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The theves left the fuel petcock open. That filled the cylinder with fuel and also let a little drip into the oil. Today I was able to change the oil, charge the battery, and fill her with fresh fuel. She started right up the first hit of the starter! Quick test ride showed that they have just about finished the old axle, but I have the new one under the bed waiting. Other than that and the $92.50 key switch there seems to be no mechanical damage. With the stolen mirrors and the cosmetic damage the total cost to me will be about $200 bucks and now, several hours of labor in paint and such. I got lucky.

The first nice weekend that we have, I'll install that new rear end. The issue I'm having now, is finding a lift point aft of the center of gravity that isn't axle.

Update : Went to the hearing today. The trike is home. A little cosmetic damage and they destroyed the keyswitch. Shot an email off to rapidrepair for that part. It was a theft ring out of El Paso. I got lucky because they found it before they could run it into Mexico.. All 3 were guests here posing as a construction crew. The stolen trailer had $3k-4k worth of stolen property in it plus my trike. Owners of the contents didn't claim their stuff so the owner of the trailer got to keep it all.

Since this thread seems to wander a bit, I thought I would post this graph of unmodified production top speed motorcycles from Wickpedia. I was wondering what motorcycles that used springer front ends were running as average speeds before the advent of oil filled forks and found this. Notice the dramatic increase between about 1910 and 1915? Those must have been such exciting times for bikers! Although bobbers did not become popular till after WWII, that may be why I like that vintage look so much.

Thanks, JR! Only did the 30mm on the trike to upgrade to a pumper and better quality. Used his kit with the manifold included. It really made a difference for me. Not so much in power, but it seemed to eliminate the mid range flat spot the other had. Would have gone with a 24mm if he had one.

As I understand it, most versions of this bobber come with a 24mm pumper that need to be rejetted. The springer is suposed to be 30mm pumper with manual choke already, but I have been impressed with the quality of Scrappy's carb. It's most likely a waste of money, but to me, a balance between intake, ignition, and exhaust are the heart of the matter. I leave the block alone. I always try to upgrade the carb, CDI, fuel pump/filter, and coil to the best quality I can afford. I usually gain a little performance, If you change the oil when you should and don't over rev, the block will not be what fails on the road. The Chinese clones are pretty much just nice, affordable rides so trying to squeeze every last drop and power out of one would probably cost what a good used japanese bike or even old Sportster would. Of course there is the fun factor and challange of trying to hot rod the clones and mistakes don't cost as much.

Use DX and Meritline both, but Banggood seems to have much better service. I would lay more blame at the hands of the freight co. They are the ones who have the final control once it's in the truck. either way, if it was all good, all the time, we wouldn't need preacher and counselors.

This is a good source for generic parts for scooters or bikes:

Just for general info. There is a vendor called banggood.com out of China that has a lot of stuff for motorcycles. It's mostly cosmetic and generic. I've ordered several times and the quality has always been good, as is the service. It does come from a warehouse in China so there is the usual delay in shipping. Just do a search on their site for "motorcycle"

Just a quick update. The vendor I ordered from and I had a little comm gap in the ordering process and they are shipping me the more expensive B version with the springer front end at the same price as the A version. I wanted the springer version anyway so I am very pleased with service. Order was placed on 01.03 and it ships tomorrow 01.08.Chad at extremescooters.biz has been very good.