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Post by lain on Mar 2, 2015 11:03:27 GMT -5
Hmm... Now it seems I am experiencing the same issue with my stock CDI, except for the kickback. Just hard to start, I am starting to think that orange coil may be going. I'll have to check later. Just started snowing when I was on my way home on my scoot. I am really starting to hate snow >.> Yup, my orange ignition coil is dying, I switched to my stock ignition coil and got it to start with minimal effort. Looks like I need a new ignition coil. Any suggestion on performance coils for a 50cc > "100cc" BBK? |
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Post by mopojo on Mar 2, 2015 11:56:50 GMT -5
Just curious: If stock works; why aftermarket?
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Post by JoeyBee on Mar 2, 2015 14:23:16 GMT -5
I agree, why not save a little money and get another stock replacement? Did you notice a difference when you initially switch to the "performance" set?
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Post by lain on Mar 2, 2015 14:56:34 GMT -5
I agree, why not save a little money and get another stock replacement? Did you notice a difference when you initially switch to the "performance" set? The performance CDIs always seem to make it run better, and the performance ignition coil DID spark brighter and felt much smoother when I first got it. Now, when I can get it to work, it works like a stock coil pretty much. The stock coil I am using now is actually a stock coil from a 150cc scooter one of my friends has decaying in his back yard. The coil I was using before the performance coil was the stock 50cc coil, but it started having starting issues, then I got the performance orange coil. I am looking to get a new coil to replace the old performance coil. |
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Post by geh3333 on Mar 2, 2015 17:59:18 GMT -5
I agree, why not save a little money and get another stock replacement? Did you notice a difference when you initially switch to the "performance" set? I'd take my blue " racing " cdi over a stock cdi any day . some had problems with them , but i bought one and never had any problems. |
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Post by jerseyboy on Mar 2, 2015 19:20:33 GMT -5
I love my blue Progress Racing CDI,,my first one left me stranded on the side of the road,,but this one has been awesome now for at least 2k miles.
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Post by rcq92130 on Mar 2, 2015 19:23:50 GMT -5
I agree, why not save a little money and get another stock replacement? Did you notice a difference when you initially switch to the "performance" set? The performance CDIs always seem to make it run better, and the performance ignition coil DID spark brighter and felt much smoother when I first got it. Now, when I can get it to work, it works like a stock coil pretty much. The stock coil I am using now is actually a stock coil from a 150cc scooter one of my friends has decaying in his back yard. The coil I was using before the performance coil was the stock 50cc coil, but it started having starting issues, then I got the performance orange coil. I am looking to get a new coil to replace the old performance coil. Grab that "decaying" 150cc engine, spruce it up, and stick it in your little toy scooter! THAT, Sir, will solve any and all performance issues! (especially when you get around to adding a turbo to the 150) |
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Post by lain on Mar 2, 2015 21:37:57 GMT -5
The performance CDIs always seem to make it run better, and the performance ignition coil DID spark brighter and felt much smoother when I first got it. Now, when I can get it to work, it works like a stock coil pretty much. The stock coil I am using now is actually a stock coil from a 150cc scooter one of my friends has decaying in his back yard. The coil I was using before the performance coil was the stock 50cc coil, but it started having starting issues, then I got the performance orange coil. I am looking to get a new coil to replace the old performance coil. Grab that "decaying" 150cc engine, spruce it up, and stick it in your little toy scooter! THAT, Sir, will solve any and all performance issues! (especially when you get around to adding a turbo to the 150) It doesn't have an engine and the frame is too rusted to be worth anything beyond scrap metal. Everything else has been stripped from it besides some plastic body pieces. |
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Post by rcq92130 on Mar 2, 2015 22:34:17 GMT -5
Grab that "decaying" 150cc engine, spruce it up, and stick it in your little toy scooter! THAT, Sir, will solve any and all performance issues! (especially when you get around to adding a turbo to the 150) It doesn't have an engine and the frame is too rusted to be worth anything beyond scrap metal. Everything else has been stripped from it besides some plastic body pieces. Pity! Well, you know you can get a "new' GY6 150cc engine, with starter, carb, etc., on FleaBay for $250 to $300. Given that, I wonder how cheap you could get a USED GY6 150cc engine from one of the motorcycle junk yards in your area:  Then perhaps you could sell the toy 50cc engine for half, 2/3 or maybe even the same. And you would end up with a scooter that - as far as the cops know - is 49cc but in fact is a real machine !!!! And with the knwoledge you have attained in doing BBKs, maybe even end up with a screamer ! |
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Post by lain on Mar 3, 2015 0:40:46 GMT -5
It doesn't have an engine and the frame is too rusted to be worth anything beyond scrap metal. Everything else has been stripped from it besides some plastic body pieces. Pity! Well, you know you can get a "new' GY6 150cc engine, with starter, carb, etc., on FleaBay for $250 to $300. Given that, I wonder how cheap you could get a USED GY6 150cc engine from one of the motorcycle junk yards in your area: Then perhaps you could sell the toy 50cc engine for half, 2/3 or maybe even the same. And you would end up with a scooter that - as far as the cops know - is 49cc but in fact is a real machine !!!! And with the knwoledge you have attained in doing BBKs, maybe even end up with a screamer ! Not my scoot, not my place to make plans to make projects with someone else's stuff. Not that we haven't thought of it already. I went to the junk yards in my area, none of them have scooters. He's also been trying to find a junkyard to sell it along with a few other scooters to, but no one wants them either. I've also thought of putting a 150cc engine in my scoot, but the frame attaches to the engine on the bottom, like most short case GY6, otherwise I would have ordered a 150cc engine already haha |
