Recently traded my old enduro for this....
Essentially cost me about 300 bucks, which I'm satisfied with!
Didn't run when I got it and had a dead battery. Got it running via a car battery and some starting fluid and it had a very bad overflow problem. Picked up a new battery, had the carbs apart to clean 3 entirely clogged pilot jets and two clogged main jets. 2 of the carbs still overflow, but not out of the overflow tube anymore, now they leak from the float bowl gasket which is undoubtedly garbage after taking it apart. On the two that leak, the floats don't quite spring back up like the other two. I think it's likely due to faulty float needles?
Besides that, the bike now runs and rides pretty well. It doesn't like to have the idle set much below 1800rpm and it bogs a bit below 4k but pulls very hard after that. It's quite a blast to ride so far I have to say.
Up next on my plate are finding some suitable carb replacement parts, new front and rear tires, new pads on the front brakes and bleed the system (very squishy right now). After that I'm going to put some low swept renthal mx bars I have laying around and possibly fab a seat and try to find proper side covers before I try to hand fab a set from aluminum.
I've heard the keyster carb kits are garbage. What exactly is wrong with them? I really would like to replace all the needle valve assemblies and the important gaskets and o-rings. The most cost effective way is to go with a kit from Keyster, or the one on DCC. The genuine honda parts add up a little too quickly for me at this point.
For tires I'm thinking about either IRC nr55 rear/nr53 front, or Kenda K657 challengers f/r. Anyone have any experience with these tires?