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Post by scootrboi on Sept 5, 2013 20:38:46 GMT -5
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 25, 2013 19:29:48 GMT -5
There is also the question of performance versus durability.
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 25, 2013 19:27:16 GMT -5
I grew up in the 50's and 60's....and all the "Jap Crap". We laughed at them. We had just demolished the country. Their stuff was cheap, but people bought it so they made it batter. Then by the time the 80's rolled around, I was in my 30's and the 5 largest banks in the world all ended in "A" or "I". Ninety's and I'm hitting forty and here comes China.... bye-bye Japan. China has done in roughly ten years what it took Japan took twenty five years. Scary. Hondas were small but impressive from the start. A major problem at the time was the lack of metric tools. To this day very few Japanese bike owners have a screwdriver that fits the Japanese Phillips screws. Except the little one that comes with it! |
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 25, 2013 19:23:01 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]Heinkel made the first jet airplane that flew. Heinkel was always an innovator, a leader in streamlining, inventor of the ejection seat (for the jet). When the He 111 bomber was introduced in the early days of WW2 it would outrun the fighters that tried to destroy it. The Heinkel scooter was successful in hundreds of motorcycle races in Europe, winning many gold and silver medals. They went head to head with motorcycles of the day over all kinds of terrain and placed very well. www.photoservice.com/volumeLR/phs_volume111/375797_3851986/m_15979189_0.jpgwww.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/jet/he178.jpg |
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 25, 2013 10:24:30 GMT -5
Check tire pressures
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 24, 2013 23:39:22 GMT -5
My old scooter uses a magnetic drainplug. It is a fine idea. These old scooters have no oil filter or screen. I found a round metal shim that had fallen into the engine stuck to the drainplug when I took the clutch cover off years ago.
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 24, 2013 23:32:16 GMT -5
Maybe they will learn metallurgy sometime soon.
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 24, 2013 6:45:34 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]I have trouble understanding how anyone can tolerate a scooter engine that needs its valve tappets readjusted several times a year. The device holding the adjustment is simple enough. To use a poor quality securing device is saving a tiny amount of money and making a great deal of work for someone in the life of the scooter. I have never owned a vehicle that needed frequent valve clearance adjustments. They stay in place for years. All it takes is a well designed screw and nut detail that will stay tight despite vibration. I gave up on standard motorcycles because the drive chains were such an ever changing feature. They needed to be adjusted every 100 miles and deteriorate quickly. I could only get 10,000 miles out of a chain and sprockets before replacement was required. Poor design and poor quality really can wear you down after a while.
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 24, 2013 6:11:10 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]Final drive needs lube.
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 20, 2013 21:30:58 GMT -5
Turned up the idle.
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 20, 2013 13:51:24 GMT -5
This is the one with  ,000 miles Attachments:
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 20, 2013 7:54:52 GMT -5
The one in the avatar has ,000. The posted picture only has about 26,000. It's my new one I got in 1990. |
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Post by scootrboi on Aug 20, 2013 7:42:44 GMT -5
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