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hi everyone i am soon 17 and have bought a 125cc supermoto, it is chinese the make is lifan and the model is edge, anyway the bike is brand new with nit even 1mile in the clock but my gear lever is a bit hard to get it into 2,3,4, snd 5 gear also its hard to find neutral in order to get the bike into neutral i have to turn the bike off and then turn the key again and put it into neutral before turning the bike, can someone please please please help me it would be greatly appreciated many thanks daniel.

Just dropped by to say I've moved from Socal up the map a ways to the Central Coast. I'm just east of Morro Bay in the town of Atascadero.
Just a few days ago I got the internet connection set up.
I'l be trying to post a bit more on my local rides.

Just received a CVP tuner kit for my 2006 XL883L. I dont want to install it till I get this question answered.The bike has the original carb and filter configuration and a set of Screamin Eagle pipes (I left the baffels in). I have adjusted the mix screw and got most of the 'sneezing' on the low and middle end out. The bike runs great on the high end.

Here's my question:
On the jetting table that was sent with the tuners kit, it shows the #42 jet for the Idle and the # 170 jet for the main if the bike has a stock filter and exhaust.
The Jetting Table also shows a#44 Idle jet and # 175 Main jet if the bike has a Stage 1 filter / Exhaust. I'm not sure if I should use the #42 idle and the #175 Main since I have the original carb/filter and the Screamin Eagle pipes or if I should stick...

I recently purchased a '98 Road King, 80in evo, cv carb and slip ons.

Bike ran ok but sat alot, had a hard time starting. I rebuilt the carb that supposedly had a stage one in it, I pulled the plug and set mixture at 2.5 turns out, I don't remember jet sizes.

After rebuilding (and before rebuilding), bike is hard to start, if I twist throttle one time then crank it backfires through carburetor, if I don't it backfires through exhaust. After couple tries it cranks and runs great but it'll scare the devil out of everyone in the parking lot when I first fire it up.
I took it to a local bike shop, they said it runs good. I know it runs good, I want it to be easier to start.
Any ideas?!?!

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