Hi All! New rider from East Tennessee, excited to be here!
by: jarrett - Jun 5, 2014 23:03:01 GMT -5
Post by jarrett on Jun 5, 2014 23:03:01 GMT -5
As the title says I am from East Tennessee, but more specifically is Johnson City, TN. I would love to hear from anyone remotely in my area that likes to ride. I am relatively new to the scooter world with recently trading a 1979 Honda CM185T Twinstar for a running 2007 Roketa 150cc. Im pretty sure it is the Bahama, not sure, MC-07-150. Its a decent looking scooter and has seemed to be partially cared for, but has been rigged here and there.
Either way I cant complain, the Honda had never ran in my possession, and I had no intention of getting it too. I had picked it up from a neighbor to help him out of a tight spot. Well after having it a couple months a friend happened upon a well priced Honda Elite 150. It took all of about three minutes on it to get me hooked on scooting. I am an avid motorcycle rider and have ridden a Buell Blast for the past few years. However this scooter was something differently entirely, The Pep!, The Fun, The Tiny Tires!, and yes even the Odd looks from yocals. I was able to really max out the power of the scooter and use every bit ( up until this point I had never understood the saying that it was more fun to drive something slow at 100% instead of quick at 10%) to move in traffic.
This prompted me to attempt to sell or trade... something, anything, I needed a SCOOTER!! In comes the little Honda, as there was no way I could part from Buella or my 240sx, it had to be the Twinstar. I quickly got to typing the most inspiring and well worded post in an effort to convince someone to trade me a scooter, any scooter. Needless to say i was very, very excited when this nice older gentleman answered my craigslist post. He proceeded to explain to me that he had a moderately used cheap scooter for sale. Now that he was retired he enjoyed fixing small motors in his spare time, then moving on to the next inquiry. He had picked it up from a guy in pieces and enjoyed the puzzle of making it live again. He actually wasn't a rider, and wanted to inquire about my bike solely because it didn't run. I immediately said yes. after two weeks of constant low ball money offers and no scoots in site this offer seemed so heaven sent. After a couple days of communication a date was set to meet and test drive the scooter. It started and drove well in his yard. Done Deal! loaded it up and brought it home.
I decided that i would attempt to ride it to work as its only about five miles away. Enter first problem, that morning the bike started fine and sounded amazing. I took it to work and enjoyed every minute of the CVT automatic transmission. When i headed to lunch the scoot started a bit sluggish, but started. I go to leave the restaurant and it tries to turn over but just clicks, tries again, just clicks and makes a funny smell, well not having time to mess, I used the kickstart and got on back to work. After work i go to leave and it starts right up, start heading home and it just goes nuts! The scooter has no power, wont pull and starts dying. I pull over to check it out and apparently the small green wire attached to my negative side of my battery fried. I start tracing it back and it it literally connected to every ground on the bike it seems. The Wire had burned so badly it melted the cover off and had become brittle. I suspect this led to the wire breaking on a bump. I had to leave the scooter in a parking lot until i could get home to my car and tools. When i doubled back i took some extra 16g speaker wire i had and re-ran a temporary ground. spliced in everywhere mine had melted and frayed. Thankfully after this the bike started right up and i double times straight home. I went to start the bike this morning and again the wire fried and wouldnt start or run right. I immediately started to take it apart.
Here is where I stand. I have a new old scooter and its burning alive. All in all i expected a broken scooter for a broken bike, so I am still way pumped about this scooter. I look forward to any criticism comments or communication this community provides me with.
Thank you all so much for allowing me to participate. On with the eye candy.
This is the day i got the scooter to the House.
Here i have just removed the stickers and am getting ready to disassemble, I figured why not paint while I'm at it. I prefer white.
I am also a firm believer in bagging bolts. Too many lost over time to not take care
Wondering if anyone could explain how to get my rear pegs back
.
Hopefully my next plans are to find the cheapest safe solution for the wiring and while i have it apart. paint what ever i can paint. Change all fluids and improve any performance i can afford. I would love any suggestions or help you can provide on ways to improve this scooter in any way. Apologies for any grammatical issues and I appreciate you reading this far!
Either way I cant complain, the Honda had never ran in my possession, and I had no intention of getting it too. I had picked it up from a neighbor to help him out of a tight spot. Well after having it a couple months a friend happened upon a well priced Honda Elite 150. It took all of about three minutes on it to get me hooked on scooting. I am an avid motorcycle rider and have ridden a Buell Blast for the past few years. However this scooter was something differently entirely, The Pep!, The Fun, The Tiny Tires!, and yes even the Odd looks from yocals. I was able to really max out the power of the scooter and use every bit ( up until this point I had never understood the saying that it was more fun to drive something slow at 100% instead of quick at 10%) to move in traffic.
This prompted me to attempt to sell or trade... something, anything, I needed a SCOOTER!! In comes the little Honda, as there was no way I could part from Buella or my 240sx, it had to be the Twinstar. I quickly got to typing the most inspiring and well worded post in an effort to convince someone to trade me a scooter, any scooter. Needless to say i was very, very excited when this nice older gentleman answered my craigslist post. He proceeded to explain to me that he had a moderately used cheap scooter for sale. Now that he was retired he enjoyed fixing small motors in his spare time, then moving on to the next inquiry. He had picked it up from a guy in pieces and enjoyed the puzzle of making it live again. He actually wasn't a rider, and wanted to inquire about my bike solely because it didn't run. I immediately said yes. after two weeks of constant low ball money offers and no scoots in site this offer seemed so heaven sent. After a couple days of communication a date was set to meet and test drive the scooter. It started and drove well in his yard. Done Deal! loaded it up and brought it home.
I decided that i would attempt to ride it to work as its only about five miles away. Enter first problem, that morning the bike started fine and sounded amazing. I took it to work and enjoyed every minute of the CVT automatic transmission. When i headed to lunch the scoot started a bit sluggish, but started. I go to leave the restaurant and it tries to turn over but just clicks, tries again, just clicks and makes a funny smell, well not having time to mess, I used the kickstart and got on back to work. After work i go to leave and it starts right up, start heading home and it just goes nuts! The scooter has no power, wont pull and starts dying. I pull over to check it out and apparently the small green wire attached to my negative side of my battery fried. I start tracing it back and it it literally connected to every ground on the bike it seems. The Wire had burned so badly it melted the cover off and had become brittle. I suspect this led to the wire breaking on a bump. I had to leave the scooter in a parking lot until i could get home to my car and tools. When i doubled back i took some extra 16g speaker wire i had and re-ran a temporary ground. spliced in everywhere mine had melted and frayed. Thankfully after this the bike started right up and i double times straight home. I went to start the bike this morning and again the wire fried and wouldnt start or run right. I immediately started to take it apart.
Here is where I stand. I have a new old scooter and its burning alive. All in all i expected a broken scooter for a broken bike, so I am still way pumped about this scooter. I look forward to any criticism comments or communication this community provides me with.
Thank you all so much for allowing me to participate. On with the eye candy.
This is the day i got the scooter to the House.
Here i have just removed the stickers and am getting ready to disassemble, I figured why not paint while I'm at it. I prefer white.
I am also a firm believer in bagging bolts. Too many lost over time to not take care
Wondering if anyone could explain how to get my rear pegs back
.Hopefully my next plans are to find the cheapest safe solution for the wiring and while i have it apart. paint what ever i can paint. Change all fluids and improve any performance i can afford. I would love any suggestions or help you can provide on ways to improve this scooter in any way. Apologies for any grammatical issues and I appreciate you reading this far!
..BAD TO THE BONE..
