Got the Staton kit with Mitsu 43TLE built!

Okay folks....stayed up late last night and got my kit installed. I worked a little bit more today to start "project cammo" with good results so far. I stopped on the way home last night and bought what I think will be perfect bags for the bike. I made a bracket myself to position the bag where it will cover the entire street side (in the US, anyway! Haha!) of the engine and most of the drive chain. You can see looking at the photo of the back of the bag it just has 2 hooks that it hangs from the 1/2" threaded rod that I used. I'm going to do more work to secure the bottom of the bag better. I posted a LOT of photos below. Ride impressions? Wow! Fun! Faster than I thought. I think cruising at 25 or possibly 30 is about it for me. No need to go faster, although I'm sure my bike will go faster. I got it up to 31 mph (see speedo photo) and it had a LOT left and it's not broken in yet. The bike will fly if you want it to. The next part of my project will be making a bracket on the curb (right) side of the bike that will allow the right side bag to mount AND protect the engine in the event that the bike tips over. I'm very pleased with my build results so far. I cruised around the neighborhood a bit, and ran up to the gas station and bought a gallon of milk to test my bag out - worked great! The owner of the gas station came out to check out the bike. Pretty cool stuff. Check out the photos below.....my new seat, pedals, and bar-end mirror will come in on Monday which will spruce up the look and the ride. OH, and as far as the Mitsu being a quiet engine, it IS....NICE! Not annoying at all. I would venture to guess that people driving with their windows up probably won't even hear it.

Warner


Here's the 15 photos that I took!

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB9.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB8.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB7.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB6.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB5.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB4.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB3.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB2.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB15.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB14.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB13.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB12.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB11.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB10.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd265/warners_photos/MAB.jpg



Warner

 

[jonboy2five]

??? photos

photobucket says your photos were deleted...

 

[Warner]

photobucket says your photos were deleted...

Yeah, it does...what the heck? Hmmm....

Warner


PS - Here's the link to the videos my kid just shot....these were the bike at 30 mph:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9SDsyAOGQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Se3FsuRCA

 

[kerf]

Quiet, ain't it.

 

[Warner]

Quiet, ain't it.

Yep! And FAST! Pictures fixed.....it truncated the URL's because I copied and pasted them from another post....DOH!

Warner

 

[SirJakesus]

Yeah I love my mits and staton setup too. They're rock solid setups. Be careful with those skinny tires. I had some 26x1.75 comfort bike tires on mine and recently installed my original MTB 26x1.95 tires due to having to take my wheel off for spoke issues and its a world of difference. If you feel a bit squirrelly at higher speeds and a general lack of stability and smoothness its your tires. Just a bit more beef on mine and the bike felt like a whole new machine.
Nice ride man. Keep us updated.

 

[Warner]

Yeah I love my mits and staton setup too. They're rock solid setups. Be careful with those skinny tires. I had some 26x1.75 comfort bike tires on mine and recently installed my original MTB 26x1.95 tires due to having to take my wheel off for spoke issues and its a world of difference. If you feel a bit squirrelly at higher speeds and a general lack of stability and smoothness its your tires. Just a bit more beef on mine and the bike felt like a whole new machine.
Nice ride man. Keep us updated.

Yeah...I notice it a little bit when it's up there around 30 MPH. 27.5 MPH seems to be a great cruising speed for my combo. Chain tension seems to be something that takes a bit to get right....I think it's a matter of "breaking in" before the tension stays pretty good....I THINK I might be there now...just took a short ride and the tension was the same when I came back as it was when I left, which is a first. Hehe.

Thanks,

Warner

 

[kerf]

What output sprocket you running?

 

[Warner]

What output sprocket you running?

I want to say 18.....I didn't count, but I remember him saying that. Does that sound correct?

Warner

 

[kerf]

Sounds a little high, 14 maybe.