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Post by shalomdawg on Aug 4, 2014 18:09:18 GMT -5
howdy, john, that sounds to me like a good question because something loose in the exhaust that momentarily blocks the exhaust or sucking the filter breifly into a blocking position in the intake does sound like it would produce those symptoms.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Aug 4, 2014 13:15:15 GMT -5
howdy, i just checked for the nearest dealer and found it about 300 miles north. there is a dealer nearby that sells rotax powered reverse trikes so i expect he'll be a dealer soon.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Aug 1, 2014 17:24:02 GMT -5
howdy and welcome to the forum
you may have noticed some scooters that are more favorably seen by the members here. otherwise try to see craigslist or spend some time drooling on the scooters at the nearer dealers for ideas on what fits and appeals to you.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 31, 2014 16:49:27 GMT -5
howdy, as the article says is basically how i have been breaking in new and rebuilt engines since i was kneehight to a grasshopper. within a few miles full load breifly to half the max rpm and within a hundred full throttle to max rpm and let off. i am glad to see his considered research confirm my basic choice of break in style. i did that on my new piaggio and have no oil usage between oil changes at the reccomended 10,000 km. i think that is too many miles so i fudge it a little so the change is sooner. am about to have my first belt service now at better than 20,000 km.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 30, 2014 14:38:02 GMT -5
howdy, i'll just make a small observation and not try to tackle the entire break in. it is important to NOT keep the same speed or throttle opening for extended periods(like more than 2 or 3 minutes) but to sharply get off the throttle every couple minutes and then back on the throttle for a couple more. this is only necessary for the first hundred miles or so and the engine WILL be broke in. then change the oil.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 30, 2014 14:32:16 GMT -5
howdy, just an ignorant observation. regardless of the difference in line on the corners, the camera bike kept the same pace for the entire time as the rider being filmed. otherwise the camera would have lost sight of the objective----?
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 28, 2014 22:47:45 GMT -5
howdy, someone rides a good camera also
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 28, 2014 12:08:01 GMT -5
jersey brings up a thought on whet grates and other dangers can do so i'd like to mention a caution about railroad tracks that cross at an angle. i cross one almost daily that has very wide slots on either side of the rail itself and i can feel it sliding the tires sideways sometimes. i slow down and slant across the lane to make my crossing as nearly normal to the rail as possible. be safe out there and use your noggin but not as part of a three point landing.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 28, 2014 11:59:05 GMT -5
howdy, no-one has answered , so i will but probably in ignorance. most of the cables i have seen are secured to the machine on the carb end with a screw and a clamp. those i have seen would be adjustable by sliding the sheath further one way or the other in that clamp. i'm assuming though that you would have noticed whether that was possible. so---this is just conversation.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 28, 2014 11:53:08 GMT -5
howdy, i'll answer because you asked what the forum users do and why. i personally use synthetic when i have the engine broken in and have found in fact that -if i remember correctly- sym, kymco and piaggio scooters that i have owned reccomend synthetics. i have used it in all my vehicles since 1975. the specific brand i use mostly is mobil 1.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 28, 2014 0:24:20 GMT -5
howdy and wheee from another old enough to know better but too young to resist
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 28, 2014 0:17:33 GMT -5
howdy, i just had something similar and it's easy to check. the axle nut got loose and the wheel started wobbling on the splines with a squeaky kinda sound in the right rear. the shop that balanced the tire didn't tighten the nut enough and the castle nut turned and cut the cotter key so the nut continued to loosen. check with it on the center stand and from the rear try to move the tire side to side.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 26, 2014 19:52:51 GMT -5
howdy, i hope we're having a discussion and not an argument. i think, perhaps ignorantly that i'm on both sides of the discussion. most of the time i do the ATG ATT thing but it sshould be my right and obligation to make the dicision i sometimes make which is that the ATGATT gear on the slowspeed trip from here to wallyworld makes it highly likely that sweat dripping in my eyes is more danger than having a lighter shirt and open helmet. on the side of paladin though , i consciously ride more cautiously when exposed like that.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 26, 2014 19:26:56 GMT -5
howdy, heard your shout here near the west coast. welcome to the forum
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jul 24, 2014 19:39:21 GMT -5
howdy and welcome to this forum. as alluded to above, the actual quality of the materials and procedures is governed by the quality control department of the parent company, in this case possibly piaggio. all the products i have seen from them are relatively good quality and assembly.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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