First decent ride By cyborg (Read 1,520 times)

[DrRocco]

I was just at Farm & Home with my son. We walked past this, and I thought of you cyborg. (Sorry. Couldn't help myself)

[kz1000st]

And if worse came to worse there's always this small family run chain stocking it.

www.walmart.com/ip/Sea-Foam-Motor-Treatment-16-oz/16664932

[cyborg]

Thanks guys what a couple of ,,,,,eeeerrrrrr chums yeah thats it,,,go ahead rub it in,,,OK I GET IT,,,,,i could have gotten a 55 gal drum of seafoam cheaper than i paid for a pint,,,,geez,,,and NO i don't want to buy a bridge OK?

[kz1000st]

You could always use one of Luke's lines. "It must be better because it costs more."

[cyborg]

Thanks alot KZ,,, just what I want to,,, quote luke,,, that's what I'm going to do

[cyborg]

I will use one of my favorite lines from foghorn leghorn,,, " the boy's as sharp as bowling ball"

[cyborg]

Out for second rip today ,,, mid 80's,,, it doesn't get too much better than this my boys,,,, damn this thing is just flat out fun

[kz1000st]

Again, welcome to the club.

[cyborg]

I think i may have a gem on my hands KZ,,,very nice ride today,,,this thing is going to be awesome after about 2000 miles

[Deleted]

good to hear. too bad about the gas leak but you'll be back on the road soon. wish the snow round here would just go away.... I wanna get the scoot out.

[DrRocco]

Here, it was damn near 70 today. Supposed to be the same tomorrow. Then, we're in for another 5" of snow and a 30 degree high on Wednesday. I'm with ya lantern. I've about had my fill of this winter crap.

[LUKE]

Mar 9, 2014 16:46:00 GMT -6 cyborg said:

Out for second rip today ,,, mid 80's,,, it doesn't get too much better than this my boys,,,, damn this thing is just flat out fun

it's a non-chinese scooter....it must be good!!

i can deal with Taiwan scoots,,,but chinese??? omg!no way!!...i'd rather ride a foot driven trolley..lol

[DrRocco]

Maybe you mentioned it before, cyborg, but what kind of speeds are you hitting with your Vespa?

[cyborg]

it's real comfortable 50-55mph and pulls a decent hill doing it,,on my long shakedown ride i hit a long mile to mile and a half flat straight i hit 76 indicated flat out with just a little bit left,, it was still climbing but it was running out of steam,,so i figured with the gauge being optimistic an honest 65-68 mph ,,i'm pleased,,,and my mileage is better than i expected

[DrRocco]

I'm headed out to some county roads in the morning. I stuck to the neighborhood earlier. I let it sit for hours at ambient temperature before touching the valves. I checked the temp on the head, and the oil temp. Once they were down to the ambient temperature, I let it sit for two more hours. I figured then it was safe to fix my valves. If something goes bad, then KZ owes me an "I told you so." After I got my valves where they need to be, I went a little further, to the grocery store, dealing with a little traffic. The difference in performance was incredible! I'm not sure I've mentioned it before, but I'm a brand new rider. I took the MSF course about a year and a half ago. That's the extent of my riding experience. Today was my first time on the road on two wheels. I didn't get into anything too crazy, but I was surprised at how little it freaked me out. In fact, it didn't feel strange to me at all. Given the length of road and the super-low miles on my scooter, I wasn't able to, nor did I want to, go any faster than about 35 MPH. In the morning, I'm headed out for ride time alone. I'm satisfied with stop and go, starting and stopping. I want to see what happens after 20 minutes at sustained speed. I've already scouted a couple good roads. I'm gonna get out of town and then cruise at about 40 MPH for as long as possible. Honestly, I don't even want to go much faster than that until I start building a little riding skill.