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Post by fugaziiv on Nov 13, 2013 17:40:01 GMT -5
Hey guys, we're launching an informational video series here at PartsForScooters, and we just completed the first one. Let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Matt
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Post by larrball on Nov 13, 2013 18:36:17 GMT -5
Look's good Matt.
Now just how many takes did it take for the ol boy (Tom?) to get that belt rolling without going over the edge?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2013 20:53:20 GMT -5
He doesnt blink!!  |
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Post by alleyoop on Nov 13, 2013 21:13:14 GMT -5
Not to be a killjoy and I have ordered from you guys several times and always got great service thank you.
But guys the size of the belt is already printed on the belt as well as on that package. A more informative Video is if you don't know the size of the belt and it shreds on you so no identification is left.
How would one find out using the CVT what size belt is needed.
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Post by fugaziiv on Nov 13, 2013 22:19:59 GMT -5
larrball - Would you believe that it's a first take? We actually shot that just joking around (Red - which is why he's not blinking either), and when we looked at the clip, I was just like: "Yep, we're going with that. Awesome." lol
Alleyoop - No worries, I appreciate the feedback and you bring up a good point. We were trying to come up with a foolproof way to determine your belt after it has catastrophically failed, but ended up with nothing. However, we also find that most belt failure isn't due to catastrophic failure, but rather to width wear. If anyone has a method that really works for a belt-less scooter, let me know and I'll be sure to turn it into a video though, as I agree, that would be THE tutorial to make.
Anyways, that being said, we went with this as we are ALWAYS explaining to people how to measure a belt on the phone. If you were to take a look at the vast majority of our retail customer base, you'd find that most of them are first time scooter owners, and one of the things we've learned is that many (most?) OEMs don't have the belt size printed on the factory belt. This gives our customers a method to determine what the aftermarket solution is for their scooter, although yes, it is a tutorial that benefits those that are thinking ahead most.
Matt
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Post by rockynv on Nov 14, 2013 6:19:42 GMT -5
A good first shot now you need a catchy screen name for your spokes-model. Modern Vespa already has "Scooter Robot" so how about the Parts for Scooters "Red Rider" Instructional Videos?
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Post by JR on Nov 15, 2013 13:36:07 GMT -5
Alley remember the guy who wanted to argue with you about how to measure a belt and make you out wrong? scooterdoc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=250cc&action=display&thread=8451&page=1When I read it I sent you this which confirms what Matt is doing on the video. www.ehow.com/how_6751062_correct-way-measure-belts.htmlAs one who has been in the industrial maintenance and fabrication field all my life I've known this for a long time. One can use the roll around it with a tape measure but it's easy to slip and the measurement be wrong. If done correctly like in Matts video you'll get extremely close. Also Matt I know a couple of tricks to measure a belt when you don't have a belt at all to go by. If you are interested PM me. But it would be hard for me to believe that any person that has internet availability would need to measure a belt? After all I can find the belt size to any scooter I want with the old "Bing" search and "Google" too? Also if they get on the phone with your company and say I have a ___________ scooter with a __________ engine I've betting you know what they need and the variety of sizes that fit the scooter. But that is a great helpful video and I'm planning a Video Tech section in the near future and I'll grab this one for sure!  JR |
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Post by urbanmadness on Nov 17, 2013 12:49:43 GMT -5
The only way I think it could be done at this point for bikes with shreaded belts, and some sort of reference... Model such and such, uses this belt.... what about engine case numbers? Short cases are generally easy for the 150's. They use pretty much the same belt... the mid and long cases however.... That's a challenge.
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Post by fugaziiv on Nov 18, 2013 9:26:00 GMT -5
The only way I think it could be done at this point for bikes with shreaded belts, and some sort of reference... Model such and such, uses this belt.... what about engine case numbers? Short cases are generally easy for the 150's. They use pretty much the same belt... the mid and long cases however.... That's a challenge. It really is (a challenge), and to make a video about it the method has to be pretty foolproof... Matt |
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Post by JR on Nov 18, 2013 15:44:48 GMT -5
The only way I think it could be done at this point for bikes with shreaded belts, and some sort of reference... Model such and such, uses this belt.... what about engine case numbers? Short cases are generally easy for the 150's. They use pretty much the same belt... the mid and long cases however.... That's a challenge. The long cases that I know of use 2 standard sizes the 835 and 842, you can special order a 846 if you want? If there are any other sizes for the long case GY-6 I'm not aware of them as far as normal every day street scooters.
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Post by fugaziiv on Nov 18, 2013 17:50:37 GMT -5
On this note, I suppose I should do a video on identifying which engine you have on your scooter. You'd be astounded how many people call us up, but have no idea what it is that they own. It's just another one of those things that we walk people through everyday.
Matt
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Post by urbanmadness on Nov 18, 2013 19:57:26 GMT -5
Actually that is a pretty good one.
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Post by JerryScript on Nov 18, 2013 23:45:00 GMT -5
On this note, I suppose I should do a video on identifying which engine you have on your scooter. You'd be astounded how many people call us up, but have no idea what it is that they own. It's just another one of those things that we walk people through everyday. Matt I think a video showing how to identify engines would be great! Especially if you happen to have enough examples on hand, how to identify short medium and long cases, the P variants, etc etc etc. For example, my nephew has a Roketa with 12 inch wheels. I have a Znen with 10 inch wheels. Both have 139QMB stamps, they both seem to have short cases, but some people in this forum say you cannot have 12 inch wheels on a short case, so I would like to know where to measure to determine if you have a short/med/long case. |
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Post by tvnacman on Nov 19, 2013 18:52:27 GMT -5
Tvnacman <--------is keeping his wise mouth shut !!!!
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Post by JR on Nov 19, 2013 20:00:45 GMT -5
On this note, I suppose I should do a video on identifying which engine you have on your scooter. You'd be astounded how many people call us up, but have no idea what it is that they own. It's just another one of those things that we walk people through everyday. Matt Matt that is one heck of an idea! You could make it a 2 or 3 part videos series which could include belt sizes to the engine ID.
This is helpful.
JR
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