Post by luvmyscoot on Oct 8, 2013 21:46:28 GMT -6
Alleyoop and Company,
I just stopped by to tell you all, thank you for your help getting my scoot back on the road to happiness. Since my last “funky” post I have had very little trouble with my scooter and have practically doubled the miles on the odom. I am now over 6100 and climbing daily. Since it is now riding much better it has been a real joy to own. I zoom past most cars on the freeway. (I don’t really know how it is possible).
I have been to Monterey, the mountains, lakes, and the foothills around my central valley home. It is my daily driver to work. I even took it on a back country dirt and gravel mountain trail over the Santa Lucia mountain range (it was an accident) I was trying to get to the coast from Kerman and ended up on this dirt trail in the back country. I should have turned around but that would be like admitting defeat. It was only 22 miles of dirt and rock up the side of a mountain… I dropped down into the Pinnacles National park!!!! Yikes
Since the season is winding down and the cold and rain should start soon, I am planning on doing a tear down of the clutch and replacing the shoes they are getting smooth and thin. I have sanded them a few times to rough them up some. I am occasionally getting a squeaky vroom on a hard excel. Hopefully I can find just the shoes, so far I am finding the whole clutch assembly and that is back in the few hundred dollar range.
I want to rewire an ignition key back on. I have the key assembly already mounted I just need to take off some Tupperware to run wires.
I also need to get into the dash again and open up the panel. I had a bulb go out and I have been too lazy to tear it all down for a little 1.50 bulb.
I will change the oil (s) and plug as well as clean the air filter. I have been reading about a “racing cdi and coil” is this marketing or will it make any difference at all?
Carb still has a whuffle every now and again, It is not really a back fire more like a burp. I am not planning on trying to isolate it (I changed the carb and it still there). It does not seem to affect the operation other than a momentary drop in rpm once in a while.
Anyways Ally, (and all) thanks again for helping me.
Dave
I just stopped by to tell you all, thank you for your help getting my scoot back on the road to happiness. Since my last “funky” post I have had very little trouble with my scooter and have practically doubled the miles on the odom. I am now over 6100 and climbing daily. Since it is now riding much better it has been a real joy to own. I zoom past most cars on the freeway. (I don’t really know how it is possible).
I have been to Monterey, the mountains, lakes, and the foothills around my central valley home. It is my daily driver to work. I even took it on a back country dirt and gravel mountain trail over the Santa Lucia mountain range (it was an accident) I was trying to get to the coast from Kerman and ended up on this dirt trail in the back country. I should have turned around but that would be like admitting defeat. It was only 22 miles of dirt and rock up the side of a mountain… I dropped down into the Pinnacles National park!!!! Yikes
Since the season is winding down and the cold and rain should start soon, I am planning on doing a tear down of the clutch and replacing the shoes they are getting smooth and thin. I have sanded them a few times to rough them up some. I am occasionally getting a squeaky vroom on a hard excel. Hopefully I can find just the shoes, so far I am finding the whole clutch assembly and that is back in the few hundred dollar range.
I want to rewire an ignition key back on. I have the key assembly already mounted I just need to take off some Tupperware to run wires.
I also need to get into the dash again and open up the panel. I had a bulb go out and I have been too lazy to tear it all down for a little 1.50 bulb.
I will change the oil (s) and plug as well as clean the air filter. I have been reading about a “racing cdi and coil” is this marketing or will it make any difference at all?
Carb still has a whuffle every now and again, It is not really a back fire more like a burp. I am not planning on trying to isolate it (I changed the carb and it still there). It does not seem to affect the operation other than a momentary drop in rpm once in a while.
Anyways Ally, (and all) thanks again for helping me.
Dave
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