I know when I first got my Daytona II, even though the guy at XMPLtd told me not to, the first thing I wanted to do was ride it. This is not a fantastic idea.
We rolled it out to Southwards carpark on a shitty, rainy day, filled it with gas which promptly all fell out the bottom of the carb.
First thing to do, is dissassemble most of the body work and check things like welds, exhaust mounting, cable routing and adjustment. Take the wheels off, knock out the wheel bearings and replace them with #6000 items from Saeco ($35 a set). The reason for this is the original bearings are usually buggered from sitting so long in the box. You have to remove the brake disks to get the wheels off so while you're there, loc-tite the screws when you put them back on.
Remove the exhaust and check where it bolts onto the barrel. Mine was half blocked with slag from manufacturing and the weld went 7/8ths of the circumference of the pipe. Pull the sparkplug out and check the gap.
If you plan on racing at the outdoor kart tracks, replace the front sprocket from a 6 to a 7 tooth item ($30). At Kaitioki in Wellington on std 6T gearing, I had the throttle on the stop for 4 laps solid, a bit higher gearing will give the engine an easier time and boost the speed for the open tracks.
Tighten all major bolts, especially the handlebar clamps. Also check the welds on the handlebars.
When reassembling the bike, make sure you loc-tite almost everything. These things vibrate like a bastard and you don't want bits falling off.
Once you're bike's reassembled and ready to ride, check the chain tension's not too tight or loose and find an asphalt carpark or similar to ride on. As these bikes have no suspension, they get shaken to bits on tar seal chip such as roads.
And finally, try to run them in fairly gently, varying revs and loads on the engine.
Beyond all! Have a shitload of fun.
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Originally Posted by Postie
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