{"id":10359,"date":"2020-10-11T06:09:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T13:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2020-10-11T06:34:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T13:34:28","slug":"hasty-conclusions-2020-go-bowen-fit-right-db003-40cc-mini-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/10\/11\/hasty-conclusions-2020-go-bowen-fit-right-db003-40cc-mini-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasty Conclusions: 2020 Go-Bowen Fit Right DB003 40cc Mini Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

I keep hearing a complaints about Globalism. People are talking. Some folks don\u2019t like the idea of making the world\u2019s population one homogenous group of consumer\/aphids to be milked by evil corporations. I get that and it bothers me that a mini bike that cost $250 dollars in 1970 now costs only $44 adjusted for dollar devaluation. That\u2019s right, this\u00a0Fit Right<\/a>\"\" Chinese-built mini bike costs less in real dollars than a really long, long-distance telephone call did in 1970.<\/p>\n

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In some ways that old 1970 mini bike was better. It had a couple more horses than the DB003\u2019s 1 horsepower. It was made in the USA, which helped support local businesses. I think the fit and finish on the\u00a0Fit Right<\/a>\"\" DB003 is at least as good or better than an average vintage mini, maybe not as good as a Rupp but then nothing was as good as a Rupp. As far as reliability goes, those flathead, loop framed, scrub-braked minis were not a vehicle you could ever assume you\u2019d get back home on. Time will tell if the Fit Right holds up.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m in the middle of a back porch remodel so I only have time to do a short review on what I\u2019ve found unboxing the Fit Right<\/a>\"\". A more thorough road test and video will be forthcoming.<\/p>\n

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The Fit Right<\/a>\"\" DB003 comes fairly well packed in bubble wrap and then molded Styrofoam all stuffed inside a heavy cardboard box. The cardboard is thick and strong, it\u2019s too good to throw away. I\u2019ll be using it for a working pad to cover the dirt and ants while tinkering under the MBG-GT. Even though the mini was packaged well a ragged hole was punched into the side and parts were rattling around.<\/p>\n

Once out of the packaging the Fit Right<\/a>\"\" mini comes fully assembled except for the handlebars. It only took a few minutes to install the bars after a few hours searching for a 10mm socket. The bars are held on by four bolts\/nuts and one of the nuts had gone missing. It probably fell out of the hole. Luckily I had a spare 8mm locknut left over from a roof rack installation.<\/p>\n

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The fit and finish on this $299 (shipping included!)\u00a0Fit Right<\/a>\"\" mini bike are pretty good. The graphics on the plastic gas tank cover are molded in so you won\u2019t have any cheap, stick-on labels peeling off. The real gas tank under the plastic is made of steel. One odd thing is that there are no steering stops: the forks bang into the gas tank at full lock. This mini bike is smaller than usual; I\u2019ll need to rig some bar-risers to clear my knees.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Fit Right<\/a>\"\" Model 139F, 40cc, overhead valve engine is jewel-like. Its castings look smooth and there is no rough mold flashing at the edges. The frame is fairly complex design with a lot of tubes and angles that don\u2019t seem to make any sense. I suspect the stylists threw a couple extra pipes in the mix to make the mini look cool. Welds are pretty good, much better than I can do. The Fit Right<\/a>\"\" even has folding foot pegs, a rare feature on the old mini bikes.<\/p>\n

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Unusual for such an economy mini motorcycle the Fit Right<\/a>\"\" came with a flimsy but usable tool kit, something lacking on a $40,000 Harley-Davidson. For $299 you can\u2019t expect Japanese-level quality, however I\u2019m satisfied with the DB003\u2019s presentation and the easy assumption of owner-provided care.<\/p>\n

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There are some interesting things on this bike that I need to look into later. For instance the fuel tank has a return line and a feed line but no fuel shut off. The engine has a fuel pump because in stationary-engine uses the fuel tank mounts below the carburetor. The carb itself is odd looking. It may be a diaphragm type carb like on a chain saw. The drive train is double reduction and I\u2019ve just got to know what is under the nifty cast aluminum primary cover. The rear brake is a mechanical disc, which is a huge improvement over the old-fashioned scrub brake that simply rubbed on the tire. I don\u2019t like that the hot exhaust exits directly onto the brake cable. I need to turn the exhaust tip more downwards.<\/p>\n

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The Fit Right<\/a>\"\" DB003 is quite a bit more sophisticated than your traditional double-loop mini of days gone by. Whether this added sophistication equates to better performance remains to be seen. As soon as I get time I\u2019ll get the mini running and ExhaustNotes.us will have performance numbers and a riding impression.<\/p>\n

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I keep hearing a complaints about Globalism. People are talking. Some folks don\u2019t like the idea of making the world\u2019s population one homogenous group of consumer\/aphids to be milked by evil corporations. I get that and it bothers me that a mini bike that cost $250 dollars in 1970 now costs only $44 adjusted for … Continue reading “Hasty Conclusions: 2020 Go-Bowen Fit Right DB003 40cc Mini Bike”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,64,66],"tags":[1485,143],"class_list":["post-10359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazon","category-gear","category-joe-gresh","tag-fit-right-mini-bike","tag-mini-bike"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/0-900.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10359"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10379,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions\/10379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}