Thanx. The bike has proven to be more rock solid, more kick above 65 indicated, more than freeway capable, comfortable at 65-70 indicated without windscreen, especially the way I ride, than I would have thought. I'm hard on it, like to get it hot, not afraid to use my wrist. The suspension is stiff, as are my tires and other things, and it's withstood potholes and bumps I really wish I had missed. My only gripe: I seem to keep grinding my centerstand and rear brake pedal on turns. I thought I would hate those old skinny tires, in spite of the wonderful way they look, but glory be, they're great: at speed, in the rain (lotsa in Seattle), cornering, whatever. They have never even come close to breaking loose. AM26, no way. Kick starting trick for me is making sure I've only gone 2 cycles before I "kick it"; this has solved my hot bike starting issues. I'm still confused on the kick/compression feel. Sometimes it doesn't seem like there's any and most times I feel it. I'd like to know how many degrees of the crankcase corresponds to the 90 degrees of kick. As one bystander commented on an immaculate first kick start: '" when you have a kickstart, you've earned the ride!" Bonding, you know. :-) I think the G-5 frame is a better frame than the C-5 because of the way the shocks are attached, but short of being a hardtail with a girder front fork, I'm happy. Besides, EVERYBODY loves that oldschool, military look. Only thing I would do is put a K&N without the airbox on it and get rid of all the side covers except maybe put a square cover on the battery. Those bulbous lids just don't do it for me. 4500 miles on the clock, which means about 4,000 real miles.
As far as parts go, India has a different sense of time than we do: soon is maybe next year, whenever they get around to it!! Also, what exactly constitutes a Mo motor??