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Yes Speed if the lenses start to have a melt down I will post it, but so far so good.

Actualy I posted the wrong ad from ebay. The bulbs I ordered and installed were 60w/50w Halogen bulbs.

Speed; The sockets have to be wired in. When the BA 20D sockets are removed from the headlight fixture the H4 bulb will sit right back in the same place. I didn't think to take any pics of the light install.

SpeedRacer; I purchased my headlight bulbs from ebay. Here is the link to the bulbs I bought

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Head-Light-Bulb-Motorcycle-Scooter-50cc-125cc-150-250cc-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f0ac3ef12QQitemZ270763552530QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

I understand that the gauges on these things really are just something to go by and not to be trusted just when I hooked up the new instrument cluster and without adding any gas my gauge read a half of tank instead of being on empty like the old one was and I was able to run another 70 miles before it reached the red mark on the gauge. That is when I always refuel anyway when my gauge reaches the red mark on the gas gauge. So yes it is just an indicator as to when I should fill-er-up.

After hearing of several people talking about charging problems on their 54B model scooters I decided to check my system with the multimeter. My findings are as follows;

Idling @ about 1800rpms I have 13.36 volts
Running at 4000 or more rpms I have 14.90 volts

Those are both reading at the battery connections.

A few improvements I have made or changed was my turn signal 1156 and brake lights to 1157 LEDs and all my instrument lights to 194 LED, and the turn signal indicators and fan and high beam indicators to 74 LEDs. My headlights I changed out the 35w/35w Bulbs for 60w/55w Halogen bulbs. I also added 2 12 volt power plugs that I connected to the ignition switch so they will only work with the scooter running. I have also changed out my instrument cluster with a new one and seems to be better. For some reason my old gauges was showing different readings than these new ones. For instance my fuel gauge was reading empty after only 80 or so miles, my temp gauge was flowing up to the halfway mark before the fan would kick on. Now with the new ones my fuel gauge jumped to half a tank of gas when I did the change over and now my fan kicks on when my temp gauge hits the quarter mark on the gauge.

Not sure if the RPMs are correct tho. @ 4000rpms my speed shows to be around 50mph and at 5000rpms I show to be doing 70mph. I did take it out on the Interstate a little while ago and at the 5000rpms (70mph) I was actually passing up other vehicles LOL and still had some left on the throttle. I will check these speeds later with the GPS and report back with my findings.

I also a while back changed out my variator to a Dr. Pulley Variator with 13 gram sliders.

Other planned changes for later will be to change the clutch to a high performance clutch and also changing out the gears for taller ones to get more top end speed.

That is a drain line for the Carb. It should run down to the side of the CVT case and attach to it.