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they cant really say that ethanol will hurt old cars remember that ethanol is really only bad for some plastic and rubber parts but the older vehicles have less plastic and rubber parts in the fuel system

im not talking 80s and 90s but 70s and older you had a steel gas tank steel fuel lines brass fittings steel and aluminum fuel pump aluminum carburetor brass float paper and fiber gaskets then an aluminum or steel intake brass valve guides phenolic or fiber valve seals it would run forever on ethanol

but we are in the 21st century where they dont know how to make metal parts anymore

about the only pure gasoline made today is coleman stove fuel and if your car starts on it it wont run very well cause its only around 50 octane

as for scooters i wouldnt worry about running the 15% ethanol if youre riding it a lot but dont leave it in there if its gonna sit for a long time if youre storing it ru through some 100ll avgas cam2 110 rec etc mixed with startron just if you have one of them modern fuel injected catylized scoots dont run a lot of 100ll or cam2 cause the lead will cause dam age too

im sure a lot of you recognize my name i posted on scootdawg from time to time and most of the other forums and for a while i was a member of the boston branch of moped army

i was in a bad accident a few years ago where i was riding my old jawa moped in florida and some dude hit me from behind and run me over i dont even know really the details of it cause it put me in a coma for 2 months

but now im semi handicapped so all i do is mess with scooters and mopeds my legs hurt too much for big bikes

i have a few i keep my honda i ride every day

so you will see my for sale ads on there with parts for sale no scamming no and definitely no stolen bikes just extra stuff i have around that i dont need and someone else might

i figured id throw that in there cause i know so many people out there scamming other people i dont have anything to do with that crap

also if anybody in treasure coast florida area need any help with scoots or anything  hit me up im always around and usually bored

ad on craigslist said yamaha vino with blown engine $300 obo

so i talked to the guy and he said yeah the scooter shop said the engine is blown ok let me check it out   so i took one look at it and said hmm il give you $150 he said sweet and hands me the title


so i get it home then realize its 4 stroke i never even seen one all i ever had was 2 stroke vinos

first thing i did was pull the cvt cover off and sure enough the belt  was broken and wrapped around the variator yep theres nothing wrong with this engine other than some old gas cleaned the carb and it runs great 

it just amazes me that someone will just believe what a scooter shop says then just let it go that cheap instead of having another mechanic check it out but this dud obviously has money he lives in a gated golf community im sure he pays his landscaper more than my rent costs

my elite 250 i ride every day

started off with a stock white 86 elite 250 all crappy plastic ugly looking totally 80s thing
the seat and rear rack is off a ct110
the middle rack i cut out of an oven rack
the rack on the down tube is of of my motron moped
exhaust is gas pipe header and briggs and stratton muffler
2 different shocks one off a tgb other off a kymco
fork is a geely stem with kymco people legs
fenders i made outta corrugated tin roofing i got from trash
got rid of the cv carb and went to a regular keihin style 32mm with accel pump homemade steel intake
head light is 36w led flood/spot combo  nice and bright
tail light is led with built in signals

bits and pieces its always a work in progress