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I will look for the link but I had found a radio with rechargeable battery that did not tie into the scooters battery nor need a 2nd battery . It also has 4 gig of storage for mp3s

First do you have a tach ? How many miles on it ? Have you done any mods to it ? Does your pipe have an expansion chamber ?


The 4Ts have a 2+4 plug CDI where many 2Ts have a 5 pin CDI . My 2T was stock other than I replaced the 68 main jet with a 75 MJ and the stock NGK replaced with a NGK iridium plug . It would top out at 8k RPMs and fizzle if I hit 9k downhill . I replaced the CDI with one like this but blue www.partsforscooters.com/50cc_Minarelli_cdi_169-117?sc=34&category=132416#tab1 2 wires are on a plug , one was female and the other two were male . The first 3 were a nobrainer but the other two were colored diff . I mated up solid with solid and stripe with stripe and it worked . The CDI did not have a mount hole so I used a zip tie . I had the same 8k RPM limit . My dealer said try lighter rollers . I pulled them out and weighted them which was 6g . I tried 4g but was too light , lost top end same 8k limit . I mixed them to equal 5g and left it at that .

When I removed the 49cc engine to put on a 47mm BBK or 70cc engine I noticed the 49cc exhaust port was not fully bored out as it was a D shape where the BBK was full circle . I think the port limited the max RPM as many stock pipes only go up to 8.5k RPMs . I also put on a racing pipe , Uni airfilter and larger main jet and now it hits 10,500 RPMs

Boy I feel silly I misread clock for Glock as the link said I needed to upgrade Flash even though I just did

I had a TaoTao with 10x3.5 tires and man it was so sketchy at top speed . I bought an Echarm with 16s which is like a crossover between a scooter and a motorcycle type of ride as to me a scooter should have doughnuts ( fat tires ) . It was very much more stable but to me the tires are not wide enough . I bought another scooter a Jonway Magnum with 13s and wow I love how it rides . It has a street knobby tread pattern so there is a slight knobby bounce that reminds me of the old school mini bikes . The 16s are 100mm F and 110mm R , where the 13s are both 130mm . It is amazing how much more stable the ride is while going over uneven road patches and cracks that made the other 2 scooters wobble . Even strong winds from the sides do not phase it . I feel so safe that I have ridden in turns and straights with no hands and not be nervous . The other two if I took off a hand like to adjust my face shield or give a one finger salute it would shimmy . The Echarm would do this so bad it was skeery ( yes its slang ) with the stock tires but only a 3rd with Shinko tires .

I have saw a few scooters that had 12s have the front replaced with a 10 . It looked funny to me but a buddy used his junk parts since he did not have the cash for a new 12 tire .

Here is a visual calculator to compare two diff tire sizes side by side www.tacomaworld.com/forum/tirecalc.php .

I was used to pedal mopeds with 17s , MX and streetbikes with tall tires , so my very first scooter I rode ( which was my scooter I bought later ) the shorter rims and wheelbase felt weird as it was so nimble compared to what I was used to .

The longcase scooters also have more leg room which is great if your tall like me at 6ft 4

I do not know Cali laws but the Aprilia SR 50 has a model with EFI that meets restrictions where the carb types do not . So you may be limited to only an EFI model for a new scooter but may get to use the grandfather clause if you find a vintage 2T Vespa