2023 Venom SS3 mini
 

I just bought another bike, well a mini bike :tup: So the fun begins!

Assembly video
 

Sweet looking bike. Like the color. :tup:

Thanks Jerry, I really like that orange!

Pdi
 

Just having a little fun
 

I love the safety gear. Flip Flops and a hard head. Geez Herbie. You supposed to be setting and example :p

I did, a bad one! :p

:lol:

:lmao: I oftentimes resemble this comment!

Getting close to time to do a valve adjustment and oil screen cleaning on the mini. For some odd reason the oil screen on this bike is behind the clutch cover, cover has to be removed. I heard the valve cover is going to be a bear as well. Oh well, I like a challenge. :lmao:

I wonder if this is a better buy than the Papio from CFMoto

I would say yes. The KP 150 has more HP.

Either this bike or the KPR 200 will be my next purchase thanks to Herbie!!!

I still have the $100 discount code from Venom if you wanted to get a Ss3, I’d be happy to give it to you Pastor. Thanks for the encouragement, I think I needed that, had kind of a rough day yesterday.

I cannot justify the purchase right now...adulting sucks

I completed understand, if I had my way I’d have a garage full of bikes :lmao:
Unfortunately too many other things take precedence

Nibbi install
 

Nice video, thanx.

I honestly cannot stop watching your videos. You should be more popular than wammy boob

Thank you Tom and Pastor, I appreciate that!

First Ride after upgrades
 

Herbie, I noticed on your website that you have about 8 or 9 vids on the KP Mini. How about a playlist for them?

Venom SS3 KP mini playlist
 

Good Idea Tom, Thank You
Here it is for anyone interested

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...bQcTIc83p2KBlQ

The most recent edition of the EPA/DOT certification list for street-legal motorcycles in the US was released in May, and it (still--I think I posted this information on a separate thread) shows a 2024 Lifan KPMini S as being 50 state legal and the bike will have SFI rather than a carb. It lists the engine size as being 149.0 rather than the upgraded SS3's (upgraded from the original KPMini) 149.2cc engine. The transmission will still be a 5-speed.

Fuel injection would be a definite plus and I prefer efi anymore. But sometimes there is just something nostalgic about carburetors. Once you get them tuned right they run pretty flawlessly unless of course you live in an area that has nothing but ethanol gas and you leave your bike sit too long :hmm:

The Papio is EFI and a six speed. But… it claims 9.4 hp @ 8,500 rpm.

The KP150 claims 12.2hp/8000 RPM.

Do you need EFI? That 6th gear?

I am guessing that Lifan wanted the potentially lucrative California market for this bike. Ironically, when it was first introduced a few years ago, there seemed to be a batch of the bikes that were CARB certified for California. Then, they became 49-state legal with Californians not needing to apply (anymore). Fuel injection was probably able to push it over that last 'hump' for California's sacred CARB blessing. I know there is a fledgling mini-racing scene in the so-called Inland Empire just outside of L.A. and I could see this bike being very competitive now that it is legal again there. When these were first being introduced, there was a press release from Lifan in China showing them in full racing trim with slick tires and no street-legal equipment and I had always thought that American Lifan should promote a one make KPMini budget racing league of sorts.

As far as a 6th...why not, but I doubt it would be a deal-breaker for most without it (it wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me by any means).

My 2024 SS3 wish list:
6th gear
175 or 200cc
EFI

If they did only two of the above, I totally could not help myself, I would have to have one.

Well the 2024 will have EFI. That's one wish to take off the list. ;)

I wonder if there will be a modest horsepower boost as well.

EFI, 200cc, and 5 speed with some great gearing… that would be fantastic. And not difficult to do… even 250cc.

A US importer could probably order up something like this - American motorcycle licenses are for all-size bikes, when other countries can have classes (eg 50cc and under, 50-125cc, 400c and under, unlimited, etc) A 125 or 150cc version, and a 250cc version? That’s be awesome… especially if they can figure out not just parts but aftermarket.

The SS3’s first trip to the campground

Looks good! I wish i was camping. I bet my Evader is quieter than your SS3. lol

Thanks, it’s only quieter when it’s moving :lmao:

Is that just the place you parked it for the photo, or is the campground a bit rustic as far as ground goes. Just wondering if you have to ride it in 'trailbike' terrain and how the bike does.

That was just a picture taken by the marina at the lake. I’ve taken it down some dirt roads and rock roads, it does pretty good on those, dirt more so than rocks. I do plan on taking it trail riding when I can. Unfortunately the trails here are just for walking, no bikes or vehicles. My daughter and her husband have a membership at an exclusive off road park so I’ll be able to take it there soon I hope.

Herbie, what's that little pack you have on the rear seat?

It's just a little bag to hold my cap and gloves and rain suit if I need it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A few years back, I recall someone had a thread about how they took their Taotao Hellcat and made it into a trailbike of sorts for light dirt roads. I don't recall all the modifications they did, but I do recall some small knobbies.