Happy day By cyborg (Read 1,350 times)

[cyborg]

Well boys and girls the ol vespa stuck me 3 times today,,,not even 500 miles on it and what a pain in my left nut,,,,do you know that to get at the spark plug on this pile o caca you have to take all but one bolt out and drop the engine to get to the plug? no access port nothing,,you have to take,,the intake,, cooler breather hose,,rear shock bolt ,,plug boot ,,,ect then you have to jack the fuking body off the engine to access the plug,,,,took the carb off three times,,,,clean as a whistle,,,,jets out, checked the diaphram,,,checked,,,checked ,,checked checked checked ,,,,fuking checked,,,after i put it back together it runs great,,,then it stumbles dies and will not start,,,me fix me test me sell me buy wolf classic me be happy ,,,,,me buy chinese scooter me be happy again for the same dough,,,,two bikes for the price of one,,,,,end of story

[cyborg]

I knew that monocoque body was going to be trouble

[Deleted]

i gotta remove the seat to change my plug but yours is extreme. they probably thought the only one to ever touch it would be a dealer.

you gotta remove all my body panels to do a valve adjust on mine, which is comin up quick for me.

[cyborg]

The most fuktist uptist thing,,,, try that one on the roadside out in the middle of nowhere,,, so it's officially gone,,, when I get it up and running good ,,,, see ya!!!

[LUKE]

no no no cyborg! if you get a chinese scooter your reputation will be ruined. can you imagine a top motorcycle modifier, designer now riding a chinese scooter!! gosh!!!

[twowheeler]

they probably thought the only one to ever touch it would be a dealer.

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That is the most pretentious thing Ive seen! LOL

[kz1000st]

no no no cyborg! if you get a chinese scooter your reputation will be ruined. can you imagine a top motorcycle modifier, designer now riding a chinese scooter!! gosh!!!

Maybe in the world of "Trailer Hounds" his reputation will be ruined, not in the real world where people actually ride. Hey Borg, now you know why the Japanese built their scooters with tube frames and removable panels. It might also be a pain to remove them to service the engine but easier than pretending your scooter is a CBX.

Don't worry too much Luke, at least the Wolf is made in Taiwan. This only goes to show that even an expensive scooter fails sometimes even when it's not made in China.

[clonedrone]

Great Read!!
My China 150 plug change has a acces cover in front or I can actually just do a reach around from the underneath right side.
Air box removed and can also get to it by lifting the seat.
Ride On!

[kracker383]

My Piaggio 150 was a bear as well......had to roll the motor out to service the spark plug. Part of the frame lined up right in front of the plug.

[cyborg]

What reputation??,,,geez where did that come from,,,anyways back to reality,,,,,i almost used my greenlee panel cutter to make an access hole then get a 2 inch rubber plug to cover the new and sane access hole,,,,this is exactly the reason i was eyeing the rukus or a derivitive,,,,no bodywork,,,,in vespa's zeal to have "the look" they completely throw servicability out the window,,,at least the older models the whole side of the thing comes off both sides so service was a breeze,,,ferrari's modena model has to have the engine dropped out for service,,damned italians,,, is that??

[randy]

Isn't ther a hatch in the under the seat box? The one I worked on a cover plate.

[cyborg]

Oh yeah there's a storage bin right under the seat,,, can't get at the plug unless you drop the engine

[Deleted]

Mar 17, 2014 4:09:51 GMT -6 twowheeler said:

they probably thought the only one to ever touch it would be a dealer.

Read more: scooterdoc.proboards.com/thread/9553/happy-day#ixzz2wDHxLgDn


That is the most pretentious thing Ive seen! LOL

i just meant that probably 99 percent of vespa owners dont work on their own stuff. cyborg is that 1 percent. most things are like that now

theres a few cars today that dont have dipsticks. just an oil level sensor. it was either mercedes or bmw. maybe both. the same car also equires a dealer to do an oil change to reset the oil light. no button to do it yourself and the more recent ones wont let you drive them if youre x amount of miles over the oil change mileage. they just shut down.

[cyborg]

well i went thru the thing with a fine tooth comb yesterday so i took it to work today,,then went on a 45-50 mile round trip to see a client,,,ran great,,,

[kz1000st]

It must be that being awakened after such a long sleep made it grumpy. It will probably be fine now that it has the grumps out of its system. Are you going to keep it or is it on the block.