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I changed the rear sprocket to standard, I think 43 or 41 teeth (chain was 3 teeth too short before). Not sure what standard was on the front but the new chain would barely fit so it might be 1 tooth more than standard. Anyway, at 30 MPH the RPM reads right at 2700 so it looks like 900 RPM per 10 MPH speed which is pretty tall compared to some small displacement bikes I have ridden in the past.
It does seem like the power is fairly low if you stay out of the mechanical secondary.
Trying to decide whether to put regular plates or antique plates on the bike. It still needs signals and front parking lights.
If it seems to be reliable enough I might sell the Vulcan 500 and just ride the SRX around locally.
I read a neat post on another forum about using hard paper to clean the fork seals by sliding the paper between the tube and the seal. The paper picks up the gunk that has accumulated on the fork seal and is supposed to clean up some of them enough so they either stop leaking or will not leak for a longer time. I tried it on this bike today to see how it seems to work, because the fork seals were leaking but they were not hard or cracked.
regards
Mech
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