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Post by spandi on Sept 30, 2017 20:02:19 GMT -5
Hi I'm new I have a Mainstreet 300cc 2008 I messed with the carburetor a little bit and I put a performance pipe and changed the CDI from 7500 to 9000 I'm pining the needle to the end when there no one in front of me for a good distance can't wait to see how much more when I changed the air box Hello and welcome. Always fun to Do-it-yourself and increase performance. If you check my old posting here you'll see a listing for a hi flow intake for the Linhai 300 models. |
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Post by spandi on Sept 28, 2017 19:52:14 GMT -5
Hopefully, some maxi scooters will survive the DCT invasion. There will always be riders that want to go fast, but cannot swing a leg over a conventional motorcycle due to back injuries and other issues. I think there will aways be a fan base for scooters that are scooters. If I was going to get something like this, I might as well go with a full out motorcycle.  |
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Post by spandi on Sept 28, 2017 19:47:16 GMT -5
A very sharp looking machine. (and of course, red bikes are aways faster!) I can relate, I did a ground up rebuild on a Znen 250 utilizing Honda parts to do it, and your right, OEM replacement parts ain't cheap. I did a second battery install as well. (who needs to be stuck out in the middle of nowhere because you wanted to hear some tunes?) But for $3600.00 you have something reliable, functional, and easy on the eyes that you know you can maintain yourself. Well done.  |
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Post by spandi on Sept 25, 2017 15:50:15 GMT -5
Context . . . Honda CTX700 DCT . . $8,299 . . "MSRP excluding tax, license, registration, $380.00 destination charge and dealer-installed options. Dealer prices may vary."At them prices, I'll just stick with my scoot.  |
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Post by spandi on Sept 22, 2017 17:51:06 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Sept 22, 2017 0:59:55 GMT -5
Use deduction, obviously It can't be a two pin blocking unit. On my Znen I have a 6 pin R/R unit (replaced mine too, OMP upgrade) as well as the 4 pin unit. If you check the listing for Absolute scooter you'll see those very four colors listed and in the click-to-enlarge picture.  (Again, contact them first and make sure it is the part you will need.) |
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Post by spandi on Sept 21, 2017 22:20:49 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Sept 17, 2017 15:40:36 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Sept 16, 2017 22:56:49 GMT -5
Hmmm... I still can't imagine I missed that one!
Is it possible it came out after 1968? If so, I was in the Army spending my free time riding my brand-new Honda 305cc Super Hawk. THAT sweet little bike was THE most fun per cc and per dollar on 2-wheels I've ever had!
My heyday of plastic model building was from about 1952 through 1960. I actually snagged a full-time job building AMT models for display while in 6th grade... Had to get a Social Security Card, and special "work permit" and went to school until 3pm then worked in a hobby shop from 4-10pm 6 days a week! Needless to say, not much homework got done... Made a whopping $100 per week from AMT... THAT is $1,000 in today's money... Not too shabby for a snot-nosed 10-year-old.When times got hard, I was able to help mom and dad pay off the mortgage on the house... Wish I could do THAT again in my old age...
 (sigh) My only modeling those Army years was gas-powered U-control model planes. I was a lousy ukie pilot, but a great builder. My lousy piloting gave me plenty of opportunity to practice my building... LOL! Well Leo, it came out in 1969..... so you could have missed it. However, the one whose picture I used was up for bid on ebay and went for a measly $152.00...... OUCH! (Nostalgia ain't cheap!) |
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Post by spandi on Sept 15, 2017 10:30:02 GMT -5
Speaking of choppers, do you remember the "King Chopper" model kit by Tom Daniels? (with the vulture perched on the back) 
Good grief! I was a plastic model fanatic back then, yet I never saw one of these. I did build a large-scale Triumph Bonneville bobber (a Revel kit, if I recall). I used to go all-out on models, forming headers from soldered brass-tubing, adding all engine wiring, fuel lines, etc. But I never saw THAT trike kit! It looks a LOT like the gas-powered (.049 motor) chopper trike from Cox. Heck, if I'd have seen one of these, I'd have bought the kit just for the plastic motor! I'd have scratch-built a tube-frame and springer-fork to fab up a swell bobber!Thanks for posting... Great memories from those days. You're welcome Leo, and dang, how did you miss that? Every kid on the block was looking at the ads for it and drooling, but it cost too much for most of us. it was done by Tom Daniels, who did all the "Kooky Kustom" models in the 60s, remember the Red Baron car or Rommel's Ride? (hotrod/halftrack) and you're right, they were great days. |
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Post by spandi on Sept 15, 2017 10:28:44 GMT -5
Speaking of choppers, do you remember the "King Chopper" model kit by Tom Daniels? (with the vulture perched on the back)
Good grief! I was a plastic model fanatic back then, yet I never saw one of these. I did build a large-scale Triumph Bonneville bobber (a Revel kit, if I recall). I used to go all-out on models, forming headers from soldered brass-tubing, adding all engine wiring, fuel lines, etc. But I never saw THAT trike kit! It looks a LOT like the gas-powered (.049 motor) chopper trike from Cox. Heck, if I'd have seen one of these, I'd have bought the kit just for the plastic motor! I'd have scratch-built a tube-frame and springer-fork to fab up a swell bobber!Thanks for posting... Great memories from those days. You're welcome Leo, and dang, how did you miss that? Every kid on the block was looking at the ads for it and drooling, but it cost too much for most of us. it was done by Tom Daniels, who did all the "Kooky Kustom models in the 60s (remember the Red Baron car or Rommel's Ride?) and you're right, they were great days. |
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Post by spandi on Sept 14, 2017 21:55:26 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Sept 14, 2017 20:15:54 GMT -5
I don't miss that Mid day August heat in Texas, I do miss the "Best Maid Pickles" from Fort Worth. Well that was a nice thing to do for someone. |
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Post by spandi on Sept 14, 2017 19:58:45 GMT -5
Speaking of choppers, do you remember the "King Chopper" model kit by Tom Daniels? (with the vulture perched on the back) |
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Post by spandi on Sept 14, 2017 10:44:14 GMT -5
I really like Gable. (I love the hitch-hiking scene from "It Happened One Night") However, I'm gonna give it to Jimmy, because flying over Germany in a B-17 to bomb the living you-know-what out of the Nazis was MUY MUY MACHO! Gable flew bombers over Germany as well, that is part of the reason I chose these to compare. As a matter of fact Hitler wanted Gable shot down and or captured, I assume for the propaganda value of such an action. Come to think of it, you're right. I seem to remember Jimmy more because of the interview he did on the British documentary show "World At War" But you always knew them yank... I mean Nazis, could never catch foxy ol' Rett Butler anyhow. |
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