Frostothebikeman
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Hey everybody... you could say I'm new to this forum but I've been reading here and taking advice for a year or so... I'm no newbie I'm on my second 80cc 2 stroke bike and I do have a basic understanding of how engines work... but what I'm wondering is why does my new bike feel slightly underpowered? I used to run my old motor on a chopper frame and keep up with my buddy. Sometimes slightly faster than him. now I have a mountain bike/cruiser style frame and a new engine he has his same old bike and he'll slowly pass me if he wants to... we have almost the same bike all stock except we both have a bbr tuning stage 2 cdi (just for the keyed ignition little theft provention) and I run the viper flexible exhaust he runs stock exhaust with a gasket leak. He will pass me up but we virtually have the same bike I just have a slightly better exhaust... is his exhaust leak causing him to run faster than me or what? I'm baffled I have my carb tuned, spark plug gapped to 25, a decent exhaust, I check my plug regularly and it's always the right color. He doesn't doesn't care about any of this stuff but his bike will slowly pass by me on the top end and I'm the one taking the time to actually tune mine and thats irritating.