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Yeah, the neck is a more noticeable difference in these clips. A good bit hotter and a little more clarity and top end, not as muddy. but I was surprised how similar in the mix the 490T and M12 were though when hearing them back, when playing they feel completely different as there is a lot more gain and articulation in the picking with the hotter M12. The low/low-mids are a lot tighter on the m12 too, hard to hear in these clips unless I have my big headphones on... but I'll admin, the main reason for the change was I wanted to go with the open coil black/cream bobbins look just for something different....lol.

@twc9016 there's only so many ways to wrap copper around plastic and magnets and even then you only get minimal differences at best when you start looking at frequency readings. Got a weird sense of relief when that clicked. Lol

Thanks! yeah the natural SG's look pretty cool, do not see too many of them. This looks like it was an AMS exclusive finish option as I do not see it offered on the main Gibson site. The 490's are cool, these just have tad more oomph and clarity which I am liking, plus was looking for something with cream/black bobbins to change up the look some. Cannot go wrong with either pickup, but will be keeping the Kiesels in there for the long term now that I have had a chance to play it more.

I used whatever WEN Branded 10w30 came with it in the box. Is rare to see the initial 500ml oil you need included, but I guess some of these import engine companies are doing that now. Kind of nice they measure out exactly what you need to get started. When I got my WEN Gn400i a few years ago, they did not include any oil in the box, but maybe they only include it on the smaller engine ones.

On propane, the propane bypasses the carburetor, I’m pretty sure.

@@scottmalan1223 yes but what i meant was i let the propane fill the intake and backup to carburetor.

that stinks, no fun. Hopefully they come through for you on warranty without too much trouble without you having to pay for shipping and other hoops to jump though. I have not had to use the warranty on my WEN GN400i that I have had a couple of years now so have no idea how good they are to deal with. Champion, WEN, Predator, and all the other import brands all seem to use all the same parts and similar engines, so who knows how long they last. I know these engines may not last as long as my 40 year old Coleman/Tecumsey that keeps on kicking, but I do remember when we got that in the 90's it locked up in its first hour and we had to take it back to HD to get another one, so I guess its all a crap shoot with this stuff sometimes... Hope your replacements ends up being reliable.

thanks, will give it a go next time I pull out the generator. Looking at the regulator/hose. Is it the small hole in the center of the flat area on the large secondary regulator that I need to try pressing with the paper clip? Seems to be the only place fitting that description, I do not see one on the first small regulator.

@@twc9016 yes. You’ll know as it is spungy and you’ll hear a hiss.

yeah, not gonna get rid of the gas generator, but just nice to have the propane store a little longer. 15-20 years ago in this area ethanol free was much easier to come by with 87 right down the street. But now, closest is 91 and is 45 mins away, if they have it at all, and then I have to go over an hour away to find 87 ethanol free now days. It is worth the trip and lasts longer though . Stabil has helped for the local ethanol pump gas and swap out every 4-5 months or so, but during the last prolonged outage after day 3 there was no gas anywhere within an hour, was able to get by with pumping out of one of the cars tanks, but there were plenty of propane tank swap places around and stocked, so I guess I am just diversifying my backup options...lol. I ended up getting a 40lb tank, and have 3 20lbs ones around now, so that should get me in the 70-80'ish hour run time on top of the 30-35hrs of gas I have, after that, guess it is time to go

Nice, So for the break-in, the manual says not to exceed 50% load for the first 8 hours of use and to engage eco mode periodically to vary the engine speed. It does not say to keep at constant load during that time. I was averaging around 25-35% load for most of the break in as I was running a window unit for the test and then a small space heater at other times. Then during some of the videos I had no load and was just switching between eco and regular mode to vary the rpm's. It says you can exceed 50% load after the 8hr break in oil change. Hope the new gen works well for you.

@@twc9016 cool thx

lol... nice, yeah frustration device. I will try a couple times going slower as I have read that and thought I even went pretty slow in the vid, but maybe just this tank/valve, but trying a few times it has been consistently 10-20 pulls to get it going, but so far can always get it running again. It is pretty easy to pull over as well, so not too bad, but annoying for sure

Nice!, the HH2 is on my list to check out one day, just have not gone down the headless route yet, but when I try one it will be a Kiesel for sure. The Fatboy is a cool model and think it would do ok if it stayed around, but I get why they need to streamline their offerings. Wish I had checked one out sooner as I had been looking at them since the late 90's in their old catalogs...took me long enough to pull the trigger on one.

The owners manual is a free pdf download from www.genuinesuzukimanuals.com/ The steps for basic maintenance like oil, headlights are in the owners manual and what I followed for this vid. The full 500+ page service manual is $90 from that same site and they mail it to you, much more detailed. I am using the service manual for thigs like valve adjustments and cvt servicing. Will hopefully have some vids out about that process in a few months.

Yeah, the 200 is a sweet machine. these LED's did not work out so went back to the stock bulbs which were not bad at night. They do make more cylindrical style led's that might work better in these housings, but not sure if I have seen them in the H7 size, so might just leave it alone. I do think the rear/brake light LED was worth it as I noticed a nice improvement there and have been running those a few months now... Great to hear no probs with 10k miles, was wanting something reliable when picked this one up. Next vid will be tackling the valve adjustment, I hear that is a bit of an adventure to access on the 200, so that will be fun.

I own the burgman and Xmax the standard bulbs on the burgman are just as good as the led lights of the xmax, the reflectors in the burgman lights are not designed for led bulbs, so I wouldn’t advise switching them to led,