To anybody purchasing sound deadening material

I put some in about a month ago- you may have seen my video in the video thread-
I haven't had any problem, but I may pull the cover off and report back-
what I didn't like was that the black sticky material on the outer side of the dampeners was a little gooey and sloppy even at room temp- It was hard to get them apart and peeled off

it looks like some has melted down here and splattered around a bit- I don't think you have a major prob here. I was wanting to grease the gears a bit anyway- I was surprised at how dry and clean a china girl is inside without a crankcase.

A few days after- I put some of my own into a 50cc china girl- I used foam poster mounting board from a dollar store with pie plate aluminum on the outside, all stuck on with gasket seal-

I'll maybe pull both covers and take some photos- this mechanical stuff sure takes it's toll the older I get tho. Whew!

I'll post again in a day or two.

OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD!

You GOTTA do this!!!

I just took the flywheel cover off both builds to take pictures of the dampeners
the 50 cc I did outside where it was locked from riding earlier

and WHEN I HAD THE COVERS OFF

I put some nice fresh wal-mart grease in ($1.88 long blue grease gun tube}
not white lithium but not gritty dark stuff either

On the SMALL GEAR a good dose pressed into the teeth- thinking it might quiet the motor down some more-

I just tried that one out-
the first thing I noticed was a discenably EASIER pedal when the clutch was poopped

AND it seemed to run smoother and another percent or two at least more quiet

You gotta do this!

I'm gonna resize these pics now and post in a few minutes

Here's my results- after a month or so on each- not a lot of miles but some good trips around town on both
The Sound Pro dampeners show NOTHING- not a sign of any problem-
I recall I really carefully took away any excess black material from around the edges and theres no trouble here
My own dampeners on the other build have slightly flattened the pie plate aluminum right near the center- my dampeners were slightly thicker anyway A small residue from that seemed to be on the flywheel- easily wiped away

and I expect no trouble- they were cut tight and otherwise held themselves in- but I put gasket sealer well on the back where it can't surface to the flywheel

the lesson here- mostly my post above
Dampeners no problems here
but really recommend greasing the small gear

My biggest worry over sound dampening was over the heat aspect- would it make the motor retain too much heat-

it's still been pretty hot here in florida, and I have yet had no discernable performance problems with the dampeners- I'll run them on any 2 cycle build I may have- it's such a simple thing whether store-bought or hand made

It has got me thinking though- I'd eventually like to replace as much hardware with titanium- these five screws certainly with titanium allen bolts. I want my bike as lightweight as I can get it.