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The tube you are calling the vent tube is just another word that refers to PCV tube ( positive crankcase ventilation ) that is what PCV stands for, the steel tube you are refering to is the " emission control stuff they put on these to make them legal for some states from what I gather.

My air filter box sit directly over the engine so oil will drain back into the engine if it is blown up into the small chamber where the PCV/vent tube is attached.

I will post pics of the catch can I make for mine once I get it done, I plan to make it so any oil that gets in it will drain back into the engine and the pressure itself will be vented through a filter also.


Thanks for all the input on this everyone.....

Peace

Wish I could help you bud but I dont know much about the wiring stuff on these scoots, i've had a couple light issues myself and just regrounded mine today thinking that might be my problem, but I wont know for sure until its dark so I can see if my lights are going real dim sometime when I increase the throttle, I think I have or had something loose but like I said I dont know if mine is fixed yet or not.....
The wiring stuff can be a real booger because you cant see the problem many times.

Good Luck I hope you get it figured out soon.

Peace

Thank you sir I will do that, I'm not looking to go all out with my scoot but I would like to get a bit more pulling power out of it on top end, I live 16 miles from my work and 1/3 of that is actual highway driving before I get to town with a couple very minor hills, right now I'm topping out at 57-58MPH on the flat ( no head wind ) and I loose about 10-12MPH on those slight inclines, I want to pull through the wind a little better and do a bit better on those hills also.

I figured if I free up the exhaust a bit that should help some, I already put the Hotter Coil, (Orange) CDI, Spark plug, variator, 13g sliders on the scoot, all of this really hasn't made that much of a noticable difference maybe just a bit better low end take off but thats about it.

So looks like I need to get into things a bit more

No I havent done anything to it yet, found the problem at 5:00AM this morning before leaving for work, put in my 12hrs and wont be messing with it again until Thursday.........

when I hit the electric starter it just kicks right off just like it should, battery seems to be charging just fine, but I cant be sure of that yet.

That is a good idea about checking all the grounds though and this I will do Thursday robb, Thank you very much for the advice.

If I put a meeter on the battery and it is showing 13-14 volts while engine is running this should be a good charge rate correct?

I know it is on most 12v systems but I haven't messed with these scooters that much yet other than replacing stock parts with up grades.

Thanks, Shan

Another beter price wheel if you already have the hardware, bearings ect.

www.scooterpartsplace.com/13-Inch-Gy6-Front-Rim-Three-Spoke.aspx

Yes I have spun the wheel while off the ground and it is very clear that the wheel hub is not centered with the outer rim, serious lope when it rolls ooops I mean "Humpity Hump" (^_ ^) LOL....!

Mine also gets better at high speed.

On another thread last night it was brought to my attention that www.scooterdepot.us has had some pretty severe complaints against them in the past in several different categories so, I said that I would no longer be promoting them on this forum although that is where I purchased my scooter from at what I thought was a great price and fairly quick shipping with no shipping damage and good customer service in my opinion.

Now, I realized yesterday that the humpidy hump I have been experiencing with my scooters front end while running down the road was not a tire issue after all, I just had a new Michelin tire installed yesterday and after getting the wheel back on I notice very quickly that the jump in the front end had not changed and maybe even a little worse because there are no balance beads in the new tire, after closer inspection I seen that it is a bad wheel that is my problem, the wheel is not machined true in the hub, it seems that when the center of the wheel was machined for the bearings it was machined off center and this causes a cam-ming action when it rotates rather than rolling true, I leaned up over the front of my scooter while running about 25-30mph and there it was so easy to see the wheel has a eccentric rotation which gets the front end jumping very uncomfortably at 30-45mph.

I made a short video of the wheel spinning while I had the scooter on the center stand and e-mailed it to Patrick the fella I had talked too last evening, he told me he would look at it and also show it to his Boss, I contacted him this morning and he watched the video while we were on the phone, he said he could see what I was talking about and his boss needed to see it before he could go forward, he contacted me earlier and said his boss watched the video and told him to get me a new wheel ordered for a warranted replacement, they said it may take up to 3 weeks for me to get the wheel but it will be ordered today.

So......now it's the old hurry up and wait game, I will find out in the next few weeks if they are gonna shaft me on this or I will get good warranty service from them on it instead, wish me good fortune on this guys.......I got my fingers crossed here.

If I had of known then what I know now I would have never ordered a scooter from someone who doesn't even stock the replacement parts for them, they force you into buying a $69.00 6 month warranty from them and then if you need something they have to order it from who knows where...! and you have to wait 3-4 weks to get the part.

I'm hoping to get my wheel and then I'm done with them, I talked to one fella yesterday that told me they have not even had any of the model scooters that I bought from them in stock for over 6 months, (MC-74-150 Roketa) I said well thats funny I just bought one from you July 1 2010 @ 1:57 AM this year, he said hold a moment please and then that is when I met Patrick which is handling my warranty issue now, so it does seem they have some pretty uninformed people at the phones.

For all that pointed me to the site listing complaints against them....Thanks

Shan