Looks good:smile:..you sure rear fender away from exhaust.i just beat the mounts down a bit and bent mount holes back w a vice grip to lower the fenders...I've seen tons of melted ones one ytube..ya could cut front fender down a bit if you not like it.or take it off if you ride street not needed..i really like the raked shape of the top frame tubes..took me awhile to warm to to them..i love my mmb80..yours does have more engine space..
Thanks for the suggestion Raskin. I will try lowering the fender. Part of the issue is I need to un-tension the chain and slide the motor forward another centimeter or two. The valve cover is touching the rear fender, causing it to pop up in the back a little. Today I was beat from working 34 hours out of the last 48, but managed to finalize the engine details in full, so now I truly do only need oil and gas.
I added a UNI breather filter and created a convenient hold down for it at the perfect length for the factory breather hose, using a longer shoulder bolt and a small spacer I cut to length, bolted through the throttle linkage arm.
I also plumbed all new red fuel line through the recoil housing in it's original insulation in the factory intended location to an inline fuel filter with enough slack to remove the tank for filling.
Hopefully, the extra little loop of fuel line won't interfere with the gravity fed fuel system, but I have a Mikuni fuel pump on hand just in case.
I also used my cut off wheel to relieve the throttle cable compression fitting bracket to completely clear the fuel tank which was hitting before and partially led to the clearance issue between the tank and frame.
Something was bothering me about the stock Motovox handlebars... They look a little dorky in my opinion. They're too high and look like they came off a cheap BMX bike.
I had already decided that I wasn't running the front Motovox fender too, so I removed it and the brackets and it really cleaned up in my opinion. I went out to my garage to see what I had for options for new handlebars. In the far corner of my garage was my daughter's old broken and forgotten Razor MX250 electric dirt bike. The handlebars on it looked like they might do the trick, with their lower slung profile. So I robbed them from the POS and on my way back in the house, something on my Honda Ruckus scooter caught my eye. So now with 2 parts in hand from 2 different bikes, one from my "street legal" mini bike,(Ruckus) I went in and tore off the original Motovox bars and installed the new ones and my Fox Racing pad from my scooter, along with the new red Super Grips.
Because the Super Grips are longer than the factory grips, I ran out of real estate for the kill switch, so I relocated it to in-between the handlebar clamps
I like it a lot! I think it really gives the bike a whole new attitude. And the best part is, outside of the $7 I think I spent on the grips, it was a free mod!