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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 11, 2012 9:06:40 GMT -6
Being a year round rider I have to agree with you Vint. Even though Utah winters are not as brutal as Minnesota, they can still be damn cold. I still haven't come up with a satisfactory solution for my hands, which in my opinion is the worst thing. Going to try some heavy wool with over mitts this year.
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 10, 2012 18:46:23 GMT -6
Great Flic. My home area got a large part with Bryce Canyon NP, Canyonlands NP and Monument Valley all in my neck of the woods, not to mention Vegas just next door. But I have never seen a fly over of Bryce like that. This must be some kind of special effects. They don't let anyone fly over National Parks like that anymore. Too dangerous and quite annoying to the people trying to enjoy the peace and solitude. But still a good flic (probable Japanese from some of the sound effects I heard)
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 4, 2012 11:10:56 GMT -6
Thanks Bashan. The photo looks a lot like mine and the arrow 150 manual post by sprocket on the link above is very informative. I'll give it another go and let you know. Hey it rhymes. lol
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 3, 2012 14:13:54 GMT -6
Good trick. BETTETR ending!!!
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 3, 2012 7:35:57 GMT -6
Gets your attention.
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 2, 2012 18:06:36 GMT -6
I took the cover back off again today because I must have accidently messed up the alignment of the gears on my kickstart. It was much easyier to take off this time and also to get back on. Still not easy, easyier. I thought I got the gears lined up properly but I guess not. I can't try the kickstart with out the cover on so off it comes again. I moved everything around on the gears so they looked like they would work when I tried them by hand but when I got the cover back on again (not too bad this time. Either its loosening up or just tired of me beating on it with a hammer. Or maybe I'm just getting better at it.) It still wont work.
Are there any pictures or vids on kickstarts I can look at? Since I like to take my Cadillac scoot (see my pics on pics and video forum) out on some long multi night rides into the mountains I really want the kickstart to back up my battery
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 2, 2012 17:40:24 GMT -6
Your video sounds just like mine did when I was have starting and throttle issues and it drove me crazy for a week. I checked everything. Wires, battery, fuel/air mixture, gas. I pulled the plug and it looked fine. A tan color, maybe running a little lean but ok and a spark. But it looked kind of weak, so I thought what the heck, about time I got rid of this cheap chinese plug anyway. It had been running fine with it. So I bought a new ngk and miraculously everything started running fine again. The old plug was gapped right and had no cracks or other visible damage but just wouldn't give a hot enough spark. Simple, maybe too simple solution for me. Worth trying since I haven't read that you have looked at your plug yet.
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 2, 2012 17:16:14 GMT -6
Could be. I've seen lots of ladies applying make up while driving before. At least this way they have their eyes on me! LOL
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 2, 2012 8:45:23 GMT -6
WOW!!! That's some rattler. Hope that last shot was with a zoom. LOL
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Post by rgmarsing on Sept 1, 2012 19:03:46 GMT -6
Good info Bashan. I think I'll try mid-grade and see what happens.
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Post by rgmarsing on Aug 31, 2012 20:56:30 GMT -6
Thanks Bashan and jt. Still wondering about the warped cover though. Is that common? The small wahers would probably make it a little easier to take off and put back on, but its so far off alinement it would still be a problem.
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Post by rgmarsing on Aug 30, 2012 18:42:57 GMT -6
![]() [/img]  Part of my 2000 mile maintenance was to inspect my cvt. I probably should have looked at it soon after I got my scoot but since it ran great I neglected to do so. I also thought it was about time to find out what size drive belt was on it in case I needed to get a new one. I read many of the threads on inspection, repair and upgrades so I thought I wouldn't have any problems. Wrong!! Bolts were easy enough to take out (I even drew a simply diagram of cover on a piece of cardboard and placed each bolt in a hole punch in the drawing where it was located because some bolts are different length according to some videos I watched. Mine were all exactly the same). I then tried to remove the cover and no way was it coming off. I had a rubber mallet as suggested to give some light persuasion also and still nothing. I then used a flat scewdriver to gently tap around the seam and stated to get some movement but still it would not come off. I finally had to do some prying, which I was reluctant to do because of damage to the gasket but finally got it off. Gasket not in to good of shape. Some still stuck ti the motor some on the cover. Now good news. Other than some black dust (expected) the insides look real good. The belt looked brand new still. I was a little surprised at the size (906 22.5) but later found this was a common size for scoots with 16" wheels, which is what I have. So I now want to take off the variator to check on the rollers and see what weights they are. I had stopped at the hardware store earlier to pick up a 17 mm socket which almost all the threads and sites I've read say is probably the one, but its not. It's a 3/4". I didn't have an impact socket of that size so that will have to wait. Since this is my only transportation I decided to clean everything up and put it back together. Since the gasket wasn't in very good shape (salvaged what i could) I used some permatex on the cover and tried to put it back on. Wow. Nothing wanted to line back up. The cover was warped. I had to put in some bolts part way and use my rubber persuader to get some more alignment and slowly work more bolts along with gentle taps and some more tightening and some more taps and some more tightening until I finally got them all in and tightened. Has this happened to anyone else? It sure looked much easier in all the videos. If it's going to be this hard to do I don't think I'll do much experimenting in variators and roller weights. And what about the Permatex. will that cause a Problem? |
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Post by rgmarsing on Aug 29, 2012 20:40:38 GMT -6
I would say no longer than 30 days without some kind of stabilizer. I use my scoot year round so I've never had to use it in it, but I use it in my mower and RV. I have also heard a lot of people here at Scooter Doc rave about Seafoam because it is not only a stabilzer but seems to remove h2o, enhance prefomance and clean your entire fuel system. Wow. I need to try it myself.
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Post by rgmarsing on Aug 29, 2012 16:41:14 GMT -6
Great tip on the wet floor Jim.
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Post by rgmarsing on Aug 29, 2012 16:33:21 GMT -6
I have to hold the brake lever on mine too. I know because I was having problems for about a week and probably kickstarted (or tried to) about 40 times till I solved the staring problem.
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Part of my 2000 mile maintenance was to inspect my cvt. I probably should have looked at it soon after I got my scoot but since it ran great I neglected to do so. I also thought it was about time to find out what size drive belt was on it in case I needed to get a new one.