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:(I ordered this bulb the other day, got it in, put it on my scoot....very low quality in my opinion, not nearly as good of a beam as the B35 35w standard bulb I am using, and the filament is reversed in the bulb, the bulb shines up higher in the high beam mode when my switch is in the low beam position and vise versa, Total cost of this bulb is $8.48 and not nearly as good as my $1.25 bulb.

Just wanted to pass this along, maybe I just got a bad one....who knows, I have requested an exchange from seller, so when I hear from them we will see how that goes, if they send me another bulb and it is a good one that works like it should and is an upgrade I will come back to this thread and correct my warning on the product.

Questionable Halogen Headlight

I have the 842 20 30 belt on my scooter, and I may order the new variator with the 13 gram sliders and then if they are too light I can always order the 15 gram and either use them in total or mix & match and have the equivelant of 14's.

What do you think of that plan?

And thanks for the info. on the Kevlar belt being harder on the drive system, I will order the Gate Powerlink Belt instead.

When you say red line are you refurring to the scooters tach and shown red line of 8000rpm's? and if so what is the normally safest RPM on these engines to not trash them prematurely?

I normaly run about 7000-7300 rpm's when I'm making my trip into town on the highway which is about 3-4 miles of running at that rpm, is that reasonable or will this trash my engine pretty quick?

These particular engines & CVT drives are new to me, all the other motorcycles I've had in my life were typical standard shift set ups which keeps the revs down out on the road, I know these GY6 egines are high revers but like all engines I know they also have their limits and I wont to stay below that point as much as possible so it will last long enough to get my moneys worth out of it.... The whole wopping $807.00 delivered to my door....! LOL! Dang these things are inexpensive to buy just blows my mind, but I can tell they do need some upgrading in order to make them more reliable.

Thanks in advance, Shan

I took my cover off today and cleaned it all out very good and while I was at it I took the variator off and apart so I could clean it and weigh the stock rollers being that I am wanting to put the sliders in it in the near future, the rollers that came in my scooter are 16 grams I want to be able to run 55-60 mph without over reving the engine but at the same time I would like to have a little better take off, so..... I desided I would take 3 of the rollers and drill them out a little at a time until I could get them down to 14 grams, so to make a long story short I ended up drilling them out for the final time with an N size bit and each of the 3 are now 14 grams on the dot according to my scale, I took my scooter for a spin after putting it back together and it has a little more gitty up from a stand still and will do 60mph at about 7000 -7200 rpm by my tach I hit 65mph @ 8300 rpm's coming down a slight decline, so I have a combined weight now of 15 grams.

Does this sound like I would be good to go with a set of 14 gram sliders from scrappy......?

Seems that I would have a little more bottom end take off and still about the same rpm's at 60 mph with the 14 gram sliders based on the stuff I've read, so please chime in here and let me know if this sounds about right.

Thanks, Shan

No panic stops yet but brakes are pretty good, V brakes on front and caliper brakes on back which arent quite as good as the V brakes, but together they do the job just fine, I normally cruise at about 28-30 with the 35MPH short run run now and then, but if I'm running through town I take the back way to everything I can, I like to stay away from the 50-60MPH traffic when possible, but I sure get some big smiles when I'm in the 30-35MPH traffic and people look over and see this ole country boy running right beside them going down the street at 30-35MPH on a bicycle, even the police officers around here just shake their heads and smile at me as they usually pull away from me just because they can..... Lots of fun and NO brake issues thus far...... Go to motorbicycling.com/ check out the very good info. on the motorized bicycling and pick a vendor that has the best deal on a engine kit and build you one out of a $90-$100 Wally World beach cruiser or mountain bike, fun to build and loads of fun to ride, the 4 stroke kits cost more and are probably the most trouble free, but I like the 2 smokers because they make the bike look a little cooler in my opinion, sorta like the old whizzers....anyway I have 3 of-em and I reall y enjoy cruising around and turning peoples heads many people have never seen a bicycle with a motor before so they make a great conversation peice wherever you go.
Shan

Wow that is a great price, Thank you very much for the link to this..
Shan

Are the tail light bulbs in most of these scooter the standard 1157 bulb?