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Post by robb on Apr 13, 2011 7:40:48 GMT -6
Get your money back and start fresh. Get what you actually want. I hope you used a credit card. If you are willing to accept something other than what you chose originally, then get something different from a dealer with a better reputation. Just my $.02.
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Post by robb on Apr 12, 2011 7:04:54 GMT -6
It's not the propanes fault. The plumbers kit you are using is equivalent (roughly) to a #8 tip when you should be using a #14. Wish I could loan you mine. If you had help and another torch like yours, you would probably have enough heat to do it easily. Good luck.
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Post by robb on Apr 11, 2011 17:58:16 GMT -6
Could you just tac on a new shock mount on the frame?
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Post by robb on Apr 11, 2011 17:52:15 GMT -6
But not much hotter if you are just using a bernzomatic torch. Mapp doesn't do you much good unless you buy a more expensive torch with a larger tip. I always use propane as it is much cheaper, but then I have professional acetalyne torches also. Some with tips so large you can stick your thumb in the tip.
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Post by robb on Apr 4, 2011 16:03:28 GMT -6
Combustion gasses will always get behind the top ring bevel or not. If the second has no bevel then it will be a sort of low tension ring probably doing more for oil controll than anything else. I wouldn't let the lack of a bevel keep me from installing them. They may have some reason for not having a bevel, inscrutable to westerners.
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Post by robb on Apr 4, 2011 10:41:56 GMT -6
With 35 years experience with pistons and rings I say the bevel goes up.
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Post by robb on Apr 2, 2011 21:08:25 GMT -6
What I am saying at wide open throttle you may stabilize at 7500 rpm with an unmodified scooter and it doesn't matter if the carb is wide open or not as that rpm shouldn't be destructive to the engine. If you mod it it may be able to reach and maintain 9500 which will probably eat it alive in a short amount of time. Throttle position isn't the operative factor. I've had cagers tell me they are at 100mph and still have half a pedal left. I ask them if they think that pedal on the floor equals 200 mph? Some of them say yes! ;)WOW! 200 mph stock ford escort.
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Post by robb on Apr 2, 2011 1:39:28 GMT -6
I suggest a 57mm recoiless as it should be plenty effective for all 4 wheel vehicles and will have less flash and blast and minimize flying object damage, but keep the 75mm for vehicles 10 wheels and above.
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Post by robb on Mar 31, 2011 19:15:29 GMT -6
Rear brakes do very little on scooters, 80% of the stopping power is on he front discs... sorry to call you out buddy, but i call bullsh*t having recently experienced this myself recently, rear braking is EXTREMELY important. i had never previously locked up my front wheel before, but recently on a long trip i had gotten almost home when the person i was following slammed on their brakes. normally this would not be a problem, as my benelli has front and rear disc and stops VERY quickly. however i had been riding for quite a long time and my hands were quite frozen. i already had my hand close to the front brake, but my hand was further from the rear brake. my reactions were slow, and did not engage the rear brake. i locked up the front brake, slid, which i have NEVER done before. the arse end of the bike pushed around, and popped me right off the bike. i could have stayed on, but that meant hitting the car in front of me. i pointed a bit to the side and missed him, but did not manage to stay on the bike owning a honda, and the lightest one around at that, i have heard this "the rear does only 20% or less of the braking, therefore is not very important. rear disc swaps are pointless, since drums brake just fine." arguement MILLIONS of times. drum brakes, properly set up with good shoes are adequate... BUT a rear disc brake is NOT pointless or silly. rear disc brakes make a huge difference. and may i ask where you got this 80% number? because thats the same thing i have heard about front wheel drive vehicles.... which are bikes are not. and there is also a very large amount of weight in the rear... ASK ME HOW I KNOW! It doesn't matter if it's disc or drum if you don't use it. Your problem wasn't with the brake, it was operator error. |
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Post by robb on Mar 29, 2011 23:44:44 GMT -6
Dorman makes better pins, better stonger material not just mild steel. If you get one that fits the hole tight they have to really be straight to get 1 back out.
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Post by robb on Mar 29, 2011 23:31:15 GMT -6
I prefer the lowly and simple memo recorder. Many people don't believe the words that come out of their mouths when played back to them. Make sure you are in what is termed a 1 party state [ only one person must agree to being recorded, you, Tx is one such state ] or in a place open to the general public, where you have no expectation of privacy.
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Post by robb on Mar 29, 2011 3:49:22 GMT -6
Good luck! You can't put a value on a machine you reclaimed yourself. I think when you are done you will be able to put a made in the USA sticker on it. It might have chinese parts , but what doesn't these days?
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Post by robb on Mar 29, 2011 3:35:42 GMT -6
I've been an automotive and tractor trailer mechanic, soldier, building demolition, carpenter and commercial plumber/pipe fitter and swept floors when nothing else was offered. Disabled now with a back that left me paralyzed for 2 months. I could use a chiropracter too! LOL
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Post by robb on Mar 19, 2011 12:59:18 GMT -6
I think it matters what rpm you are at, at wide open throttle. Bone stock scooter probably can sustain WOT with restrictive airbox and muffler. If you add a bbk, performance camshaft, upjet, add a uni better cdi and exhaust you will be able to overcome more wind resistance increasing top speed and rpm of operation and heat produced. May be too much to ask of a china engine.
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Post by robb on Mar 17, 2011 19:00:01 GMT -6
You can gap an iridium plug. You simply bend the ground without touching the electrode. You can measure between the ground and electrode with a feeler guage, you just dont want to pry against the elecrtode.
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