I got the wife's approval after her test drive
It took almost 2 years of persuasion for her to let me do the transplant because she felt the Howhit GY6 150cc had plenty of power-She's cheeze'n now with the little extra power this engine provides and the needed bottom end torque for climbing our many hills with bigger passengers on-board.Here's her first outing-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjowgA_D648
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvfbi-IIGd8
Re-aligned the engines posture in the swingarm and the flooding went away!!!! Still have some fine tuning to do! doesn't want to idle very well (it is a used,stock '86 engine!). I'm going to let her play for few days-then I'll tear it all down and paint everything up pretty!