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Post by wutzthedeal on Jun 2, 2014 6:02:39 GMT -5
How long will Seal-All hold a cracked valve stem, any idea?
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 12, 2014 16:13:42 GMT -5
Would like to know what the experts think of this vid; it's long, but informative. It's 2t but most applies to 4t. I learned a lot about the clutch inspection (which I've ignored on mine...)
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Just DO IT!
by: wutzthedeal - May 12, 2014 14:20:26 GMT -5
Post by wutzthedeal on May 12, 2014 14:20:26 GMT -5
It's awesome, John. There is something in your mind, though, that as you stand at the edge of the door at 12.5k feet up and look out (especially when it's almost effin' dark on your first jump; raising hand, here) that says, "Do not do this thing." What surprised me most was that the roller coaster feeling went away after 2 seconds; just felt like a stiff wind and I could not figure out, to save my life, why the fields (the squares) weren't getting bigger. I had a picture in my head of how they should get bigger and they just weren't. My instructors had to slap me on the stomach to get me to snap out of just staring down (supposed to look at horizon). I did that literally for like 15 seconds. By the end of the 60-second freefall, those fields did get bigger, btw. But not scary; just like standing in a hurricane after you're out of the plane. That was my first jump; second jump was rather eventful (yay, backflips!).  |
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Just DO IT!
by: wutzthedeal - May 12, 2014 11:16:19 GMT -5
Post by wutzthedeal on May 12, 2014 11:16:19 GMT -5
If the graph is any indicator, you're in! My dad did online poker for about 5 years before he passed a few years back, and he ended up breaking even--I figure him and I are about the same intelligence level so if he went through 5 years of sweaty palms for nothing, I'm not gonna--I'll just go broker, faster.
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 11, 2014 22:13:29 GMT -5
Yeah those sliders. If they fit loosely, I end up finding them in chunks inside the case. Sometimes they are still in-place, but they must be really cheap plastic because I've found peices broken off of them. Alleyoop said to get a Koso so I'm talking to tvnacman now, hoping I don't have some issues that is somehow eating through variators like the thing it sits on being crooked or something which I read can happen (the main shaft? something like that)..
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Just DO IT!
by: wutzthedeal - May 11, 2014 17:38:42 GMT -5
Post by wutzthedeal on May 11, 2014 17:38:42 GMT -5
Hey guys; I've taken a stab at everything from skydiving to writing novels to hosting an internet radio show; what's your "big" a-least-semi-realistic thing you want to do but haven't done?
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 11, 2014 16:36:43 GMT -5
Didn't see them on his NYC site, I'll message him
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 11, 2014 16:00:52 GMT -5
What would you guys recommend for a gy6 variator under $50 that is built with quality, particularly regarding the v-slide brackets being strong and staying in their sockets? I don't think I'm gonna mess with my clutch so it would be with stock clutch.
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 11, 2014 14:00:58 GMT -5
Thanks jjoshua, yes you also told me about weights being too heavy. Alleyoop told me also. I figured millsc had the right idea and we've gone through similar 49cc journeys (except me getting no bbk/clutch stuff) and I had read over and over that heavier weights would cost you low end but bring top end, which is what I need on these old country roads (mostly flat, as well). Thanks for all the great advice. I think my problem has been these cheap effin v-sliders; only on the factory one did they slip into place and stay (clip in). I'm now looking for a med-to-high quality variator w/6g sliders.
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 10, 2014 12:02:37 GMT -5
Hi vis is good. I don't like orange, and I was not going to buy an orange scooter (it was one of the two new ones left for sale on the lot that day) and the mechanic mentioned, "Well, on an orange one like that, you're more likely to be seen." That sold me, but hasn't worked; People are still blind to me. I wear reflective shi8 all over the dam thing/clothing and it's still like I'm a ghost. At 6'5, 240 lbs, on an orange scooter. Perhaps they think they've imagined me. Luckily, I have an upgraded horn and I always catch up with them at the stops...
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 9, 2014 22:21:23 GMT -5
I will millsc; just ran the 9s cuz that's what I had. 7s were worn out. Now I'm running the rollers that came w/last variator, so we're back to 25mph tops til I get a new variator and sliders (using the old variator and rollers that came with the new one; as I said, the new variator is now destroyed).
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 9, 2014 16:32:49 GMT -5
UPDATE: Cannot advise doing this 3-weight set up. I had a gut feeling I should go ahead and drop generic rollers in to get a 6-roller config. again--I knew I'd lose rpm and speed as these are about 7g generic rollers but just sensed the scoot had a bit too much oomph for a 49cc. So I took it apart and found a disaster at the variator even though it still ran/sounded ok: the higher rpms and/or heat and/or off-balance situation (or possibly the shiddy v-slides I got on my new, third variator--all 3 have sucked as far as the guides staying in place, factory included), the v-guides disintegrated, one 9g slider was virtually destroyed, the fan was melted in half and destroyed, and other damage was done to the variator like the outer plate digging into the posts; part of the brass of one of the 9g Dr. p sliders was melted onto the variator plate. I REALLY enjoyed the higher-rpms and takeoff which I'd never had with this scoot, and only peaked at about 7.5k rpm chinameter, 8k absolute max, but I knew I was asking too much. So due to my experience with this scooter, my size, and the fact that it is just a 49cc, what I'm going to do is just settle on a mid-to-high quality variator with 6g Dr. P sliders and that's it. Not putting any more into it. If I only get 30mph, that's what I get.
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 9, 2014 10:46:24 GMT -5
Good points, all. To tie it back into the original post (or flavor thereof), there is something about two wheels that just makes cagers blind and I don't understand it. I think there is a subconscious thing going on, wherein they are just thinking about their own lives and problems and somehow, when they see two wheels, they see "less" of a thing--perhaps there is some odd, subconscious, canned-response that tells them, "They are on two wheels--they can stop on a dime and maneuver at will so don't sweat them, just go." Now, I don't think most consciously would think like that, but I think it really may be what happens on a deeper level as people are thinking about other things.
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 9, 2014 1:13:14 GMT -5
I personally think being generally politically correct is to be more aware, not less aware, of the needs and concerns of others. I like to paint by contrast, so in my mind, I ask, "Ok, let's remove politically correct; get me from there to a better, more considerate time for all," and I can't make that connection. Just one guy's opinion. I'm only pushin' mid-40s, and never left CONUS while serving honorably in the USAF, and I cawwww from the East (VA, born in IN) so we're in different mindsets, really, and maybe that's congruent with what separates us in the other areas.
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Post by wutzthedeal on May 7, 2014 20:51:57 GMT -5
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