I finally got my athena and the weather is good, so I put it all back together. Here is what I ended up with:
The Athena is definitely a quality piece. 7 intake ports and only one ring. Very lightweight. Got it from 50cc.eu.
The LeoVince exhaust sounds great. I don't have anything except the stock exhaust to compare it to but it is sturdy and fit perfectly. I think it looks pretty decent too.
Here's the motor. I replaced the crank seals and cleaned up the inside. The bike only has 466 miles on it so i left the stock bearings. The athena is installed in the pic. I cleaned up the head and decompression valve/port. The carb is a 21mm dellorto courtesy of treats. Running a 100 main jet(for break-in), 55 idle, 60 pilot. I forgot to take pics of it but I also port-matched the reed block to the reeds(boysen) and the intake. Cleaned up and blended the intake casting and opened it up a little.
Also not pictured:
New belt from 50cc.eu
New PA50 II variator plate and rollers.
Gazelles that I put on last summer when i first got it up and running.
And finally, now that I have your attention, I need your help to finish this thing.
I have added turn signals and a NOS switch from the 83 model. Also, I replaced the stock brake/tail/tag light and the turn signal bulbs with about 90 or so 40,00mcd white LEDs.
I built a rectifier setup that would have converted 6v AC to 12v DC. It consists of 2 diode(2x 3A radioshack rectifier diodes in parallel)/capacitor rectifiers. 1 positive and one negative. The Brake/tail/turn LEDs run off of this power. I put it all in an enclosure and filled it all in with epoxy. Heres some pics of it to clarify the shitty description.
Problem is, now that its running, I checked the voltage from the generator. Its 35v AC... at idle. It gets higher as rpms increase. I am back at square one with building a rectifier. I might just have to give up and use a battery but I really don't want to have to do that. Anyone know how to accomplish what I am trying do?
