of sumo tires for my bike, and was happy to pay him for them (thank you Culcune).
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The bike came with almost no damage (a small scratch on the crank case)
and ove the next two days I put it together.
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A few days following, I took the time to watch some youtube vids to learn how to adjust my valves. They were both set to 0 so I opened them to .003 on both sides.
I had ordered out beloved Mikuni clone in the mean time and ordered an exhaust from someone on here (maybe irishjew?)
The exhaust went on fairly easy. Instead of mounting it to the original mount under the passenger seat, I had to mount it to one of the subframe mounts which worked out fine. I also had to bend my clutch arm because it was hitting the new pipe work. hitting it a few times with a hammer gave me the clearance I needed.
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Two other things you may notice in that picture, I decided to remove all the vinyl from the bike giving it a blacked out look. Also, the exhaust was almost touching the airbox, so I ordered some heat wrap, Ill show you the heat wrap in a few paragraphs.
Next, I opened up my airbox. I dont have a "before" picture, but there was a piece over the filter that really restricted airflow. luckily for me, under the filter is a box with no restriction leading straight to the carb.
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I also got my carb tuned up to be pretty perfect. I'm running a 27.5 idle, 110 main with the clip on the richest setting.
Next, I added a LED headlight to my stock housing. It made a HUGE improvement in my short and long field of vision at night. Unfortunately, I dont have any comparative pictures for that, but if requested, I could take some.
Next came the heat wrap for the exhaust. I didnt really want to wrap the exhaust, but its proximity to my airbox would have caused it to melt. I bought some black wrap, watched about 5 youtube videos on how to wrap em, and went for it. I mad sure to keep A LOT of pressure on it throughout the process, and I think it turned out pretty good. NOTE IF YOU HEAT WRAP, WEAR GLOVES AND LONG SLEVES. I wore gloves, but that crap got all over my forearms and took a few days to get out.
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Last, but not least, Culcune saved the day and my sumo wheels tires arrived this last weekend.
I threw them on and cut my chain to fit, and my project(almost two months later and needing a paint job) is complete!
(Unfortunately, this site wont let me add any more pictures can someone help me with that? )
I absolutely love turning wrenches and wouldnt have changed this process a hair.
If any one has any questions about stuff that I did, please feel free to ask.
I'll be sure to update once ive painted it. does anyone have any reccomendations other than black?