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Todd is the oil burner scooter you are riding? If it is I'll bet you have a fouled spark plug from burning all that oil.

Last Friday the scooter shop called me and told me to come pick up my scooter as he has it running. He said he fixed the carb and did what he needed to get it back on the road. I never ordered a new carb thankfully. He replaced both diaphragms with new ones as a friend of his had those parts.

The A/F screw is set at 3 turns out. When I was there he asked me why I use an Iridium plug. I said I heard they are better. He just laughed and said this is not a Ducati or Super Bike. You are wasting your money when you can use a regular NGK plug.

Next he asked what gas I use. I told him regular unleaded. He said use 89 or 90 octane as it says in the manual. He said they do not use octane as a scale in China they use the Ron system so they are telling you the octane to use in the US. He said China uses 93 and 97 Ron so they would not have put 90 octane stickers on the scooter if they were using a Chinese system. He also mention that all of China switched to unleaded gas in 2000. Most cities before that. He moved here from China 4 years ago and was a foreman at a scooter factory.

Also since he had my scooter apart he looked at the variator and noticed I had Dr Pulley sliders in it. What he did was to take white lithium grease and slightly greased each slider with it and put them back in. I said they don't need grease as they are self lubricating. He laughed and said that's what Dr Pulley wants you to do, but the lithium grease will make them last longer and your variator will run effortlessly.

He said go start it up. First shot is started and no stall, and it sounded like there was no variator on the engine. I took it out for a test ride while it was cold and it ran smooth and fast. For the first time in a long time it was smooth and quiet. It has less then half a tank so I will run it down and then fill it up with 90 octane, and put my $2.00 NGK plug back in it.

Interesting subject. For the most part HD riders do wave to me, maybe because I wave first. I have noticed a lot of Super Bikes don't even know I'm alive. I seldom wave to them but will always wave to HD riders. However there is a HD rider who has to live close to me as we pass each other all the time and he will not wave. He stands out with his red bandanna.

Mike, I have had two of your problems. Will start right up, stall, restart and stall, but never not start after that. I changed vacuum pumps and there was no change at all. I also changed my coil and cdi. If the manifold has no cracks in it and all the vacuum lines are good the next thing is to clean the carb. You also may want to check the enricher to see if it is working. Alley has a good link with a video on how it operates. It is possible if all those check out fine you might need a new enricher or carb. My .02

Cruiser, I'll let you know when I receive it. I'll take some pictures at the made in japan imprint and report on how it fits and runs. Thanks again for the link.

I have been counter steering for years. I use the push right go right, push left go left method. Seems easier to me as if I need to avoid an object I can push right or left and it turns just in time. To be honest I think almost everyone counter steers but they just don't know they are doing it. If you notice when you make lets say a right turn you lean right and your righ hand is actually pushing the handle bar as you do it.

Jeff, that sure looks like. Do you think its a actual KEIHIN CVK carb or a knock off? I'd rather pay for quality. Thanks