Tom's Motorcycle Ridering Journey.
About the motorcycle modifications I plan to make, and have made. Also, reviews of how the motorcycle modifications came out.
There are many steps I had to do with upgrading my TBR7’s carburetor. I broke these upgrade steps into the planning and safety concerns, (TaoTao TBR7 Carburetor Upgrade – Planned), and this post will have the actual TBR7 carburetor upgrade steps for my new Mikuni carburetor. Let me repeat, there are some serious safety concerns … Read more
The time has come to do the first major TBR7 upgrade for my first motorcycle, my TBR7 carburetor upgrade. It’s no secret that TaoTao installs a stock TBR7 carburetor that runs lean and under-powers the TBR7’s engine. So to open up this engine, I’m moving forward with tunable carburetor. Because of this, many TBR7 owners’ … Read more
Another one of my upgrades for my TaoTao TBR7 Chinese Dual-sport motorcycle, a name-brand spark plug upgrade. Why The TaoTao TBR7 Spark Plug Upgrade Is My First Upgrade. Based on reading from motorcycle forums and basic web research, a spark plug upgrade is recommended for any TaoTao motorcycle. It seems the stock spark plug is … Read more
One of the first upgrades a new owner of a TBR7 motorcycle does is the front sprocket. This step goes the same for the TBR7’s Chonda cousin, the Hawk 250. These motorcycles are geared low, which means they are out of the box and designed to climb. They are street-legal dirt bikes and dual-sport motorcycles, … Read more
As a new motorcyclist and just buying my first motorcycle, a TaoTao TBR7 motorcycle, my goal was to leave the motorcycle as-is, stock as long as possible. I had no immediate to-do list for any TBR7 upgrades right away, and I figured the good people of TaoTao who put together this Dual-Sport motorcycle did so … Read more