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Post by kz1000st on May 12, 2014 6:19:41 GMT -6
I was doing my usual web surfing the other day when I came across this. www.superiorpowersports.com/200cc_scooter_sale_s/199.htmOK, that 8.3 kw translates to over 11 horsepower, a worthwhile addition but check out the name of the scooters. DF Moto. Even the Chinese rip each other off.
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Post by kz1000st on May 12, 2014 5:55:19 GMT -6
Before you tear it apart make sure the kill switch is in the "Run" position. It will stop spark.
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by: kz1000st - May 11, 2014 15:15:57 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 11, 2014 15:15:57 GMT -6
I think kz has had great luck with his scooters though. I believe that sometimes people just get a cursed scoot sometimes and gives a company a bad rap. Many, many years ago Roger Penske said, "I don't believe in Racing Luck. It's preparation that wins races." or words to that effect.
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by: kz1000st - May 11, 2014 10:09:14 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 11, 2014 10:09:14 GMT -6
It's everywhere. That article I posted from You Motorcycle was about the last straw. The "Child" who publishes it believes that being in the Motorcycle business for a whole two years makes him an expert. If he had just stuck to stating that Chinese scooters aren't as well built as Japanese, I might have bought his argument. Instead he launched into an attack on all of them as cheap, dangerous and unworthy of consideration. Not just crate scooters but all Chinese brands, even the ones with a dealer network. He drew upon all the old information he could muster. What burned me most was his use of an old Phil Walters depiction of a scooter like mine as an example of trash. Phil was wrong then, Phil is wrong now.
If I needed a scooter to ride every day to commute, Oh Say, 80 miles round trip. I would buy something from Taiwan, Korea or Japan. Actually I'd buy a bike but that's another argument. I don't need that capability anymore. I sold a good Japanese bike that I really wasn't using. My commute now is about 35 miles round trip a few days a week. Do I need a $3500 Honda PCX-No. Do I even need a $2500 Kymco Super 8. Not hardly. I seem to be able to get by with a scooter that cost me $1200 in the case of my 150cc.
If you ride these things within their limits, and Wide Freaking Open is not a limit-it's an extreme, they will last. I don't have the opportunity to ride 10,000 miles a year anymore but give me time and I'll stack a few miles on my Chinese fleet and achieve it without all the rebuilds and repairs that the naysayers say I'll need.
My 150cc still has the same tire valves, same gas and vacuum lines and same front tire it came out of the crate with nearly six years later. Only the back tire and cylinder head are not original.
I could have stuck with my Kawasaki W650, I chose a Chinese scooter.
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Post by kz1000st on May 10, 2014 10:08:17 GMT -6
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by: kz1000st - May 9, 2014 13:14:42 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 9, 2014 13:14:42 GMT -6
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090225074510AAZhC12Kawasaki also has a small engine manufacturing plant in Maryville, Missouri where they build engines for lawnmowers, garden tractors and so on. Yes Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycles, as well as other Kawasaki models are made in America. Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp, U.S.A. assemble Kawasaki motorcycles and manufacture some of the parts right here in America. No Rich. I just wanted to point out that you and Jack are blood brothers.
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by: kz1000st - May 9, 2014 9:45:47 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 9, 2014 9:45:47 GMT -6
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Post by kz1000st on May 9, 2014 3:53:16 GMT -6
All my bikes have names. It's easier to say, "I'm going into town on Rocket" than "I'm going into town on the Black 50cc bike with the milk crate."
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by: kz1000st - May 8, 2014 7:24:25 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 8, 2014 7:24:25 GMT -6
Nothing wrong with Walmart mowers. Jack and I are experiencing the hazards of owning acres of property. Excess quantities of lawn tractors, pull wagons, push mowers, leaf blowers, weed wackers, rakes, shovels, post hole diggers, chain saws, bow saws, generators... the list is endless.
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by: kz1000st - May 8, 2014 5:18:25 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 8, 2014 5:18:25 GMT -6
The one good thing about the Honda is it has a water cooled V-Twin so it's quiet and lets you think. We bought it with the house. My other tractor is noisy and crude and makes me keep my mind on the job. Yes, of course I have two. I'm that kind of a guy. "Hmmm, what scooter should I use today?"....."Hmmm, what lawn tractor should I use today."
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Post by kz1000st on May 7, 2014 17:50:41 GMT -6
I don't know how yours is but usually the stud the shock mounts on only has threads that line up with the edge of the bushing. You tighten the nut until it bottoms.
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Post by kz1000st on May 7, 2014 15:32:17 GMT -6
I'm not sure I understand the question. A rubber bushing with a steel sleeve inside is bound to move. All shock absorbers have this set up so the shock neither hammers on the bolt or disfigures the shock mount. Do they move a little with this set up? Yes.
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by: kz1000st - May 7, 2014 14:24:45 GMT -6
Post by kz1000st on May 7, 2014 14:24:45 GMT -6
Today I was out on my Honda lawn tractor contemplating the Scooter World when it hit me like Saul on the road to Damascus. You know what bugs me about this “Cheap China Scooter” (CCS) as junk business? I could ride anything I want. I can afford what ever I want, within reason (No MV Agustas in my future). I choose to ride a Chinese scooter. I don’t have to ride a Chinese scooter, I choose to. If I didn’t, I’d buy a bike. I owned a Honda Big Ruckus for a year. Let me tell you. It did nothing better than my CF Moto Fashion. Same speed, same ride, same stopping power and many of the same strange habits. The Fashion is a Honda clone. I can feel the family resemblance. These people who so freely come to the web and heap insults on Chinese scooters wouldn’t dare open their mouths at Harley, BMW, Triumph, Ducati or Moto Guzzi owners for their choice. I think it’s both arrogant and self-righteous to sit in judgement of my choice and that’s why I get steamed at it. OK, yes, I’ve made some comments at the expense of the high priced scooter world. I stand by them. Scooters are all low performance, utilitarian machines that shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Vespa Primavera 150s cost the same as a Ninja 300. Kawasaki doesn’t sell any more of them than Piaggio sells 150s so volume isn’t even a slight issue. 150cc for five grand-foolishness. Worse is a 300cc Vespa for seven grand. Insanity. I’ve chosen vehicles for utility, enjoyment and gas savings. My manhood or intellect isn’t any smaller because I’m riding an inexpensive scooter. If manhood was an issue I would go back to 1000cc bikes. One hundred horses is a real test of it I choose to ride a Chinese scooter. It’s my choice. Got it?
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Post by kz1000st on May 7, 2014 8:06:11 GMT -6
The weird vibration might be a slight imbalance in the tire. Don't sweat it. The odd noise is a result of the way a speedometer operates. There's a magnetic dohicky that swirls past a piece of metal and moves the needle. In very cold weather you should hear the noises Rocket makes in its speedometer. The odometer is geared to the cable, that's why you can lose your speedometer but still have the odometer spinning. I had two speedometers go to heck on my Kawasaki because of cold riding. That's why I don't do it unless it's a necessity.
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Post by kz1000st on May 7, 2014 5:55:46 GMT -6
but now I not only get to 70 KPH (the max on my speedo), but I push the needle off the max reading! I wonder it I'm redlining...
I had a Lance Charming 50cc three years ago and it would rip up to 40 mph on its speedometer easily. It sounded like it was in pain at that speed. I had pulled the restrictor plate out of the airbox. If it wasn't at redline at that speed it should have been. I would ride it no higher than 35 indicated just because of the sound.
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