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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 23, 2014 22:13:18 GMT -5
howdy, I don't have all the info on plugs, but it is my understanding that a plug that sticks into the chamber less far can be found.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 23, 2014 1:23:23 GMT -5
howdy, um I don't really think that is how it is done. something about feeler gauges etc
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 23, 2014 1:20:17 GMT -5
howdy, also ya might try putting a small bungee over the battery to secure it?
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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I am back.
by: shalomdawg - Jan 22, 2014 0:19:28 GMT -5
Post by shalomdawg on Jan 22, 2014 0:19:28 GMT -5
howdy and welcome to the forum
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 19, 2014 16:20:24 GMT -5
howdy, i'll respond somewhat from ignorance perhaps.
the pressure reading off the tires I have seen are not maximum pressure the tire is able to contain rather it is the pressure at which the tire caries it max LOAD. at less than max load one may be able to use more pressure than that but not much. something less than 5 lb more should be ok? just a useless brain fart probably.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 19, 2014 16:04:53 GMT -5
howdy, i'm gonna chime in where not welcome---lol
I would suggest that some of that question depends on how you ride. if you ride wide open throttle all the time and take off with enthusiasm that is going to change the answer. I personally ride with the intent of making it last as long as possible so I do ride longer without maintenance than do most. that applies also to brakes and other scooter systems. you can make them last or tear them up depending on how you ride.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 19, 2014 15:56:34 GMT -5
howdy there leo,
as usual I enjoy your contributions to the forum and identify very much being of similar age and health. I also remember those days when dad worked and raised us on something less than 50 bucks a week and we had all that was necessary to still travel to fishing and visiting the grandparents a couple hundred miles away on a regular basis. the first house I remember was three bedrooms and cost less than three thousand bucks. when dad sold it ten years later for ten thousand, he thought he had robbed the buyers. after that we sharecropped a hundred acres and worked many hours a day for very little return but enough to raise all we needed to eat and live comfortably. I was able to be excused from school to help in the harvest and that was considered normal. as you have noted, we live in a very different world now. cars were designed where no key was necessary to start and run the car unless it was deliberately locked and we lived many years in a house where we had no key so didn't even lock the house.
anyway thanks for the nostalgic look at the past and all the best to ya
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 12, 2014 21:51:15 GMT -5
howdy, I would expect the fuse on that circuit to blow or the wires to overheat?
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 12, 2014 21:47:21 GMT -5
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 12, 2014 21:30:01 GMT -5
howdy and welcome to the forum. i'm not one of the people that can give you good info on the mechanical problem --but--I believe your problem is still in the carburetor in one of several ways including crud in one of the jets which would need to be cleaned out by removing the carb. and cleaning all the parts. or- the enricher may not be working and you could simple start it and if it will idle, just let it idle till it will accept throttle without dieing. on the issue of mod'ing it for more performance , mostly one gets more problems than leaving it alone. my recommendation if you want more power and speed is to get a larger scoot----. those can be found but if in California one needs to be aware of the titling problems possible.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 5, 2014 15:04:46 GMT -5
howdy, just a note of encouragement from here. you'll never regret the knowledge you pick up in the endeavor of repairing this thing. you'll know HOW IT WORKS and that is info that transfers to a lot of other projects. keep on with the keepin' on
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 5, 2014 14:51:54 GMT -5
howdy and welcome, I missed what kind and size scoot you ride? the I5 comes all the way. lots of good scenery, if you do some riding and can give a ride report, that's a vacation for all of us readers.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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cold riding
by: shalomdawg - Jan 5, 2014 3:20:15 GMT -5
Post by shalomdawg on Jan 5, 2014 3:20:15 GMT -5
howdy, rode to work at -10 a few days cause nothing else would start
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 2, 2014 2:35:31 GMT -5
howdy and welcome to the forum
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomdawg on Jan 1, 2014 2:27:50 GMT -5
howdy and all the best to y'all from here with 33 minutes of 2013 left
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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