. By rosiemoto (Read 11,511 times)

[Alleyoop]

Yes, you guys are correct:
Alleyoop

scooterdoc.proboards.com/thread/12253/battery-cable-disconnect-reconnect-sequence?page=1&scrollTo=110725

[jaxrhapsody]

Oct 30, 2015 11:53:33 GMT -6 rosiemoto said:

Okay continuing from my oil thread, trying to keep everything in one place for less confusion!

I got the new spark plug in. Here's what happened: The bike would fire up, give one puff of air, then die... nothing new for me really; sometimes it just needs a little gas for the first second or 2. It hasn't needed that lately so I kept trying without gas. After 3 times of "start, puff, dead," the starter kept locking up like it used to (I'll explain the sound it makes below). After like 10 tries of that, it finally unstuck, and I gave it a little gas to help it stay running and from there everything has been fine so far. I did a test ride, everything was flawless. But why was it so hard to start the first time, is that normal after a spark plug change?

Or possibly my battery is just dying or too weak and small? (4 amp hour battery)... the battery was sounding half dead after all this.

Without any sound samples I'll try to explain the sound the starter makes when it "locks up"... just imagine if you had a tool to lock the starter gear and hit the button to start it... it would move a couple centimeters but then is stuck... then let go of the button and it moves back a couple cm. That's exactly what it seems like happens. I'll get a video sample of this some day when it happens again.

I had gotten myself a motorcyle battery- duralast, because the batt it came with started to go dead in a week. It was a little too tall, so I had to trim those little post on the cover down some, and stuck pieces of packaging box in as a wedge, so it wouldn't bounce around. You want a good motorcycle/atv battery, if it push a vtwin, it'll push your 150. Mine was about 60$, a battery is one thing I don't try to cheap out on.

[jaxrhapsody]

Oct 31, 2015 11:22:03 GMT -6 mike932 said:

Good. The battery I recommended to you has these dimensions:
L: 5.94”
W: 3.42”
H: 3.74”

So it should fit perfectly.

The one I recommend has 7 amps but does not mention cold cranking amps. I would buy it if I were you, but Alleyoop might recommend a different battery.

Plus, you live in Florida, so you will need fewer cold cranking amps than people in other states.

Also notice that that your small battery has the red wire on the right. The new battery will need the red wire on the left, and it looks like your red wire will have enough slack to do so.

The battery I recommended claims to be fully charged, so you may not need to trickle charge it.  

www.ebay.com/itm/FirstPower-FPM7-12B-for-Yuasa-YUAM32X7A-YTX7A-BS-BATTERY-/291589228591?hash=item43e412882f:g:-S8AAOSw14xWHWSS&rmvSB=true&rmvSB=true

She won't need a high cca battery, but generally the more cca one has, the more power it'll give, and the cca is how much discharge it can handle when you engage the starter, since that's what draw the most power in the fewest amount of time on a stock vehicle. As small a motor a gy6 is, with a high cca, it would damn near just need a bumpstart to run.

[rosiemoto]

Mike, here is the picture of my tires you wanted to see.

By the way, what are those blue-green markings on the front tire?

[mike932]

I'm assuming the blue stripes are wear markers. When they disappear, replace the tire. Both tires still have plenty of tread on them.

Rear tires need to be replaced much more often than front tires.

[rosiemoto]

Did I get ripped off? The belt I purchased measures about 19mm... and it came folded up in a bubble package without the logo wrapped around it.

Listing: www.ebay.com/itm/261808582056?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Picture:

[mike932]

Is the word "gates" on the belt itself? What else is written on the belt including numbers?

[jaxrhapsody]

Nov 2, 2015 17:30:25 GMT -6 mike932 said:

Is the word "gates" on the belt itself? What else is written on the belt including numbers?

Yes, it's the brand.

[rosiemoto]

Here's everything written on it. (must click picture to see all)

[mike932]

And it seems brand new condition?  Alleyoop is the belt expert

[rosiemoto]

Yes it seems brand new. It's clean and smells new. Just I wonder why it measures 19mm width.

Just tested to see if my ruler is just wrong but no, it measured my phone perfectly to the millimeter...

[Alleyoop]

[mike932]

Thanks Alley. Rosie, ask seller for refund. If he demands that you send belt back first, ask him to pay for return shipping. If he refuses, complain to Ebay. Don't quit until you get full refund.

Then....

www.amazon.com/Gates-PL20708-Standard-Drive-Belt/dp/B000KK9SZI

Make sure you buy it from Amazon, and not one of Amazon's partner stores.

[Alleyoop]

Also the not fake ones come with the logo wrap on them. Same with the BANDO belts if they don not come with their logo wrap they are fake.
They are made in 3 countries, MEXICO, CHINA and USA. USA has a white thread, China none (black) and Mexico yellow.
Alleyoop

[rosiemoto]

Thank you Alleyoop and Mike, I just requested a refund. "This seller doesn't accept returns"... hmmmm I wonder why?!

I thought it seemed suspicious after what Alleyoop said about the packaging before, and those pictures say it all! Mine is exactly like the fake in the pictures. I'll order that one off Amazon now.

Update: the seller is refusing it's a fake, saying they got it right from Gates Corp. Kinda surprising to me considering they've got 99.6% positive rating... I guess rating doesn't mean much! They lied right to me and I don't appreciate that so will be taking it up with eBay soon as I can.