Xingyue 300 (son-of-a-VOG) spark plug torque  By  justpassinthru (Read 2,183 times)

Geez! I have been following your story on this. (and the Burgy before it) your luck with scoots seems to be jinxed

justpassinthru - there was a perfect thread on the old scoot dawg site to do this but all the pictures have been deleted. As luck would have it I printed it out long ago. Send me a personal message with your email and I'll scan it and send you a pdf.

Great. I'll scan it at work tomorrow and you'll have it before the end of the day.

Here is the thread without the pictures if you're interested:

scootdawg.proboards.com/thread/8997/vog-260-panel-disassembly-guide

I was taught to screw in the plug finger tight, then a 1/4 turn with the wrench.

On my Linhai 300 I had to remove lots of plastic, battery etc, literally the whole rear section to remove the tub to get at the engine. The last time I had the tub out I split the front 1/2 from the rear 1/2 so I don't have to remove the whole tub (rear section) now to get at the engine. It was a bit of work but now I don't have to remove much to get the front portion of the tub out. I have no idea why the designers didn't do it that way as I see no structural loss by having it split.I can now get the front portion of the tub off, exposing the engine in 15 min. or so. I also eliminated the gas shock that was supposed to hold up the seat but was weak and twisted the seat anyway so I just eliminated it. I now hold the seat up with a stick. The same one I use to measure the fuel level. It is accurate and the fuel gage isn't Disconnecting the gas shock was a pain to deal with in getting the tub out, it isn't any more now.
KISS engineering is good.

The bad luck continues.

I started taking it apart...had some time today, not much. Near as I could tell, I couldn't peel down the sides and underskirt without first taking the nose apart...like dismantling a building. Start at the top, and all the way down and back.

Except it was up front that I had the collision damage. And, sure enough, the lower shell-frame broke in two...it was already heavily damaged, but it was in one piece. Until I started mucking with it.

Then...that wasn't enough. The top and bottom dash moldings, that meet where the top of the glove-box is...a big chunk of that was broken, also, wrapping to the edge of the glove-box door. The two seem GLUED together...I can see where they're molded separately, but the fasteners are plastic with no threads and are inside. I know they're two different molds as there was a lot of damage on the one side.

But I couldn't get the blingin' things over the handlebar! I was out of patience; and low on time...I took my Leatherman and cut two inches at the glued joint to separate upper from lower. Got them around the neck of the front fork that way.

Except of course, now I've completely farkled up the plastic. No going back; all the new tupperware will cost probably three hundred plus change. Three hundred...on a machine with no support; a machine with questionable mechanicals? My plan was to run it until the tires were bald and sell it for whatever I could get.

A local auction house already had it up there, in one piece...with a $750 reserve, it didn't sell. NOW...it's valueless.

But...I did get to where I could reach to the spark plug. I've more tupperware to break; but I was able to reach in. AND...find out, nope, the plug doesn't feel loose.

More removal before I can take it out and see what's what. Anyone ever try to rig up a VOG or Burgman, naked? What did you do for lights, especially headlights? How about foot pegs?

[replyingto=trailheadmike]trailheadmike[/replyingto]The PDI was. It'll be more useful when/if I put it together again. As will be the other thread...thanks for the link.

Searching VOG gets nothing on the board, as a search has to be four or more letters. So you found these; I don't know how, but thanks.

Looking at the second thread...the thing actually looks pretty nifty with the junk off. I may leave it that way; and then I'll be actually able to DO maintenance!