Hells Pigeon new to the scoot forum By hellspigeon (Read 330 times)

[hellspigeon]

What's up guys. I'm Jimbo but my user name is Hells Pigeon because that's what the guys at my work call me. I just got my used scooter off Craigs List. I'm not really sure if it's the decent scooter, but I'm not afraid of a little elbow grease and decided to take a chance on my Motobravo 150. I like it so far. The guy before me changed the breaks so that it has disc brakes on the front as well as the back. The stock carb was swapped out for a Mikuni. The stock handle bars were swapped for a straight bar instead of the little Y bar. The guy I bought it from said it was originally a 50cc and then he put a 150 in the scoot for more power but I'm not familary with these machines so I couldn't tell really tell; however, I'm a big guy (240lbs) and it moves pretty good. the speedo was taken off to accomadate the different handle bars but I think I get up to like 35-40, not really sure to be honest. I think he said that the cdi was changed as well ( I don't really know what that is either) and he gave me a box with the stock parts he took out and some extra goodies. So far it runs well. The only real issue I have right now is an electrical problem ( I've heard that's a common issue with a lot of scoots); the head light only comes on when i'm rolling down the street and I have to pull the break lever. But I like my little scoot. I changed the oil with some Castrol (part synthetic) 10w30, swapped out the torch spark plug for a NGK C7HSA, and put a little Loctite on the rear view mirror to keep it from vibrating off.

[Alleyoop]

Nice a 150 in a 50cc frame, the 157QMJ is a nice motor and you can mod the heck out of them.
That is what I have on my TRIKE.
Now you have to get the SHROUDs to cover the motor as well as the cover for the FAN otherwise the motor will overheat and seize on you. Right now the Fan is turning but not cooling anything.
You can get the Shroud and Fan Cover here cheap.
Alleyoop
Just scroll down and you will find BOTH the Shroud and Fan cover.

www.scrappydogscooters.com/125_150_4-STROKE_PARTS.html

[redroush00]

Yep shroud it!

Looks like he did some work on it so its probably been well maintained. Love the look!

YOu said you weight 240 so the weights in the variator can be tweekd to better suit it for you. Those MPH numbers seem low especially with the mods i can see in the pics. Im getting 40-45 in a pretty much stock big frame 50

Get a tiny tach so you can watch the rpms and helps with tuning as well.

PS Whatever allyoop says, it is so!

[Alleyoop]

HAHAHA, I don't know about that RED,
But your right that scoot should be getting up to AT LEAST 50mph and maybe a little better since it is in a much lighter 50cc Frame. That puppy should be easy to get it to CRUISE at 50mph.

Now what could be slowing it up are the TRANNY GEARS if he did not change those. If the 50cc gears are still in there then that is what is holding it back.
Alleyoop

[FrankenMech]

Nice find! You can have a lot of fun with that.

[markwb]

Welcome to the forums, pigeon!

[LUKE]

thats one tough looking bike, very nice!