Baja SC150 150cc Build by KG7SBI  By  kg7sbi (Read 4,580 times)

I got my first repair completed... While I complete the wiring and wait for parts I decided to attempt a repair on my rear tail light/mud flap section before I lost my license plate.



I decided to try sandwiching 2+ layers of fiberglass tape (Drywall tape) between layers of epoxy and hope for the best. I figure I will have to replace it at some point, but I'll worry about that later. It does seem pretty strong, for now. We'll see how it fairs after the test of time.

Good job keep the progress pics coming!!!

No pics today, but BIG news! It runs!!!!.... Well, kinda. It'll start and idle for a few seconds than die. This was expected because I haven't adjusted the carb at all, the intake manifold is ripped (it's in the mail).... AND I forgot to hook up the enricher/choke. I'm going to pull it back off tomorrow and clean/rebuild it again just for good measure. I'll also hopefully remember to check the jet sizes.
All of the electrical repair is complete, except tying in the headlight relay/harness I've created and adding diodes/flasher to the emergency flasher assembly. I got too excited when I realized that the starting/charging wires were finished..... I just HAD TO push the go button!
I'm actually embarrassed with the look of my main wiring harness.... so we'll call this one a prototype. It's solid, soldered everywhere, and correct, but alot of the wires are the wrong color.... Close, but wrong. Remember, I started with a jumbled molten mess. I'm super proud that it fired up right away

kg7sbi . The cans of compressed air for blowing computer dust work good when you don't have a compressor. They are kind of expensive, but for the occasional use they work.

I haven't done much to the scoot in the last couple of weeks or so. We had a snow/ice storm that kept my shop too cold to work on it... So I spent most of the last couple weeks insulating my shop and setting it up to work on scooters. In the last few days I replaced my rear tire valve stem (front will be done soon)(I had it stuck in my mind that I already did them), changed my gear oil, adjusted the carb, and replaced the nuts on the exhaust.
The big news is that I finally got it out on the road! It was plenty fast, Speedometer said over 60mph (YEAH RIGHT... lol) ... but there's a catch! This thing wobbles like crazy! I'll spend my next free time checking the front end out and trying to diagnose that issue.
No pics this time either, everything I've done is documented 100's of times on the web.
All That I need to do to it now is put loom on the wires, fix the hole I put in the front fairing, replace the rear brake switch, mount the headlight switch, and clean the whole scooter up... Then on to the fun stuff! Paint and lighting! I am leaning toward orange, silver, and black... and of course LED's all around, a flashing brake light, and low mount fog lights.
I want to thank everyone on this forum, and on youtube as well for all of the help and knowledge I've gained. A couple of months ago I knew nothing about scoots, except that I wanted one. Now I feel that I know my scoot very well and have confidence in my repair/maintenance/upgrade ability.
I am starting my own youtube channel TheScooterHole, I hope to upload a walk around today.

EDIT: Everything on the front looks fine.... But the back tire is either very out of balance, or out of round.
I also noticed that my frame stand is going too far forward....

Thanks Cyborg, I'll be sure to look into my motor mounts. I sure hope that's not it because the scoot only has 782 miles (Km?) on it, and everything else seems nearly unused. I plan on ordering a tire soon, the sidewall on the one that's on it isn't in the best shape... Better safe than sorry!