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Great picture!

Amateur radio operators are whining because this "thing" has wiped out most of the HF bands...

Hi just wondering I wanted to upgrade my carb on my K-pipe 125cc and wondered do you even need the vacuum lines if gravity is already pulling your fuel down anyway?
I also dont like the huge air filter box and would rather use a coned filter and or something smaller and better so my bike can get more air.

Nice ride Stig and loving the new amenities!

jabl7425 I'd start with an examination of the front brake - is it binding?  If it is you should hear the binding noise coming from the caliper as you move the wheel round?  Failing that could it be the bearing?

 nope, not for me. prefer trees and fishing holes

I would stick with Ethanol. The octane matters more than Ethanol or non-Ethanol. Higher octane in an engine that only needs the lower octane sometimes ends up with worse economy. Sometimes. The only fuel related issues I've ever had in any vehicle was with NON-Ethanol in a carbonated car engine... And switching to Ethanol fuel solved that particular problem. I did a test a LONG time ago in that same car going 30 days of a long distance commute using non-Ethanol and then 30 days of the very same driving in the very same temps and road conditions and speeds using only Ethanol. I found no difference in mpg! Some tanks of one were 2-3 mpg better and some tanks of the other were 2-3 mpg better. Mostly Interstate driving, same route and traffic both ways both times.

BTW- the fuel related issues were a frozen fuel line in below zeroF temps one time and a plugged fuel filter another time. Ethanol prevented the freezing and also cleaned out the gunk in the fuel lines and I never had a cleaner fuel filter after replacing it from the collected gunk that was cleaned out. Similar result for cleaning by switching from a paraffin based oil to a graphite based oil (paraffin left a wax deposit everywhere).