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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 6, 2013 14:24:19 GMT -6
You can carve your own grooves in the needle if there are no adjustments. All I used was a pair of wire cutters, sliding them around to make the cut with light pressure.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 4, 2013 21:59:13 GMT -6
Don't let cold slow ya down!
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 15, 2013 3:54:36 GMT -6
Argh. I don't won't louder with no gain. Oh well, it was worth an ask.  |
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 14, 2013 23:04:33 GMT -6
I have a 2012 TaoTao 49cc (CY50a) and I've been reading about exhaust restrictions. I know you need to treat exhaust, intake, and jetting as a group when modifying. But, I have a question specifically about the exhaust.
From the examples I've seen, the inside of the exhaust is shaped something like an hourglass, with that center, narrow part being the part that restricts air flow. Some advise sawing the exhaust in half, cutting that out of there, and then welding it back together (if you're not able to buy a new one).
Wouldn't it work if you just drilled a few holes into the exhaust in the area before the narrow part of the hourglass shape?
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by: wutzthedeal - Feb 14, 2013 21:18:41 GMT -6
Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 14, 2013 21:18:41 GMT -6
Ok I'll grab photos tonight; I'll start a new thread so I don't hijack the OP's.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 14, 2013 18:19:57 GMT -6
Ok thank you, I'll give it a go.
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by: wutzthedeal - Feb 14, 2013 16:02:14 GMT -6
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Are there any detailed diagrams on how to do this? And is there any performance gain or benefit to doing it?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 14, 2013 15:35:30 GMT -6
Hey guys; I've looked and looked; my kickstand fell off the other night. I recovered the kickstand and spring but cannot find the shaft/pin (whatever) that goes through the big holes to hold it on. I suspect it comes with a cotter pin of some type. Places I'm looking are mostly JUST selling the stand w/o the pin, but I'm really just trying to find the pin (or shaft and pin, whatever; I need all hardware that holds a side kickstand on except the spring). Idears? I did find a bolt on partsforscooters but it has no nut, and I'm pretty sure the bracket where it goes in isn't threaded.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 10, 2013 18:49:54 GMT -6
If the above post doesn't fix it You my have seized a ring. I have done a number Toa Tao's this year (and the Toa Tao shop 35 miles away has done more) When you were able to get it running did the speed top out round 20-25 MPH? If so you need atleast a new piston and gasket set. Check the cylinder for scratches from the bad ring. Hodaka Bob County Line Cycles Grovertown, IN This sounds like a harsh diagnosis; are there any steps missing here? If it stalls when given gas, then when you can get it going you top out at 25mph before it stalls again, that's minimum a piston and gasket replacement? |
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 8, 2013 22:00:31 GMT -6
Looks like an awesome ride. It's wet, cold, and rainy here  But I ride anyway... I'd give a leg, I think, for some of those rides. |
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 5, 2013 18:54:49 GMT -6
I'm an electronics type (not a motor guy) and that sounds very odd for an electrical component to suddenly affect something so bad that that would happen (I presume what happened is the ignition timing slowed and you kept getting flooding, or something along those lines). Usually, in electronics, we have what's called zinged and zapped. Zapped is fried. Zinged just causes trace or component damage and begins giving you intermittent problems until it finally fails fully, but if your CDI had fried, the system would have never allowed you to start and idle. Are you sure you didn't replace anything recently and mess with wires or go through water? Or something strange like that that could have done some light damage? Maybe really heavy bumps?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 5, 2013 18:49:32 GMT -6
Alley, could that possibly improve performance if done on stock motor?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 2, 2013 17:33:37 GMT -6
Thanks for the information guys, I figured it out. It turned out to be the starter. I had 12 volts going to the starter so I took it out and hood 12 volts to it and nothing. I opened the starter up and it was full of oil! I saw this on youtube where a guy mentioned that this happens, so I ordered a new one and it will be here Friday. Thanks again and I can't wait to get back on the road! I know that feeling. I ride in all weather Glad you got it resolved. |
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Post by wutzthedeal on Feb 2, 2013 14:54:24 GMT -6
After that ordeal we just went through with mine, with the same symptoms as yours, I found that my wiring from my stator had a bad connection, plus I didn't have the four pin connection to the CDI fully seated. As far as what you can do for testing now, it wouldn't be a bad idea to check those two areas and all of the other wiring you can see while you're at it. Correct me if I'm wrong, anybody.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Jan 31, 2013 0:29:12 GMT -6
I pulled my little 49cc TaoTao up next to one at a 7-11 when I first got it last summer (actually got a photo of our two "bikes" together). He had a brand new Harley, something ridiculous like 1,800 cc. I said, "You wanna race?" He said in a thick, European accent, "I'd never win." I nodded and said, "Well, I like to give everybody a fair chance." He was a cool dude.
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But I ride anyway... I'd give a leg, I think, for some of those rides.