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I am still rebuilding my scooter from a horrendous pothole incident I had in early December. The hole was so deep that not only did I bend my rear rim beyond repair, it even cracked one of the three spokes. It also caused some body panels to break and some to actually shear off. I replaced the rim, and also replaced the rear bearing which was frozen, and now I'm working on the body.

Here's the thing - I find now that when I'm riding and then accelerate, there is a slight but noticeable little "twist" or "jerk" in the handlebars (to the right if that matters). Same thing happens when I'm at speed and then back off the throttle. I wonder if I'd even notice it if the scoot was new, but having ridden for a long time its definitely there. All else is ok. I was wondering if I had bent a front or rear axle, but I can't tell visually. Thought I'd throw the question out there before I start pulling everything apart.

Its a Vog 260 with a Linhai engine. thanks in advance all!!

-Mike

Back to the topic though, do you need to change any of the carb jets to use this muffler? Also, can you link to a representative example of this muffler? there are so many out there. Thanks in advance, and good job with the mod. Sounds awesome.

Such a great thread, thanks rurc.

If you don't mind taking a step back for me, when I adjusted the valves on my 257cc Linhai type last year I found TDC by using the arrow marking only. I did not expose the timing chain or anything. I couldn't have done anything too wrong since my scooter works fine, but am I to understand from this string that the arrow is actually not a proper way to go? I learned how to do it from the internet in the first place so I could have taken the advice of a dunce, making me a dunce once removed. Thanks in advance so I'll know for the next time.

Either I get people who think my scoot is the greatest thing ever or they give me the chinese junk rap based on their "friend's" experience. If they're capable of rational thought, I tell them what I paid and that the thing about these scooters is that in exchange for the low price you need to do the basic prep yourself that a dealer would otherwise have done. If you don't mind, its a wonderful and reliable investment. Others won't have their minds changed which there's nothing you can do about that. I love love love my scooter. I will say that I dropped out of a scooter group on Facebook because of some abusive chinese haters who just wouldn't give it up.

I just read that and left a message. What nonsense. Not even a nod to lower priced scoots? If you are going to spend $6000 on a scooter to save gas, you might as well stay in your car.

Maybe the can-am clones are simply set up different. thanks for the insight.