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Post by lain on Mar 3, 2015 0:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by rcq92130 on Mar 3, 2015 1:12:02 GMT -5
Pity! Well, you know you can get a "new' GY6 150cc engine, with starter, carb, etc., on FleaBay for $250 to $300. Given that, I wonder how cheap you could get a USED GY6 150cc engine from one of the motorcycle junk yards in your area: Then perhaps you could sell the toy 50cc engine for half, 2/3 or maybe even the same. And you would end up with a scooter that - as far as the cops know - is 49cc but in fact is a real machine !!!! And with the knwoledge you have attained in doing BBKs, maybe even end up with a screamer ! Not my scoot, not my place to make plans to make projects with someone else's stuff. Not that we haven't thought of it already. I went to the junk yards in my area, none of them have scooters. He's also been trying to find a junkyard to sell it along with a few other scooters to, but no one wants them either. I've also thought of putting a 150cc engine in my scoot, but the frame attaches to the engine on the bottom, like most short case GY6, otherwise I would have ordered a 150cc engine already haha Hey, Lain, I kind of sense I unintentionally offended you, and if so I am sorry. Really - what I said was just a combination of kidding along with you, thinking out loud with you, and pure blather. I mean - yes - I think it would be great fun to stuff a 150 into a 50. But so - it would be fun for me to stuff a 250 into my scoot (or, better yet, a 400!). Won't ever do it, don't really WANT to do it, but it's fun to yammer about. Sorry if i cam across in some other way. ps: the 150 in my scoot - and the 150 engines I've seen on FleaBay - attach to the frame on the TOP of the engine (next to the carb). |
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Post by lain on Mar 3, 2015 2:15:52 GMT -5
Not my scoot, not my place to make plans to make projects with someone else's stuff. Not that we haven't thought of it already. I went to the junk yards in my area, none of them have scooters. He's also been trying to find a junkyard to sell it along with a few other scooters to, but no one wants them either. I've also thought of putting a 150cc engine in my scoot, but the frame attaches to the engine on the bottom, like most short case GY6, otherwise I would have ordered a 150cc engine already haha Hey, Lain, I kind of sense I unintentionally offended you, and if so I am sorry. Really - what I said was just a combination of kidding along with you, thinking out loud with you, and pure blather. I mean - yes - I think it would be great fun to stuff a 150 into a 50. But so - it would be fun for me to stuff a 250 into my scoot (or, better yet, a 400!). Won't ever do it, don't really WANT to do it, but it's fun to yammer about. Sorry if i cam across in some other way. ps: the 150 in my scoot - and the 150 engines I've seen on FleaBay - attach to the frame on the TOP of the engine (next to the carb). No harm done, just reminded me how frustrating it was when I did try that lol. Yeah I was mentioning my frame attaches to the bottom of the engine because I had already looked into it and couldn't find any 150 engines with bottom mounts. I do want to keep my scoot running for a long time, years if I can. I love riding it. Always looking into ideas to make it more reliable and faster, though I feel I have reached the most I can do with a 50cc turned into a "100cc" with a BBK. I am comfortable with the speeds I get on my tiny scoot though and just want it to run forever haha. |
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Post by mopojo on Mar 4, 2015 7:46:25 GMT -5
...just want it to run forever haha. I am totally with you, Lain: That feeling is the glue holding bikes of all kinds to the highways and byways for eternity.... |
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Post by geh3333 on Mar 5, 2015 1:37:58 GMT -5
Hey, Lain, I kind of sense I unintentionally offended you, and if so I am sorry. Really - what I said was just a combination of kidding along with you, thinking out loud with you, and pure blather. I mean - yes - I think it would be great fun to stuff a 150 into a 50. But so - it would be fun for me to stuff a 250 into my scoot (or, better yet, a 400!). Won't ever do it, don't really WANT to do it, but it's fun to yammer about. Sorry if i cam across in some other way. ps: the 150 in my scoot - and the 150 engines I've seen on FleaBay - attach to the frame on the TOP of the engine (next to the carb). No harm done, just reminded me how frustrating it was when I did try that lol. Yeah I was mentioning my frame attaches to the bottom of the engine because I had already looked into it and couldn't find any 150 engines with bottom mounts. I do want to keep my scoot running for a long time, years if I can. I love riding it. Always looking into ideas to make it more reliable and faster, though I feel I have reached the most I can do with a 50cc turned into a "100cc" with a BBK. I am comfortable with the speeds I get on my tiny scoot though and just want it to run forever haha. Its sometimes hard to mess around or be sarcastic when we are communicating this way . I hate when I post something and when I go back and read it , it sounds like I was being a smart as! Or something . by now I think most of us know rcq is a good guy , as is lain , jersey and many others " sorry if I didn't mention you , I would have to type forever to mention all that I think are good people here " . One of these yrs we're gonna have to go on a cross country scoot ride , wow that would take awhile , lol , and many fuel stops .  I wonder how many scoots would break down from riding that far ? |
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