New Roketa DB-08-250 in Missouri

[motorcyclelove]

Originally Posted by lprewitt

Thanks for the quick recommendations. That sounds like the way to go. I put about 80 miles on the bike today. Ran fine but it sure is tight...needing a breakin. The gearing is a little low for me....even for county road use. Ran it mostly at 30 to 40 mph. The vibration really comes in at about 45mph in 5th, 35mph in 4th....I'm guessing around 3000 to 3500 rpm. I suppose this is normal. Don't remember my Honda 200 being quite that buzzy. The engine sounds OK. I can hear the valve tappit tick....don't think the valves are adjusted too tight but will check them later after a few miles. I thought this bike would be less "buzzy" with the counter-balanced engine. Does this seem normal for a Storm?

How is the bike doing now? Are you cruising at 55 comfortably with it stock?

[Mag00]

Originally Posted by lprewitt

So, I will be taking this bike to Tucson, Arizona for a couple of months over the winter....the altitude is a lot higher than Missouri, obviously, (about 2400' vs 500'). I don't think I need to worry about rejetting for that....but some rides there take you above 7000 feet. Should I do anything to the carb or just live with the performance impact, if any. Any help would be appreciated.

My dealer said that leaving the stock carb unchanged may allow the bike to perform better since it will be running richer. He argues that the polution controls have the bike leaned out. Any comments?

Congrats on the Storm. Love the orange. I also own a Storm, and live in Tucson. I have gone up Mount Lemon road and no issues at all. Over 8k altitude.

I put a smaller rear sprocket on it. My last outing was about 150 miles, lots of tar and a fair amount of dirt, and the bike gave no issues at all.


When you get here, drop me a line.

Dave

[lprewitt]

Originally Posted by Mag00

Congrats on the Storm. Love the orange. I also own a Storm, and live in Tucson. I have gone up Mount Lemon road and no issues at all. Over 8k altitude.

I put a smaller rear sprocket on it. My last outing was about 150 miles, lots of tar and a fair amount of dirt, and the bike gave no issues at all.


When you get here, drop me a line.

Dave

That's good to hear, Dave. Sounds like i don't have to worry about the carb....at least not for altitude. I just changed the oil at 300 miles. I need to check the valve clearance. I hear no tappit tick at all which leads me to think they are too tight. After the oil change, I had the bike to 60 for about 10 seconds with some throttle left. Mostly just riding the county roads at 35-40mph trying to get more miles on it before we leave for Tucson in January.

[lprewitt]

Originally Posted by motorcyclelove

How is the bike doing now? Are you cruising at 55 comfortably with it stock?

Not cruising at 55 yet. Still need to get more break in miles on it before I do any sustained highway speeds.

[lprewitt]

Adjusted the valves today at 400 miles. As expected, they were tight. Absolutely no clearance. After adjustment( .04mm intake, .05mm exhaust), the bike seemed to start better and idle better when cold.

[lprewitt]

Can anyone recommend a good source for the air filters? Don't need to change mine now but would like to have one on hand.

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by lprewitt

Can anyone recommend a good source for the air filters? Don't need to change mine now but would like to have one on hand.

I think if you measure where the paper element air cleaner goes, you may be able to find a K&N square filter to go in there. Otherwise, you can cut down a car air filter element to fit.

[hertz9753]

http://www.knfilters.com/search/prod...x?prod=33-2238

That's what some of us put in our Hawks. I used rubber weather stripping on the retainer to seal it down because the lip on the filter is not as high as the stock one.

[lprewitt]

Thanks Red and hertz9753 for the great info.

[lprewitt]

Just arrived in sunny Arizona. Here for a couple of months to get away from the cold midwest winter. Nice 70 degree day today. Pulled a 28 foot Jayco travel trailer with my Storm loaded in the bed of the truck. 1500 miles....but could have done without the headwinds of New Mexico and Southwest Texas. Looking forward to some nice riding weather.

[lprewitt]

The load......

[BlackBike]

Something that shiny and new would make me want to cable lock it to one of those bumpers,...but that's just me.

Ps, what a nice setup, you are gonna really enjoy yourself ! Thanks for sharing

[lprewitt]

Originally Posted by BlackBike

Something that shiny and new would make me want to cable lock it to one of those bumpers,...but that's just me.

Ps, what a nice setup, you are gonna really enjoy yourself ! Thanks for sharing

Thx. You're right, gonna secure the bike when left unattended. Best not to feed someone's temptation.

[hertz9753]

Can that pickup pull Arizona up north?

[2LZ]

Nice setup!...and I really like the Storms. They're pretty illusive these days. I think the Brozz and the Shark basically replaced it but they have rear drums.