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Post by pmatulew on Sept 13, 2013 5:24:13 GMT -5
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 12, 2013 17:14:28 GMT -5
Rookie move and got busted by the paparazzi.  Certainly not the worst traffic sin ever committed on a scooter. Tooling around on a nice day. Get a big bus jamming up your groove. Make the move at the light. The bad part was she forgot the over the shoulder glance Always, always, always must look before changing lanes! "Unscathed: The actress appeared unaware of the near miss" Bingo! The laws of physics still apply. Whether or not you're famous a bus still won't be able to stop in time. The one time you forget to look and a bus sneaks up on you could be the last time. Double shame points for putting her daughter at risk. Riding with a passenger is a whole other level of responsibility that apparently she isn't taking seriously. |
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 12, 2013 5:28:09 GMT -5
My 150 runs better in cooler weather also. Skuttadawg, I think that may mean we have the opposite condition where the motor is borderline too rich in warm weather and improves as it leans out in the cool dense air.
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 10, 2013 19:11:20 GMT -5
  Damn! I think I have a set of those that I could have used the other night working on the car! They're in the other toolbox! Instead I spent an hour grinding the head off the bolt and drilling it out. in your case they may or may not work as you have to be able to get the remover ring over the original bolt head. A lot of times there just isn't room as the bolt is butted up against some obstruction. |
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 10, 2013 19:04:21 GMT -5
Start with the easy stuff. Check the steering bearings and the front axle. Just have someone hold down the back end so the front is off the ground and then wiggle things around to see if anything is abnormal.
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 9, 2013 12:00:00 GMT -5
I have question for riders with more CVT experience.
Is it normal that while coasting at low speed for some distance (downhill, rough road, tight turns, all at the same time) that the motor will spool down and the clutch will disengage so that you are freewheeling without any engine-braking effect?
Just seems peculiar when it happens. Then when you roll on the throttle it does a weird little speed up/slow down thing when the clutch re-engages.
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 9, 2013 11:53:46 GMT -5
Isn't that interesting.  My clutch was acting grabby so I pulled the cover off to give things the once over. Looking at the sliders there were some marks that didn't look right. As if something was pressing a hard edge in to the middle of the flats. After researching the diagrams I discovered that I had my variator sliders installed backwards/upside-down. Also the variator bushing was very dry and needed to be lubed. I'm surprised that they worked this way at all. Maybe not for long though the way the wear pattern was developing. Now that they are installed correctly the motor has gained significant RPM and climbs hills better, but I have lost a bit of top end speed. It also "downshifts" better and has some roll-on acceleration that it didn't before. These sliders weighed in at 14 grams. Now I'm thinking I may get a heavier set to mix up a happy medium. |
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 8, 2013 18:20:55 GMT -5
Sounds like you're on the right track already. Cold idle can be fussy. You can tweak it up a little so it's more stable but then it will be too high when it's warmed up. I don't have a pair system, so you're on your own with that one. The CVT gasket doesn't do whole lot so you can either stick it back on with the RTV of your choice or just scrape it off and forget about it.
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 7, 2013 7:11:45 GMT -5
A quote skimmed from elsewhere..., "I called Cobra/Peirspeed & spoke with a nice guy from Georgia & he told me that they stopped importing TGB in 2009. He said...TGB kept pushing the fact that they were going to create their own USA network & wanted more (cost-cutting measures) from Peirspeed. Why should Peirspeed continue to establish the TGB name in the states & have TGB walk away from them he said."www.cobrasales.com/tgb.htmwww.peirspeed.com/ |
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 3, 2013 18:35:19 GMT -5
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 3, 2013 18:19:42 GMT -5
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Post by pmatulew on Sept 2, 2013 19:19:39 GMT -5
Image search: Do it all the time! Works a treat when you can't find something any other way.
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Post by pmatulew on Aug 30, 2013 5:35:36 GMT -5
LED?  or "Grain of Wheat" incandesant? (sometimes with colored rubber overcoat)  when my speedometer lights were out, I was able to pick up some tiny's of the push-in variety at wally world  |
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Post by pmatulew on Aug 26, 2013 16:50:15 GMT -5
Sounds like muffler tin rattling.
Try putting your foot on the rear brake caliper when you rev it. My caliper is loose on the pins and rattles at certain frequencies.
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Post by pmatulew on Aug 25, 2013 11:29:44 GMT -5
Isn't that interesting! I was`expecting to see the clutch shoes had come off.
I wonder why they bother encasing the clutch arms in potmetal? Certainly the stamped and riveted steel plates are taking all the load. I've got a couple sets of pliers that are made out of steel plates like that. Cookie cutter steel plate is much cheaper to manufacture than casting or forging.
If anything that actually makes me feel better about how the clutches are constructed knowing that there is something solid in there.
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