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Hello all, and happy new year. I have not posted in a long while because thanks to you all I'm over 13,000 trouble free miles (or at least 13,000 miles that are within my ability to fix).

So after nearly 13,000 on my rock hard Chinese front tire it was all cupped so I put on a new Shinko SR429. I had had the back tire mounted with the same tire a while ago, but this time I went to the local honda dealer because he was closer to me (and cheaper). He mounted the tire but it would not hold air and leaked at the rim. There was a dent in the rim, but I could not understand why the chinese tire seemed to sit fine on the same rim.

I got a new front rim and this time mounted the tire myself. Sure enough, the tire leaks at the new rim also. My guess now is that it is either a bad tire or the guy at the honda place damaged the tire. I ordered a new tire and will have it mounted by my old guy and see what happens.

I was wondering if anyone had ever gotten a "bad" tire because it did not seem likely to me. I could have bent the new rim when I put the tire on with the tire spoons i guess (wow was that hard) but I don't see it and it just seemed unlikely that it would leak on both rims.

Thanks all!!!

-Mike

I put this in my scoot. Easy install, cheap, and loud as heck.

www.ebay.com/itm/LOUD-COMPACT-DUAL-TONE-AIR-HORN-139dB-for-CAR-/390387216487?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5ae4e43067&vxp=mtr

The only thing is that any loud horn won't be plug and play totally because you'll need to install a relay. It is an easy install though. You'll need to run wires off the battery but the existing horn button wires right into the relay. The horn mounted easily onto the existing horn mount. As I like to say, if I can do it, you can do it.

Hi. This is not my scooter, but I was curious after your question and found several sites that say "the ’85 Elite 150 takes 20×15 roller weights." I also found a link to a repair manual in case you find that helpful.

www.hondaspree.net/other/Elite_CH150-H_Service_Manual_85-86.pdf

I'll post again if I find something more definitive. I did not read the manual but i'm sure its in there somewhere.

-Mike

Thanks John. Sliders came this morning along with the belt. I'm a little bummed that Scrappy's site had a picture of a Mitsuboshi belt but I was sent a "goldsl" no name belt. for no name I could have saved $10 on the net. It also doesn't' have the dimensions on it.

I'll get going on this again in the morning.

I haven't posted here in a while, which is a good thing because I haven't been having any trouble.

Now I'm trying to get to the variator and clutch on the Vog 260. I removed all the screws and covers on the crankcase cover, and I removed 10 8mm bolts from the cover but its not budging. The only things I see that could still be removed are some of the bolts holding on the fuel pump and one engine mount, but none of them are on the cover itself as far as i can see. Also, the YP250 manual notes 11 bolts, not 10, but I'll be damned to find that extra.

Any insights or thoughts? My research so far just has people saying "hit it with a hammer" which i even tried. thanks in advance.

-Mike

Had another wonderful commute to work, even arriving late to take the long way around on a lovely morning. Every day, twice a day as long as the roads are dry.