u/Illustrious_Tough_24 — reddlx

So I've been riding some in the cold around town, nothing crazy just cruising like I'm on a motorcycle and the last two times I've been out kinda late this weird noise starts happening. It's coming from around the motor area and it definitely sounds like something rubber. I need help finding the issue, it's driving me nuts. I've maintained it well (cleaning and lubing the chain with o-ring safe lube every 250 or so miles and tensioning once) and I'm definitely not very hard on it. I think it could be something with the belt or jackshaft but idk, this is my first E-Moto so I'm definitely no expert. It doesn't happen when the bike is in warm temps so maybe it's the rubber on the belt contracting and slipping? Idk. Please help, thanks

So pretty much I've been building out my light bee X and I want to get it painted. My dream car has always been a C6 Corvette ZR1 in Jetstream Blue Metallic tint coat in particular so I was thinking.. How much would a kind of complex paint like that cost to put on my dream bike? I looked online for oem paint and it's like 210$ for a quart which google said would be more than enough to paint the frame, swingarm, and subframe but I don't think I really have the tools to do everything at home so does anybody know where I should go for that? I had been thinking about getting frame guards since that's way easier and then just painting those but that would be like 700$ or more overall.

Should I just get the frame painted professionally? If so, where would I get that done, an automotive paint shop? And if I go with the frame guards I could probably just do those myself and have the desired finish and it would also keep the OEM frame color beneath protected if I decide I'd like that more for some reason so maybe that? I just need some outside input, thanks.