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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2013 8:35:00 GMT -5
The easy maintenance stuff is relaxing but when you diagnose a driveability issue and fix it, you just relish it. Ive been tracking down an intermittent miss and discovered that one of the coil wires was very loose on the contact (possibly from the accident or just vibration in general) and repaired it and hasnt missed or backfired since. These little things drive us nuts but when you find it you just cant help but  The down side is I have a new carb coming and a monster gy6 performance coil coming that I really dont need. |
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Post by americanpsycho on May 28, 2013 8:55:51 GMT -5
I prefer to let someone that knows exactly what they're doing handle the problem.
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Post by jeffery5568 on May 28, 2013 9:08:54 GMT -5
I like working on my scooter more than riding.
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Post by lykos23 on May 28, 2013 9:11:01 GMT -5
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Post by americanpsycho on May 28, 2013 9:33:16 GMT -5
I like working on my scooter more than riding. This is exactly the reason I chose a quality name. |
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Post by spandi on May 28, 2013 9:42:15 GMT -5
Relaxing for some. The thing of it is once the bugs are worked out, you have a reliable machine that can be repaired fairly easily by someone with the knack and at a fraction of the cost in parts. (Can we say name brand markup?)
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Post by americanpsycho on May 28, 2013 9:58:14 GMT -5
Relaxing for some. The thing of it is once the bugs are worked out, you have a reliable machine that can be repaired fairly easily by someone with the knack and at a fraction of the cost in parts. (Can we say name brand markup?) That's why I prefer family ran shops. They actually care about their customers. The big shops will screw you over every chance they get. |
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Post by lykos23 on May 28, 2013 10:00:49 GMT -5
Relaxing for some. The thing of it is once the bugs are worked out, you have a reliable machine that can be repaired fairly easily by someone with the knack and at a fraction of the cost in parts. (Can we say name brand markup?) That's why I prefer family ran shops. They actually care about their customers. The big shops will screw you over every chance they get. As much as I love working on my scooter, when there was a problem I couldn't figure out the local cycle shop offered to fix it for a six pack of pepsi. Gotta love small businesses. |
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Post by hank on May 28, 2013 13:12:12 GMT -5
Hi
Im a gear head at heart
I love working on my vehicles just as much as operating them
Take care and ride safely
Yours Hank
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Post by bstow on May 28, 2013 15:12:50 GMT -5
I prefer to ride rather than work on it!  |
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Post by dragonsparks on May 28, 2013 16:12:53 GMT -5
Hi Im a gear head at heart I love working on my vehicles just as much as operating them Take care and ride safely Yours Hank I'm with you Hank. Just not on side of road with wrong tool or part to get it Home. Then it's  Dave |
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Post by shalomrider on May 28, 2013 16:56:53 GMT -5
howdy, as i have mentioned, i can't even check the air pressure in the tires without major pain and injury potential , so i do as someone above mentioned and drive one of the most reliable known and hope to never break down. if i do , i'll have to ride my credit card home.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by americanpsycho on May 28, 2013 18:30:02 GMT -5
Living in an apartment is also problematic for maintenance issues.
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Post by ridecheap on May 28, 2013 19:34:53 GMT -5
I love working on this thing myself! The most important thing I like doing is experimenting and doing something nobody has done before (that i know of). I also dont overkill things I upgrade the best possible way staying SUPER CHEAP!
TALK OF THE FING TALK OF THE TOWN IN MADISON PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME EACH TIME I DRIVE BY.
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Post by ridecheap on May 28, 2013 19:41:35 GMT -5
Keep in mind I do have a sense of fixing important issues but so far my CHEAP mods have saved me every second from future problems.
I love draining the gear oil takes under a minute then changing the oil I use a coffee plastic holder and it drains in the there about 3 minutes. Whole thing is under 5 minute job this has no oil filter just a little metal mesh thing.
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