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Post by rider95 on May 31, 2013 9:48:39 GMT -5
when trying to start it would turn over very slow , so put a new battery from wall mart in it but still turns slow so put a new starter from Scrappy in it still it would not turn over fast enough to start . I checked the battery even after benign on the charger over nite it only read a little over 12v I checked the starter and when I held it in my hands hooked straight to the battery it had a bad vibration !!! both were bad So I went online to battery mart out of wv got a big crank battery just the right size to fit , new starter from starrider off E-bay and a new cdi from Tvnacman he had answered my first post about this suggested i try one of his CDI s it retards the timing at start up making high compression engines start easier it worked!!!! scooter now fries right up each and every time
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Post by lykos23 on May 31, 2013 10:34:56 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this, Rider. I'm getting a 50mm bbk soon and this information is very helpful, for me especially. Right now I have the stock starter and a wimpy 5Ah battery I got off of newegg.com. www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA15U0HN4821Now that I that I think about it, it doesn't even have specifications on the webpage, I kinda assumed I had a 7Ah all this time, but now that I'm thinking about this, I must have a wimpy 5Ah that sucks at holding a charge. My scooter starts almost every time, but if my battery is less than almost fully charged it will refuse to even turn over. I would have rectified this by now, but my only multimeter is at my father's house in Michigan... I'm going to at least need a new battery to even attempt turning over a 50mm bbk won't I? |
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Post by rider95 on May 31, 2013 12:06:00 GMT -5
you will need a good battery (not from wallymart) the one i bought from battery mart says right on the box 180 cold cranking amps called a big crank $60 also the gold CDI from Tvnacman seems to have helped I already had the Orange cdi on it the gold one is much bigger mabey gave me 2mph on top end plus helped the starting.
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Post by lykos23 on May 31, 2013 13:19:16 GMT -5
you will need a good battery (not from wallymart) the one i bought from battery mart says right on the box 180 cold cranking amps called a big crank $60 also the gold CDI from Tvnacman seems to have helped I already had the Orange cdi on it the gold one is much bigger mabey gave me 2mph on top end plus helped the starting. Thanks for the response! I'll be sure to buy a bigger battery, though it sucks that it won't come with financing since I already placed my bbk order. I hadn't realized the gold cdi was that much better than the orange one. I'll see if I can crank my bbk when I install it, and if I have any trouble I'll be sure to order the gold one. I'm not sure whether to get the Yuasa battery, or to give this Zipp battery brand another shot since it works it's just that I ordered a weak one initially... Decisions, decisions... Thanks again. |
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