Nightshade General 5 Star

BUILD DESCRIPTION

All black everything and white accessories, paired and some natural patina to keep it feeling vintage. Hits 35mph on any incline with ease, tops out 52mph on flats. The MLM pipe sounds gnarly and I use an MLM intake to bolt up the Mikuni VM20 onto the Airsal top end. DIY fork stabilizer because the stock 5 Star forks don't handle well over 40mph and get some wobble as you approach 50mph. One of the only good reasons to upgrade to EBR hydro forks from the stock General hydro forks is that you get the much nicer EBR fork stabilizer, so I'm considering that in the future. To keep the clutch from slipping I use a double nut (jam nut) system instead of the stock single nut to hold the whole pack together, works lovely. I use Type F transmission oil and between those two upgrades, haven't had many slipping issues since. Used an M10-1.5-35mm bolt to block off the decompression valve entirely on the Airsal head. Once you get the idle jet correctly tuned it's unnecessary and becomes an air leak waiting to happen. For premix I use Amsoil Saber synthetic oil at 50:1 ratio. Starts up first or second kick every time thanks to that tiny idle jet. Throttle is made by Domino, part number 1242.03. Absolutely love the simplicity of it. Ebay/Amazon/Temu cafe racer seat because it's 1000x more comfortable than the stock motocross-style seat. I like the lines better too. Shinko 17x2.25 Golden Boy tires. Lastly, this has a battery delete. Instead of using a battery I simply I run the accessories directly off the 6V AC from the stator. To keep bulbs from bursting I use a voltage regulator and fuses along with non-polar (AC and DC safe) LED headlights. Nice and bright as heck at all RPMs.