Good day:
Here is an update of my Black Stallion - a G5 on the roads of New Jersey. It has completed 730 miles.
Did 2nd oil change at 600 miles a few days back. The oil was dirty and there were fine particles on the magnetic heads of drain plug and screen door. The screen was clear. The gas consumption is about 65 miles per gallon. I mainly use electric starter that works fine. I have unplugged the side stand engine-kill connection because it casued problems frequently - motor would not start even when side stand was up.
I have touched upto 60 mph when handle vibrations are felt quite a bit. It is smooth at 50mph or below. A couple of times heard a weird hissing sound coming from the engine at 50-60 mph for a few seconds. It is a hissing sound like water gushing or very small metallic pebbles rolling down a tube. The sound disappears when I reduced the speed. Does not happen every time I reach the same speed. Any ideas what is goiing on ? Even before this sound, there were a few loose screws and bolts that I had tightened.
Have added back rest / sissy bar. It has 4 holes for attachment to seat (2 on each side of seat) and the tip of bar attaches at the rear shocks. It was typically RE fit because out of 6 points of contact only 4 were straight fits. After a fair bit of jiggle only managed to fit 5 bolts. The sixth would not reach the frame. So I used a thinner bolt I happen to have at one of the seat holes.
Right side of back rest.
Left side of back rest
Something has happened to the center stand and now both front and rear tyres touch the ground ! Nothing is loose and it is stable. It is so new that it is hard to believe that the center stand hole has changed. I use a plastic polyethylene cutting board under the stand to raise rear wheel. Just now the indicator light in the speedo for left / right turn signals has stopped blinking - bulb or fuse ?
PS - It is continuation of earlier post
http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/forum/index.php/topic,3958.0.html