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Honda Shadows are known to last forever.
They should do 125k miles or more.

The gap for a spark plug should be at least 0.010". I've noted if it's smaller, that my scoot will start to stall. 0.012" or bigger recommended. Stock they come at 0.024" or 0.025".
Quite often you can widen the gap to 0.035" after which the scoot will start to stall also.

So the tolerance is quite wide. Once you see a stock plug, you can almost half the gap size, and be sure it'll ride you a good 10k miles before you need to regap.

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the odo reading on the ATM50 is in km, not mi. So you've done ~9320 miles on it.

I once had the handlebar nut come loose.
My fault as I hadn't tightened it well enough.

The handlebars had almost an inch play at the handles.
That was scary!
Just tightening the nut, and the thing rode like it was solid again.

Never experienced any more imbalance, but what many riders notice, that for wheels under 13" with 3,5 width tires, there's not much gyroscopic effect, and it feels like you can turn the handlebars way faster, way more nimble.
If your hands are not as steady anymore (shaking), perhaps you might prefer a 14", or up, front wheel.

I think, but am not sure, that I put vinyl locking nuts on my EVO 150's exhaust too.
It's ok for normal riding, but only when going on highways I might fear they melt.
My 250 basically melted the vinyl locking screws at first startup, and it was watercooled.

Yeah, 13k sounds like the limit for a 50cc
25k miles sounds good for a 150cc
and 35-40k miles for a 250.

I hope mine will last that long.

I have the same issue on my ATM50. Nothing bad, as long as the idle RPM's are not too low (wouldn't set them below ~1200rpm, depending on the temperature and oil you put in there).

It's really nothing bad, I presume it's the butterfly valve that stays stuck in a position a little longer than the needle jet, but am not 100% sure about that.
Either way, I've been riding with my scoot for a few thousand miles with the issue, and it's not gotten much worse.
One thing though, the ATM50 has a very weak stator, so you don't want to equip it with too many lights. They really suck the power on these machines.

Perhaps you'll change your mind when you get involved in a hit and run accident, lying in the gutter somewhere, bleeding, broken leg and arm, and no one renders aid.
Seeing cars zoom by, people looking at you like you're a zoo animal, or a newest attraction, just wishing for water or shade, but no one offering, until you're completely dried out, thinking the last bits of life have been squeezed out of you, and you don't think you'll make another hour, and the ambulance pulls over.
In that case you can thank the person that had the heart to call an ambulance, because if it wasn't for that person, you probably wouldn't have survived.

If someone who sees the accident doesn't call, whatever car or people behind them won't render aid, because they think someone already called 911 before.