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Post by daddue11 on May 1, 2014 23:50:37 GMT -6
Hey guys and gals , Just got my redone motor mount in last week and finally got in a decent ride to day . went about 28 miles on the old highway 60 today. I road at a steady 45 mph and took it easy on the corners just to be safe. Liberty (bikes name ) handled beautifully , plenty of throttle left and no squishy feeling from the back or wiggle when I let off of the gas suddenly like it did before . Since I don't need to ride a long way to work anymore ( retired ) I'm just gonna use Liberty for an around town bike and nice slow rides in the country . I know that I was very very disappointed in the low quality in witch she was engineered and built with , but , the old girl has grown on me. Lord knows what else will go wrong with her next , but I'm gonna use her fore just a liesurely stroll around town and the little highways and make her last longer seeing that I'm not gonna have that kind of money to throw around anymore . Even If I do get a bigger and better bike in the future , I'll still keep liberty around for the rides around town . There's nothing like going on a nice easy ride in the country and stopping to take pics or eating a picnic lunch with one's SWEETY , I'm not gonna push it to the limits again because I know she wasn't built for it . We can have a roadrunner club and show off pics of our adventures and share lies uh er I mean tales of our rides this summer . lolol , I want to shout out to new2scootin and say thanks for keeping in touch and I will also do the same . Hello Cray and welcome to the club .   daddue11 |
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Post by daddue11 on Feb 12, 2014 16:04:34 GMT -6
Hey Scooter49 , I live in Mt. View Mo. , My wife and I ride scooters a lot here and were about the only ones here that do. Maybe we could form a club or something if were close enough.
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Post by daddue11 on Dec 23, 2013 12:51:55 GMT -6
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Post by daddue11 on Dec 16, 2013 15:57:11 GMT -6
Man , I'll give both of y'all my vote for Heman awards , cause it aint happening with this boy till I see some solid 60s again.
Luke , I aint getting into any chino-Japan hooey with anyone , but I've gotta say that I do and always have thaught that the Morph is a long sleek , yes and somewhat sexy bike. I hope one day to have one in great shape to ride. I just love the looks of them. daddue11.
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Post by daddue11 on Nov 18, 2013 7:42:21 GMT -6
Hey brother , I know that it's disapionting about these RTs , that's why I've not been in a hurry to get my part on , because I know there's other things that will go wrong with it as soon as I get this done. But , That being said I do believe that you have alot more fortitude than I when it comes to wrenching on stuff , I've almost slowed to a stop on that kind of stuff because injuries to me body. Personally I think it would be easier to transplant this moter into the body of a 250cc with a blown motor rather than keep fixing it. It's not any buyers fault that this bike is an engineering nightmare , nothing is straight on it and even the front end metal is cheap and very bendable , I'm afraid to actually fix mine and ride it in fear another fisher price play part will give out while I'm in a precarious situation and need a safe bike. The bad thing is they costed a small fortune and now we are stuck with them because Everyone knows of their worth and no one wants to buy them. I'm pulling for ya brother and good luck.
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Post by daddue11 on Nov 14, 2013 11:53:13 GMT -6
Yeah , I seen that about Justin (lucky so and so) lol , I'm very happy for him , he really deserves it. I just drool when I read his post and look at those pics of his Bergy. Maybe one's in our not so distant future. You never know.
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Post by daddue11 on Nov 13, 2013 14:41:49 GMT -6
Well I've been messing with my motor mount and have removed all of the old crappy rubber bushings and am in the process of replacing them with urethane bushings with new sleeves. Here's some pics:  "dogbone" with new bushing installed and motor mount with new upper bushings installed.   Close up of lower motor mount bushings removed. The plan here is to pour in liquid urethane(the stuff they sell to stiffen up auto motor mounts) around a new steel sleeve that will go from one end to the other. Haven't put new sleeves in other bushings yet but almost ready for final step.  ;D Hey my friend , that's a fantastic job you are doing there , looks almost like the ones the machine shope did for me accept they started out solid. I've had mine finished for months now but haven't really had the will or want to to get busy on puting the mounts back on and I can't find the bolts and spacers to put it back on .. Oh no ...that's wrong I just remembered where they are. it's in the teens here now so I can't work in my carriage house now. It really just has been soo hard getting motivated , it shouldn't be too hard to do. just gotta get motivated. good luck my friend and two thumbs up. |
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Post by daddue11 on Oct 3, 2013 15:58:28 GMT -6
I don't hink it was a dirt road because they say he crossed the CENTER line , unless they've started painting lines on gravel roads now.lolol But I'm just saying this guy got off lucky with only moderate injuries. Should have been wearing a helmet. It sounds more like he fell asleep.
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Post by daddue11 on Oct 1, 2013 8:04:25 GMT -6
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Post by daddue11 on Aug 25, 2013 14:44:26 GMT -6
I wish Mike the safest and funnest trip ever. I've always wanted to do a trip like that. Lucky man.
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Post by daddue11 on Aug 20, 2013 15:05:15 GMT -6
new2Scootin , I'll get the motor mount put in this weekend if at all possible , If after several hundred miles and it stays the same then I'll be able to get them made for whomever needs them...You might have to get them pressed in by a shop. the material is race proven on the oval dirt tracks and under 20.00 a set. Sorry I've been tied up this summer , I'll get to it as soon as possible.
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Post by daddue11 on Aug 16, 2013 11:36:02 GMT -6
Hey , new2scootin , Well , there's been another death in the family this week (brother in law) and I have'nt had time to fiddle with stuff yet. I am most definately gonna give it a shot with the new machine shop bushings. I'll post reports on how they are holding up and such. I'm just skeptical about it staying fixed without new areas and problems arrising , if you know what I mean. I am however seriously thinking about turning it into a regular 2 wheeler if I could get some insight into what it might take to do so. I might even have another front end grafted to it. kind of a cut and paste. Even if I ruin it , it would be better that having a bike you can only ride 800 mi. a year.
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Post by daddue11 on Aug 15, 2013 12:05:13 GMT -6
yylsuperman....I own one of the 300 cc sunny reverse trikes and I can truely say that a person needs to stay very very far away from them if you don't want to pay a bundle of money and have one of the most dangerous and mis designed bikes ever made.
I also know what is causing the wobble when you slow down , And it's not your front end...it's just the oppisite...it's in the rear end or more spacificaly in the bushings in the motor mount that holds the motor onto the frame. the same thing was wrong with my bike and no front end allignment will help , Mine finally blew out and almost ran me into a steep down hill gaurd rail at 55 mph. the bushings are only a small tube inside of a rubber gromet thats heated into the control arm\motor mount and the go bad at about 500 mi....every 500 mi. I finally had to get a machine shop to make and put me in some race proven high speed synthetic bushings. that being said , even if I install those here soon , There's a list of other issues that needs to be gone over. In short I still wonder if I should give up on the bike and write it off as a big loss and be wizer for the experiance. I would have to advise anyone Do not buy this bike at any price. unless you're like new2scootin and have mech skills and deep pockets. stay away.
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Post by daddue11 on Jun 22, 2013 23:47:28 GMT -6
this might work...... anyone? ;D  Just... Pleeeaaase don't show my wife that... I already have a hard enough time measuring up!! |
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Post by daddue11 on Jun 12, 2013 6:15:29 GMT -6
Bar fly
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