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05-09-2024, 09:36 AM | #1 | |
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05-09-2024, 04:56 PM | #2 |
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Update: fuel mileage stats
On last fill-up I put in .75 gallon and it went 50 miles which translates to approx 67 miles per gallon. The bike holds 1.5 gallons so she should be good for 100 miles to dry, plan to fill-up around 80 miles i'd say to be on the safe side
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05-09-2024, 09:01 PM | #3 | |
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I did put on a 19t front sprocket, and aftermarket intake and exhaust. |
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05-10-2024, 07:14 AM | #4 |
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They probably do, although i couldn't imagine being able to fit a 19T front, that and it would have sluggishness, even with the 17T it couldn't handle even slight inclines
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05-10-2024, 08:00 AM | #5 |
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I’m wondering if I’ll have to go with a 15t front sprocket. I purchased the 16t, but I want a mix between road friendliness (can “comfortably” hit 45-50 mph) with trail friendliness.
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05-10-2024, 08:03 AM | #6 |
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The 16T will fit that bill fine, but experiment and see what works best for the riding you do
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05-10-2024, 11:07 PM | #7 | |
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If it can't pull a gear, just downshift. You can do that in any gear but first. It does lose a bit of top speed up a bridge, but not much. Pulls just fine to 7k rpm, but rather sluggish to 7.5k rpm. |
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05-12-2024, 03:31 PM | #8 |
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Anyone else have an issue getting the rear brake lever to be level with the foot peg? It's impossible unless you take some material off of the brake lever arm.
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05-12-2024, 05:19 PM | #9 |
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I’m not at home around the bike, but looking at my pictures it does appear to be a bit lower. I guess I didn’t notice it to much.
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05-13-2024, 11:56 AM | #10 |
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Ride and performance report
After finishing prep of the bike out of the crate this past Friday and doing a 30 mile break in on the road, adjusting the rear shock, and installing my RK chain, I rode her Saturday and Sunday in the woods/trails and on the road and I am thoroughly impressed with what you get for the money. It absolutely performs comparable to other Japanese bikes in the same class.
Cruises easily at 45-50, top speed currently estimated to be @ 60 mph, though I’m trying to keep the RPMs under 8K right now. The 16t front sprocket really is the sweet spot for me, as there is plenty of low-end torque left in first gear for woods and trail riding yet I can achieve 55 mph quite easily on a flat road without maxing out the engine. My nephew and I had a great time yesterday; I was on the DLX and he was on his 2023 KLX140. The performance is somewhat comparable with the KLX, but the pilot jet is a just a tad lean on the DLX as I have that classic “decel pop”. It probably needs a 38 instead of a 35 pilot jet, but it had no off-idle bog or any flat spots in the throttle range. The stock carb actually runs pretty good once it’s warmed up for a few minutes. Super happy! Last edited by Dusman; 05-13-2024 at 02:27 PM. |
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05-14-2024, 07:57 AM | #11 |
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Installed a Mikuni clone VM26
Yesterday afternoon, I installed my Hawk’s old Mikuni clone VM26 into the Storm 150. I used a 105 main and 40 pilot. WOW. The low end torque increase is amazing and the acceleration to the mid range is fantastic and powerful. The top end was able to reach 63 mph for a split second, but I backed off and didn’t hold it as I want to put a few more hundred miles on this engine before maintaining a high RPM/mph. I also used a Nibbi two-stage pod filter, but I think I’ll eventually try a UNI two stage pod filter as the quality with those is much better than the Nibbi filter. I think the bike would actually perform slightly better with a 100 main and a 38 pilot as I believe it to be running a tad rich. We’ll give it a try this coming weekend and see what the results are and I’ll let you know. Fun times!
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05-14-2024, 08:43 AM | #12 | |
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05-14-2024, 09:30 AM | #13 |
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Oh absolutely re: “amazing”. I appreciate the clarification. My comment about it being “amazing” is in the context of what you get for your money and what you can get for a few cheap mods. It also performs as well as my nephew’s KLX140, but that bike has the exact same horsepower rating. I totally agree that those bikes you mentioned are light years beyond the Storm 150, but in the context of a cheap, yet reliable enough with a few mods, street legal, and light motorcycle, it’s pretty dang good. I prefer it over heavier bikes due to my arthritis. I’m just tired of picking up the 250lb+ machines in the woods as it kills my hands for days after. A little bike like this is perfect for me given my health issues. It’s also easy to work on, and the Japanese really don’t have any comparable offerings at this point that are street legal. However….the seat is horrible. It’s like sitting on a pine board wrapped in leather. lol
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05-14-2024, 10:06 PM | #14 |
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A 40 pilot is way too rich for a 150, even at sea level. A 38 would be fine at sea level.
I'm at sea level, and currently running a 35 pilot and a 110 main, but it's still a bit lean. This week I'll be swapping out the 110 main jet for a 115. I did add about 2.5 turns on the AF screw, to get it to idle better when cold. A lean idle is no problem, so long the bike starts from cold. Once warms up, the bike should hold idle fine. The pops on decel are from a lean idle jet, but usually are harmless. Can be avoided by opening the throttle a tiny bit, or dialing in some more fuel on the AF screw. Aside from the idle (or pilot) jet, there is the AF screw (jet), and a bit of the main jet helping out the pilot. The higher the idle, the more of the main jet you dial in, and the richer it'll idle. |
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05-15-2024, 08:29 AM | #15 |
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Yep, agreed. Unfortunately, my OEM YouALL carb’s A/F screw is sealed with a what appears to be a welch plug and it doesn’t seem that I can notch it out and/or unscrew it out. I can get the “sealed” carb bowl screws off by notching them with my Dremel, but I just wanted to throw the Mikuni VM26 on and see what happened. I definitely agree that a 40 pilot is too rich. It seems that given my elevation, a 38 pilot jet would be just about right and/or what you’ve already noted with the A/F screw adjustment. I’d actually prefer to leave the stock carb on and just adjust it as it ran pretty decent out of the box. I’m just not crazy about the fact that the two piece pilot jet seems to be a weirdo proprietary thing that this OEM YouAll carb has. I need to take it out and see if I could make an OEM PZ27 pilot work via measuring the two-piece OEM YouAll pilot jet. I’ll report back later in the week if I think I can source a one-piece pilot jet from jetsrus.com or from another source. Thanks for your input!
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