Introduction and things to come

[liquidblackracing]

Hey Iahawk,
Thanks for the insight.  I ended up buying a syringe and ill will be redoing the service.  So good to know that the rubber is EPDM and can be reused I will end up readjusting the valves as well. 

thanks for the heads up.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Yours was the first report of a dirty airfilter on a LIKE200i that I can recall.
Most of us have spares in a drawer that seemingly will outlive us.
I keep checking my airfilter - but have never found it to be dirty.

You and I must ride on different roads or in pretty different environments?
and, yeah - you won't need a spare valve cover gasket...until you do
Stig

[john grinsel]

Lowering bike not good idea from safety or handling standpoint.  Make sure shoe has or gets bike license.

[liquidblackracing]

As for the air filter, the guy said he had taken it off-roading  and that's another reason he took off the center stand :/ a lot of question marks from that guy.  but hey if your wanting to get out from under an air filter ill buy it off you


Also turns out that the weld nuts to the center stand was completely stripped.  I had to drill threw and put a bolt-on. the hardest part of the whole ordeal was to get the spring back on.    took 2 people a jack prybars and vice grips to get it back on lol.

[Stig / Major Tom]

I think the first LIKE DIY youtube I ever saw many yrs ago involved changing the air filter.
It was helpful to see how the lower side panel was removed.
Stig

[TBR125]

Not to go flying off the handle (pun intended), but your hammer head in the pic looks pretty far up the haft.

Great work with the kick stand. I understand the pain over the stand spring. I was dumb enough to pull mine for ground clearance and then realized how hard maintenance was without it. Definitely a bear to put back on.

[liquidblackracing]

Lol so that was my gf family hammer. I asked my gf to go get me a hammer from the tool box and brought over the most sketchy one lol. Since then i put a screw in the top fixing that issue.

As for the tires not sure if its new new or not. The front is a China tire Kenda. Not sure if that's was stock or not but the back one is a Michelin City grip. Both have good life on them at least 80% or better. Just not sure on why on the difrent brands.  Maybe they only had one in stock or bought at difrent times by different owners.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Lol so that was my gf family hammer. I asked my gf to go get me a hammer from the tool box and brought over the most sketchy one lol. Since then i put a screw in the top fixing that issue.

As for the tires not sure if its new new or not. The front is a China tire Kenda. Not sure if that's was stock or not but the back one is a Michelin City grip. Both have good life on them at least 80% or better. Just not sure on why on the difrent brands.  Maybe they only had one in stock or bought at difrent times by different owners.

LIKE scooters (50's and 163's) came with Kendas - hard as nails - and about as much fun in the wet.
Rear tires wear out first. City Grip was a great choice!

Stig