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Post by freefour on Oct 3, 2013 13:36:29 GMT -6
Hi everyone , new here . Come from another forum and looking for scooter inthusiast like myself . I live in Finland ( although only for the last three years , befor that lived in Kentucky from 1968 until 2010 ) . I have had bikes since 1977 and did have a small restoration shop from 1988-1994 were I restored old Hondas , yamahas, BSA , triumph , lol you name it . Got rid of everything when I moved here and got a retro scooter back in June . Ride the crap out of it lol. I hope I can help anyone and I can maybe learn something along the way . Hope to hear from you.
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Post by LUKE on Oct 3, 2013 14:18:50 GMT -6
hi, welcome freefoursome!!, wow, hondas, yamahas,bsa,triumph??,,i can tell that you are accustomed to dealing with QUALITY motorcycles. (unlike some people i know)....welcome to the club. i own a yamaha scooter too and i love it...
so how long did the "retro scooter" lasts??, i supposed it's a chinese scooter, because chinese immitates just about anything under the sun!! sish!
again welcome!
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Post by sumdawgtwigg on Oct 3, 2013 15:59:34 GMT -6
Welcome! Where in Ky did you live? Sounds like you have a real love for bikes, no matter what kind they are!
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Post by markwb on Oct 3, 2013 17:08:03 GMT -6
Welcome to the Forums my friend. How do you like living in Finland?
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Post by freefour on Oct 4, 2013 11:47:53 GMT -6
Thanks my AMG Reto 50 is from the Netherlands but yes it is a chinese scoot , but defiantly one of the better ones as I haven't had any problems with it . Been very reliable and everything is fully adjustable ( carb isn't sealed and all that ) I have put many naraku racing performance parts on it. Belt, 7gram rollers, performance variator and performance cam , unlimited Cdi as well as NGk plug and some other stuff. Speedo read 60kph and it easily buries the needle and then some , I have gps reading of 70kph on the flats with no problem . Used to live in Cadiz ky from 70-83 and Hopkinsville ky 83-2011 . Finland is a lot like eastern ky accept summers are only mid 80's max and winters about 0-10 below . Temps here don't swing like back at home ...if it's 30 degrees outside it's going to be that way for weeks then it will get 28 for weeks lol and so on . Winters though are snow covered from December to May , snow tires mandatory on every vehicle and getting my studded scooter tires next month .
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Post by freefour on Oct 4, 2013 12:09:24 GMT -6
Oh and the scoot now has 4500+ Klm on it , bought it from my neighbor back in June . He had it for a year and never rode it. It has 24klm on it when I bought it .  |
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Post by mike6736 on Oct 4, 2013 12:16:01 GMT -6
Welcome to the Club... All scoots are fun..
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Post by scooterbob on Oct 5, 2013 22:52:11 GMT -6
Welcome and we all need help from time to time.
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Post by Alleyoop on Oct 5, 2013 23:36:38 GMT -6
Welcome to the forum FreeFour, good to have on here. When you get a chance pop up a pic of your scoot we all like to see what everyone is riding these days.
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Post by freefour on Oct 6, 2013 8:41:51 GMT -6
Here is one I took today , temps were in the high 40s and partly sunny so went for a little ride . Attachments:
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Post by freefour on Oct 6, 2013 8:51:17 GMT -6
And one a little closer , she was smiling for the camera . Lol Attachments:
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Post by sjrainsford on Oct 7, 2013 3:38:13 GMT -6
Nice looking tommy style scooter. Similar to mine. There's quite a few of these appearing on this forum now!
Just noticed your naraku belt, is that a different size to standard?
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Post by freefour on Oct 7, 2013 9:03:58 GMT -6
It's supposed to be the same size but when I pulled the old one out at 1000klm the naraku belt was quit a bit thicker and softer also seemed shorter. Could realy tell a differance in top speed and overall performance . Like car tires I guess as you can have two same size tires side by side and they will slight differances in width, hight and rubber compounds .
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