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Post by jct842 on Mar 17, 2015 12:32:54 GMT -6
Time to start running some seafoam in the gas too. The crapahol they sell in place of gasoline has a habit of absorbing water out of the air then it goes to gel. When you start running out of gas as you open the throttle you might look at fuel pump or vacuum petcock/ If you have a slight vacuum leak it can cause low fuel delivery. And as said before you have to have an airfilter in place and working.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 16, 2015 18:22:07 GMT -6
That link says "discontinued" and $130 you need to clean it.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 16, 2015 8:57:49 GMT -6
I wouldn't be surprised if the heavier springs take more adjusting. The soft aluminum of the heads and all.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 15, 2015 16:27:41 GMT -6
With the speedo that far off I would expect they put a speedometer on your scooter that was meant for a 16" wheel scooter. Wide open I would think 7 to 10mph over would be more like it. Wide open with a 150 should be some where around 55mph give or take a few.
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by: jct842 - Mar 15, 2015 14:33:46 GMT -6
Post by jct842 on Mar 15, 2015 14:33:46 GMT -6
I would hate to guess how many miles and how old a lot of the scooters are in these 3rd world countries. Most do not flog them, but use them just like you would use a tool, some of them you see 4 and 5 or more people on them, not going fast but just going. In very few years chinese scooters will be at the top of the heap.
The japs never would have got off the ground making motorcycles and scooters had it not been the fools in washington dc who dumped tons of our money into post war japan. They should have been required to pay back the damages they caused starting with pear harbor.
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by: jct842 - Mar 15, 2015 10:57:36 GMT -6
Post by jct842 on Mar 15, 2015 10:57:36 GMT -6
Whan ya point yur finger and start blaming just remember the other fingers are pointing back at u
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Post by jct842 on Mar 15, 2015 8:09:08 GMT -6
In our library you should be able to find a diagram of the wiring for a generic scooter that matches yours. If you don't have a multi-meter get one and learn to use it. Wiring across a fuse is a good way to smoke the whole scooter.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 13, 2015 21:00:09 GMT -6
See that there is no play in the steering head bearings. And that the tire is balanced.
also that the rear axle is in alignment.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 12, 2015 15:45:29 GMT -6
Better than what the japs did to us. Just how many US servicemen died at the hands of the jap butchers and I wonder how many of those dead were tortured first. Not quite the same as our unions that bargins like street gangs.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 12, 2015 15:32:07 GMT -6
Kind of figured there would not be much voltage on battery when you put a load on it.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 12, 2015 2:58:43 GMT -6
Do we all know that 95% of the people of Taiwan are chinese? The big difference as I see it is the politics. And that has been changing with the times. Also the fastest train in the world is said to be in china. An over head magnetic track. and it was built with out the help of unions.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 11, 2015 15:48:33 GMT -6
Put the volt meter leads on the battery terminals, not on the cables and try to start it see what it reads then.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 11, 2015 15:45:03 GMT -6
If you had tried to get a cycle shop to fix it they would have refused. There are no shops that I know of that will repair a scooter or motorcycle tire....unless it is an off road vehicle. Liability I am sure.
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Post by jct842 on Mar 11, 2015 9:29:07 GMT -6
How did the problem start? Did it run ok before this problem? Was it stored and is there old gas in it?
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Post by jct842 on Mar 10, 2015 21:41:36 GMT -6
Yup
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