Red Ace
New Member
Hello everyone,
I am Dirk from Antwerp (great race track by the way
Today I went to pick up my brand new little Ace. What a great day!
The sound, the driving experience (seemed like I was doing 80 and I was doing 40!! all the way).
There were a bit of engine issues right from the start: didn't react at all to gashandle movement.
It stalled numerous times...
Found out I was driving with the choke on... stupid me.
I had a blast for the first 10km's or so and then disaster struck. Familiar to some of you guys, but new to me:
the gear link cable/stick broke off. Or at least I lost it while doing 60 km/h.
Nice. What a piece of cr@° Hehe, but for me it was pure joy. I went looking for the missing gear connector and luckily found it in the middle of the street.
I picked it up and started right away to fix it and with only hands as tools it was not as tight as I wanted, but good enough.
My first experience with Chinese bikes was a interesting one But I like it, this is exactly why I bought the Ace. To work on it and improve the quality and reliability by my self.
I think I will enjoy it more and more. The power output is for me at least sufficient (for now, it has been 8 years since my last motorcycle. which was a Honda CBR600F with 115 HP vmax 260 and 0-100 3.6 sec...).
It feels sweeter than my old CBR125R also, which is surprising. Since that thing had 13 hp.
I am happy to zip around the neighbourhood and tomorrow try the 90 KM/h roads. Wish me luck;-)
I did some mods:
- EGR delete
- cat delete, by installing the optional queengarden freeflow exhaust (chrome).
- no rearview mirrors;-) handlebar mirrors are on the shopping list.
Tomorrow toolbox out and start to fiddle with the rest of the nuts and bolts. As to assure nothing else will come off...
I am Dirk from Antwerp (great race track by the way
Today I went to pick up my brand new little Ace. What a great day!
The sound, the driving experience (seemed like I was doing 80 and I was doing 40!! all the way).
There were a bit of engine issues right from the start: didn't react at all to gashandle movement.
It stalled numerous times...
Found out I was driving with the choke on... stupid me.
I had a blast for the first 10km's or so and then disaster struck. Familiar to some of you guys, but new to me:
the gear link cable/stick broke off. Or at least I lost it while doing 60 km/h.
Nice. What a piece of cr@° Hehe, but for me it was pure joy. I went looking for the missing gear connector and luckily found it in the middle of the street.
I picked it up and started right away to fix it and with only hands as tools it was not as tight as I wanted, but good enough.
My first experience with Chinese bikes was a interesting one But I like it, this is exactly why I bought the Ace. To work on it and improve the quality and reliability by my self.
I think I will enjoy it more and more. The power output is for me at least sufficient (for now, it has been 8 years since my last motorcycle. which was a Honda CBR600F with 115 HP vmax 260 and 0-100 3.6 sec...).
It feels sweeter than my old CBR125R also, which is surprising. Since that thing had 13 hp.
I am happy to zip around the neighbourhood and tomorrow try the 90 KM/h roads. Wish me luck;-)
I did some mods:
- EGR delete
- cat delete, by installing the optional queengarden freeflow exhaust (chrome).
- no rearview mirrors;-) handlebar mirrors are on the shopping list.
Tomorrow toolbox out and start to fiddle with the rest of the nuts and bolts. As to assure nothing else will come off...