Apollo DB36 Deluxe, Update

[roundhouse]

Sweet. frame looks cool.

[Its_not_a_honda]

Originally Posted by MDStroup

Dang, i would love to try to get the water cool version here.

There was a guy on here a while back that had a watercooled version and converted it to air cooled! LOL

[MDStroup]

Originally Posted by Its_not_a_honda

There was a guy on here a while back that had a watercooled version and converted it to air cooled! LOL

I wonder how he got it?

Did he give a reason why for his conversion?

[Its_not_a_honda]

Originally Posted by MDStroup

I wonder how he got it?

Did he give a reason why for his conversion?

http://www.chinariders.net/showthrea...ghlight=apollo


Gonna look a lot like the bike on Ski rush's thread here.

[Ski_rush]

Originally Posted by NzBrakelathes

Is this bike street legal 50 states? It’s got the CB250 OHC motor that’s the most or more common engine in China
Strange that the USA gets the poverty CG250 pushrod engined still in 2019! In some bikes, weird I say just weird

The bike is supposed to be street legal in the US. It's advertised as 50 state street legal. I don't have an MCO.

Originally Posted by NzBrakelathes

easily block the 2 bolt flange on right side of motor n remove that nonsense thing if you want Blank off the vacuum line and possibly the big breather line into the air box

What were you saying here? Not sure I fully understood what you were saying. Please explain.

[Ski_rush]

Here are more close-up pics of the carb. Please confirm that installing a new carb will be pretty much unbolt the old one and then bolt up the new one. I could be wrong, but I thought I either watched a video on YouTube or read a thread somewhere where the guy said even to remove the old carb, he needed to use a hacksaw to cut a slot in the bolt to back it off and then remove it. Does this sound right? Or, is it just a matter of unbolting (I'm hoping...).

Also, if you look at the last pic, you'll see where my preload on rear shock is set. Is this the lowest or highest setting? I'm thinking it's the lowest setting and raising the preload setting up will make it more firm; if that's the case I'd be surprised since it's pretty firm when I set on it now. Am I correct in this?

[da4design]

nice pics, thanks for sharing. i really like the look of the bike, looks sturdy. interested to see how you feel about it as you go along. love seeing these new bikes being put together and living vicariously through you

[Ski_rush]

Originally Posted by MDStroup

I also forgot to ask earlier, what are the tire sizes that come with it?

The front tire is 100/80/17.

The rear tire is 130/80/17.


All of the websites list the tire size a 110/70(front) and 130/70 (rear), but that's not what's on my bike.

[Its_not_a_honda]

Carb should be easy to remove. Fuel line, throttle cable. boot from air box clamp, remove 2 nuts holding carb to intake, and wiggle it out.

I think you might have read where some people have cut slots in the screws holding the bowl on the carb. If you do want to just take the bowl off to look inside, just take some vise grip needle nose pliers and you can get them out no problem. No cutting slots needed.

Just watch very closely when you put the new carb on. That gasket between the carb and intake will only work one way. You will see what i mean.

[41bigdawg]

I would say your shock preload is set to the highest position...moving the position up will lessen the preload and make it softer.

[Ski_rush]

Originally Posted by 41bigdawg

I would say your shock preload is set to the highest position...moving the position up will lessen the preload and make it softer.

Thanks...thinking about it now, and logistically, that makes sense. I saw a video on YouTube on preload and it confused me.

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by Ski_rush

Here are more close-up pics of the carb. Please confirm that installing a new carb will be pretty much unbolt the old one and then bolt up the new one. I could be wrong, but I thought I either watched a video on YouTube or read a thread somewhere where the guy said even to remove the old carb, he needed to use a hacksaw to cut a slot in the bolt to back it off and then remove it. Does this sound right? Or, is it just a matter of unbolting (I'm hoping...).

Also, if you look at the last pic, you'll see where my preload on rear shock is set. Is this the lowest or highest setting? I'm thinking it's the lowest setting and raising the preload setting up will make it more firm; if that's the case I'd be surprised since it's pretty firm when I set on it now. Am I correct in this?

As stated before it's an easy unbolt and bolt the new one on. You will still need to tune the carb with the proper jets. Personally there is nothing wrong with the stock carburetor. The slots you are talking about are for removing the bowl screws. so you can access the jets. The idle mixture screw is hidden under a tapper proof cap that can easily be drilled out. You will need to open up the bowl to verify what pilot and main jets that are installed. Most of the time the pilot jet on the stock carb is large enough and only need to adjust the idle mixture. Main jets are usually too small which makes it run lean at full throttle. Regardless weather you run the stock carb or a new carb you will still have to size it with the proper size jets and the only way to know will be to run it. Run it with the stock carb for break in and see how it runs. If you open up the stock carb you will know what size jets you will need once you start tuning. There's no one size fits all jet as this is different for every bike, elevation and location. On a stock engine and exhaust you will probably end up anywhere from a 105 to 115 main jet. Here's a nice little starter kit that will cover everything you need on the stock carb. https://www.ebay.com/itm/303077495104

[2LZ]

Love it. Nice looking bike. Regarding the fork protector, can you hit it with a blow dryer or heat gun and flex it into shape....if it's not adjustable? Most China fork protectors for USD forks have a top plastic collar that can be twisted to align them but your look a little different in the pics.