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Post by lykos23 on Jun 19, 2013 19:01:50 GMT -5
LAWL. I wouldn't say "mastered", but I'm definitely more adept than I was six months ago ;D Lol, don't be jealous. Me and everyone else are here to share this knowledge, it might as well be your own ;D. And I'm not that old, I'm only 22, haha. And it was my pleasure summing up what I've learned, I might be using this thread as a reference tool myself in case I forget anything.  |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 19, 2013 7:11:11 GMT -5
 Whoah. Nice deal!
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 19, 2013 6:29:27 GMT -5
Me too... I had a lot to just figure out on my own, like what the PAIR system was, and how and where to get replacement bolts, the importance of gaskets, and even brake bleeding. It was a long hard journey, but it was worth it! Thanks, Rob. That means a lot to me. I feel like I've finally earned my place in the "Hardcore" group on scootdawg.net. I've probably put just over $500 and LOTS of hours of work into my scooter. It averages out to probably a half hour per day since I got it, especially with that one week where I was changing my variator weights like twice a day. The most expensive things were probably... the BBK, the performance exhaust, and fixing the kickstarter. If I had to do it all again I'd be able to probably just make a big order and install all the parts in a matter of days rather than spread out over time like I've done; that would really cut the work down. It would be pretty sweet to ride with someone, let alone a good friend from these awesome scooter forums. Good luck! I know that I had severe problems with my stock idle jet and the A/F adjustment would do nothing about it. Alley would probably recommend a #35 unless your displacement is around 180cc or something but it really helped me. Because of the A/F screw all it really does is bump up the fuel consumption a bit, but in my case the extra fuel compensated for all the extra air I was getting. You could probably get away with just a longer #35, but I like my #38, it kinda makes my bike unique, haha. In any case I'm glad you found some useful information here  . Thanks, Hank. That means a lot coming from you. I've learned a lot in these past few months, and you were there helping me all along the way. Does this mean I finally get my metric lightsaber wrench set? ;D |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 19, 2013 5:46:15 GMT -5
[replyingto=scott]scott[/replyingto]Welcome aboard, Scott! I can't possibly get into all the brands here because there are just so many to choose from and it all depends on what you're looking for. I myself ride a Bashan Peace Sports, but I hear Puma cycles are top knotch when it comes to Chinese. Kymco is another good one. If you don't want Chinese then Tomos, Vespa (obviously), Aprilia, etc. are all good brands. The guys are saying my old thread is full of good info so you might want to check it out: itistheride.boards.net/index.cgi?board=50ac&action=display&thread=2223 Do you plan on getting your motorcycle license and getting a 150cc? Unless you want to do a lot of performance tweaks to a 50cc then that's the route I'd recommend. Good luck!  |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 22:06:48 GMT -5
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 21:44:56 GMT -5
[replyingto=jerseyboy]jerseyboy[/replyingto]Thanks for reading, Tom! I tried condensing much of what I've learned in case somebody stumbles on my thread one day wondering why their scooter won't hit the speeds they want, with realistic expectations.
When I started back in January I had NO experience with motors of any kind. We used an electric lawn mower at my house so I didn't even have experience with any small motors. I worked on computers a lot and I figured the intricate workings of the machine couldn't be that hard to work on compared to resoldering capacitors. Well, I'd say it's about equally as challenging, maybe scooters are more difficult... When I started I couldn't figure out why my scooter was hard to start and why it wouldn't reach 25mph, now I'm swapping parts on a weekly basis.
This whole thing has been a very rich experience. I'm definitely glad I got into scooters in the first place. I've found an addiction, or way of life. ;D
Thanks, Brandjur! I add little bits of information all the time just in case it might help some "newb" out there.
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 21:37:01 GMT -5
[replyingto=millsc]millsc[/replyingto]Totally, Chris! I absolutely abhorred the process, but after finally getting them in I'm quite satisfied. I couldn't believe when I read "51mph" on my GPS app. Good luck with your Hoca gears! It must be awesome having two scooters so in case you misconfigure your setup on one you'll have the other one for backup |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 21:19:36 GMT -5
With my gears freshly installed my quest for more power is finally complete, (everything after this is just a bonus ;D). It took 5 months of frequent working on my scooter, but I've finally overcome that wall of 50mph (when my initial goal was 35mph!). I've come a long way and learned a lot and I owe it all to you, members of scootdawg.proboards/scootdawg.net/ItIsTheRide. Thank you all.
Take care and ride safely dear friends.
Yours, Garit.
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 20:03:49 GMT -5
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 19:32:17 GMT -5
[replyingto=domindart]domindart[/replyingto]The Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 have unique IDs for gamers, called Gamer Tags. It's just like a screen name and with it you can play games together, chat, etc.
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 19:27:34 GMT -5
Let's not forget pop-punk, Screamo, and Emo Note: The following songs (aside from Senses Fail are pretty bad) |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 19:17:45 GMT -5
Why don't we all exchange modern gamer tags?
My Playstation network tag is xXLoBo_23Xx ;D
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 19:15:43 GMT -5
[replyingto=salracer]sailracer[/replyingto]Absolutely. I'm so grateful that they returned all my monies. I thought they were going to act like the typical thieving corp, but the guy who works there (who also admittedly admires my scooter ;D) was really nice about it. He says that's what warranties are for. The guy who rented me the gear puller was behind the guy ringing me out and he couldn't believe I broke the gear puller. He saw the little shaft and the gear when I brought it in there to size up the gear pullers and he thought for sure the gear puller he gave me would do the job: Nope! I let him know that it can take up to 10 tons of pressure to press on and off the gear and his eyes went wide. Both of them asked why and all I could say was "leave it to the Chinese", ironically the older gentlemen ringing me out said "I guess they're trying to compete with Honda or something".  |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 19:11:21 GMT -5
[replyingto=scootnwinn]scootnwinn[/replyingto]I hope so, now that I can reach 50mph and cruise at 40-45 there's a lot more possibilities for me, I'll be able to go to all the near towns and scooter shops and even the DMV in woodstock. I got 220 miles or so ;D Another 80 and I'll be doing that second oil change, then another at 300 more miles. In my last oil change there were no metal particles, I checked the oil with a magnet and everything  |
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Post by lykos23 on Jun 18, 2013 18:34:46 GMT -5
At least a good sticker comes with the Unifilter |
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Main Jet
main jet, but left the idle jet stock. I have been experiencing stalling at takeoffs and had been fiddling with a/f alot. Next step seems to be to replace the idle jet..