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Post by bobf on Jun 1, 2013 18:45:52 GMT -6
Let us add to the confusion. I have a Roketa scooter and it is known as the MC 54 250(B) and that is also on the side of the scoot. It is a 244CC water cooled vertical engine. www.roketapartsdept.com/catalog/MC_54_250_PARTS-362-1.htmlRoketa MC 54 250 parts. Now there is also the Roketa with a 257 horizontal engine. www.roketapartsdept.com/catalog/MC_54B_250_PARTS-363-1.htmlRoketa MC 54B 250 parts. So the difference it that the 54 is 244CC and the 54B is 257CC How that second B got on the sides of the scooters after the 250, I can't determine but from the Roketa web site I see the B must be behind the 54 to make the engine size difference correct. I have brought this up before but still see the B at the end to have some meaning for some folks. I think I am correct, at least with the Roketa imported scoots. If there are other importers they may have different rules. My radiator is on the left side of the hump next to the gas tank which is on the right side. . |
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Post by bobf on Jun 1, 2013 9:41:05 GMT -6
Do you think they will ever bring back the 4 cylinder engine?
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Post by bobf on May 23, 2013 13:49:41 GMT -6
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Post by bobf on May 11, 2013 6:59:44 GMT -6
As I remember it was bad enough to force you to stop driving and needing a windshield wash to continue. Even some gas stations in the Coco Beach area would charge for the windshield cleaning, no gratis windshield wipe like the rest of the year got. Two bugs hooked together made pretty big splats and they were sticky too.
Love bugs are a disaster when they are flying.
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Post by bobf on May 9, 2013 17:18:17 GMT -6
Yep, I do remember those love bugs. Really nasty when in season. But we lived a lot south of the worst of those nasty bugs. As I remember when we lived down there for several years was the love bugs were more north in the Jacksonville area and not near so bad down by Boca Raton where we lived. Let us see now, that would have been way back in the 1965 and 1978 years.
Since then we have been in different US areas and climate zones. Now down in south Arizona. Some bugs but not anywhere as buggy as Florida.
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Post by bobf on May 9, 2013 13:53:02 GMT -6
You are only bouncing around the outside of the news.
One is the one brother is charged and right now the other two not charged. Who knows, that may change too.
Two is that one girl gave him a baby and one girl no comment yet and the third girl had been pregnant 5 times. For this she got two weeks of starvation and several beatings in the stomach so she would abort.
Three is that they ended up being kept in rooms upstairs, not in the basement.
Thus case is a real mess. So much more is likely to come apparent as time goes by.
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Post by bobf on Apr 1, 2013 19:22:47 GMT -6
The alcohol is there to prevent freezing. The idea of using dish soap may work in the summer but not in colder weather.
Just about everything in the world can be dangerous if not used properly. Including lots of foods we eat.
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Post by bobf on Mar 24, 2013 15:44:59 GMT -6
Two cylinder engine? Sounds like a good deal to me. When I was a lot younger, 1950's, there was a 2 cylinder bike motor. Anyone remember the Harmon twin? Big problem in my mind at the time was that it was a 2 cycle engine.
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by: bobf - Feb 24, 2013 20:10:04 GMT -6
Post by bobf on Feb 24, 2013 20:10:04 GMT -6
Put a space between each character and see if that makes it all clearer.
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Post by bobf on Feb 22, 2013 15:20:48 GMT -6
I have never ordered from Rocketa yet either. If you are ordering something for the engine or engine area and drive, then seller must have asked if you had a vertical or horizontal engine. Much of the rest of the scoot is probably common for each scoot.
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Post by bobf on Feb 22, 2013 7:44:01 GMT -6
Assuming that all the tags and labels are put on at the factory.
Those numbers and tags are all in English but they have a lot of the work being done by Chinese speaking workers. If they are messing up it is natural and they don't know. But where is their quality control that should be English speaking and catching these mistakes?
But it they are put on by the importers, it is just a sloppy job, no excuses.
Best is to identify which engine you actually have and then to order the parts from Rocketa you need to know the Rocketa format to find and order the correct parts if doing it yourself. If ordering by phone you can tell the sellers that you have a vertical or horizontal engine as part of your inquiry.
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Post by bobf on Feb 20, 2013 21:17:37 GMT -6
I agree on that Allyoop. That is the way many of us talk when asking about which model they have. But when I see folks talk about the 250B as being the size descriptor rather than 54B, that is wrong and will get you into the parts bin.
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Post by bobf on Feb 20, 2013 19:36:03 GMT -6
A problem here as I also have a 250B and it has the vertical 244cc engine. The way Rocketa names them is one is called MC 54-250 (244cc) and the other is called MC 54B-250 (257cc). www.roketapartsdept.com/catalog/Scooter_Parts-52-1.htmlBrowse down the list to the name MC 54-250 and you go to that machines page. Click on the sub catagory MC 54-250 Engine and exhaust parts. Then look at the engine. It is the vertical 244cc type. Repeat and use the name MC 54B-250. This time the engine is the horizontal 257cc engine. A lot of folks confuse this location of B. If it is 54B it is 257cc and if it is 250B, who knows as Rocketa apparently doesn't recognize that nomenclature. My 250B is a 244cc and others say their 250B is 257cc. . |
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by: bobf - Feb 18, 2013 20:23:33 GMT -6
Post by bobf on Feb 18, 2013 20:23:33 GMT -6
Thanks Allyoop, I have been looking for the source and just found them in my credit card records. So you beat me to it by 15 minutes at least, and I appreciate it. Hate it when I post as if I knew what I was saying then can't remember the source.
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by: bobf - Feb 18, 2013 19:27:20 GMT -6
Post by bobf on Feb 18, 2013 19:27:20 GMT -6
No need to take the wheels off to work on the stems. I used two C clamps, I think at least 6" clamp size, or maybe a 7" clamp size. Set them each about 6" away on each side of the stem. Let the air out of the tire if not already gone, start tuning them tighter and force the tire off the rim in that area. Then you can reach in and remove the stem or to replace the stem. I used the metal stems that can be ordered from the web. I don't remember the vender but maybe some one on here remembers who to buy from. They do bolt on so should not fly off. Once you have them installed and tested for tightness, not too tight or you damage the rubber gasket part and not so loose that they will rotate freely. Too me it becomes a judgement call.
Then you can start to remove the clamps and have a heavy mall handy, as you may need to pound the tire a bit to force it to expand over the rim edge. Once the tire seems set enough to hold air then start to fill the tire and actually run the pressure above the required pressure to force the tire to seat agains the rim and edges. Once sure the tire is properly seated then release the air pressure back down to what you want it to be.
This works on both the rear and front tires. You will be working in what ever space is free of the fender or frame. Not the most comfortable position to be in.
EDIT TO ADD: I put the clamps on the side of the tire on one side of the wheel, on the other side I put the clamp on the rim. That way I only pulled the tire from one side and had a bit more room for my hand to get in to tighten the nuts. To protect the rim you may need a couple of pieces of wood to clamp too.
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