New from AR By bryantheghostrider (Read 812 times)

[bryantheghostrider]

got the wiring coming together, but the starter is shot. We are gonna try to use a impact wrench to start her up

[89newbie]

Aug 5, 2011 0:18:24 GMT -6 bryantheghostrider said:

Hello,

My name is Bryan and I live in Arkansas. Ive owned a "50cc Xtreme" for about 2 years now. I used to ride it all the time, but I ended up flipping it when a friend flipped off a driver and we got thrown into a 6 foot drop. The scooter ran afterwards, but I let it sit for a winter and the same friend "tinkered" with it and now it doesnt work.

Ive been wanting to ride again and the wife wont let me get a motorcycle or bigger scooter so I'm going to try to make the most of what I have.

Ive moved the scooter to a friends house to work in his shop. So far I know that that I need to replace the carburator, intake, filter, a few light bulbs, oil, battery, and gas.

Right before I parked it I replaced the gas tank petcock bc it stopped letting gas through. I could never get the new one to work so I just gave up.

Some of the other problems I know of is:

The battery would never keep a charge. I dont know how the charging system works on scoots it could be as simple as a loose wire for all I know right now.

The alarm system wont work b/c I took the horn off the scoot and it needs to be replaced.

The body is crap, but its all plastic and Im going to school to learn how to weld so I might take it up there and weld a new body out of thin metal

one of the bulbs on the headlights was out, and they were never very bright to begin with. If I could I'd like to upgrade to a HID setup.

The kick start doesnt work bc the cover for it broke. Now that I can weld I might be able to fix it. but idk.

The starter was making a weird noise last time I tried to use it. I cant remember what it looks like, but I have a parts scooter I might be able to take one off of. (parts scoot is a Honda sr50. Im pretty sure I blew the engine on that one.)

Mirrors are ducktaped in place, the wreck took those out.

Anyway my parts should be here in about a week and I can really get started on her then.

Welcome, sounds likeyour friend might be just the guy to helpwith repairs, after all he got you where you are. Mrs Newbie asked why your wife doesn't want you to get another bike. LOL wives..

[bryantheghostrider]

Mostly money. We have some in savings and some to spend but we needed to get our 2 cars (94 geo metro and a 71 buick riviera) fixed up and our RV (where we live) needed some repairs. We are also concerned that the heath care laws are going to be revoked and we wont be able to be on our parents insurance anymore so we are getting things like dentist and eye doc appointments out of the way. If I can get this running well I can put the money I save on gas and put it towards a beginner bike.

[89newbie]

Aug 21, 2011 1:49:44 GMT -6 bryantheghostrider said:

Stator came in on Friday. I'm going to be going to fix up my scooter on monday.

I talked to my insurance guy today and he informed me that in AR I dont need insurance or registration on my scooter. In a few months a few of my previous tickets are going to clear from when I was younger and I will be able to lower my rates by 1/2. When this happens I'm prob. going to insure my scoot just to be safe

Please post if the stator helps. I put additional lights on my 50 and kept a battery trnder on it sure shortended the battery life but I could see at night! Rode it home 11 miles using all the lights one foggy rainy night, ran out of juice in my driveway but the important thing was It got me home. ( I tied one of the fog lights thru the main headlight switch for that stator feed and ran the other off of battery power. The 150 has brighter lights but I like the 50 better.

[bryantheghostrider]

Heres a little update. Sorry I havent been on here for a while.

The kick start on the scoot is broken, but I"m going to take the case to school to weld it back together.

The electric starter is also shot, but I"m about to order a new one.

I stuffed the scooter in my 94 Geo Metro and took it back to my house.
I finally got a battery for it too. Its dead but I can bring it back to life with a welder.

[bryantheghostrider]

Well I was all excited to find a 50cc xtreme scooter on Craigslist. I drove all the way out to Conway and spent $25 on gas only to find it was a damn mobility scooter with a sticker that said "Xtreme" Sigh.

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Since the starter is shot I was trying to start it with an impact wrench. I took the case off and I was turning the left pully to the left. The bolt that holds that on has been stuck for a long time. The last owner even tried to cut it off but couldnt so I'm using it to try to start the scooter.

I'm not getting any spark :/

My old roommate was saying that he couldnt get any spark when he was trying to get it to run forever ago.

I know the plug is good, and the cable was bairly used when I got it. What else could it be?

Is there a chart that shows where everything plugs in? I seem to have 2 extra plugs. :/

Thanks for any help you guys can give.

[bryantheghostrider]

Ive been searching online about what can hurt the spark. I went ahead and ordered a new CDI and Spark cable. The cable fell apart when I messed with it :/ Guess it was crap. I went ahead and got a new cdi just to be safe. Its getting cold and I wanna start riding asap. Worst comes to worst i dont need it and I can reorder it.

[bryantheghostrider]

My kick start wont work beacuse theres a missing piece. I think this is it:
cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Idle-Shaft-Gear-4-stroke-Scooter-Parts-63568-/300600560569?pt=Other_Vehicle_Parts&hash=item45fd308bb9#ht_5037wt_939

can anyone confirm that this actually goes on a 50cc gy6?

My kick start pieces are mounted on the outer case, not on the inner. :/

I think this is how it goes together:

www.scooterpartsmania.com/upload/ebaypics/logo-spm/DiagramPIC/164.jpg

[bryantheghostrider]

I found some pics of my scooter before the wreck.

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