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pull the cvt cover and look. Most likely a belt

One year only? That would make it a 650 silverwing interstate?

Honda has put a ton of faith in the DCT. It's an option on the new 2018 goldwing (actually most of the goldwings in the showroom are the DCT model) and of course, the African twin is also DCT.

I'm teaching my ex-wife how to ride We are going to Harley school together(beginer's riding course), and she's looking at the CTX700 as her first bike. I tried to get her on a 750cc shadow, as you can find them easier used and it's a shaft drive bike, instead of chain driven and therefore more maintenance free, but she decided that she wants the CTX, she said if fits better and I agree.

What he said. Carbs are cheap for decent ones; go with a stock size tho... then re-jet to what is appropriate.

I have only had one bike that had non-linked, or the check valve on the front brakes. My 150 had the check valve on the front, the 250 had the check valve on the front, The Aprillia 500 had linked AND Real ABS. My 82 goldwing had nothing, just brakes, not linked, no ABS. My current ride, a 1989 goldwing, has linked brakes. I really don't notice that big of a difference other then the 1989 goldwing really, really stops well you would never know it was a 950lbs bike. The '82, well it will stop, but no where as well as the '89. It weighs only 700 lbs. The accord,er I mean 1989 goldwing probably has the most predictable brakes of all of them, including the Aprillia. The Little 150 had great front brakes, but horrid rear brakes. the 250? Unremarkable but adequate. The Aprillia... Adequate, I really didn't like the feel. The handle would go "limp" once it stopped... it was a bit off putting.

I say this only to say that on each of these bikes, you used the brakes differently. The 150 for example, you would use very little rear brake. The big ol' '89 wing, you use the rear brake not only to stop, but as a stabilization tool. You want to ride slower than a walk? Ride that rear brake and slip the clutch... don't worry, not gonna hurt it... the clutch is Made to be slipped, just don't get carried away. AND KEEP YOUR HEAD UP....

Those who know me, say I'm Frugal; heck, they call me cheap. But they also know I love my music and audio books. I love riding on long trips, playing some Stephen King novel while I ride.

Since most of what I listen to is on Pandora, or on my old retired iphone (I don't use it as a phone, just an mp3 player, did I mention the cheap part?). On the plus side, the old iphone has blue tooth. My old gl1500 has an Isimple installed for bluetooth on the stock stereo, and I really like that, but, when wearing a full face helmet, the sound quality is fair. With my set up, I can plug in my helmet, but then I also have my other mic I use for Moto blogging to contend with. It quickly become a tangled mess, something you really don't want when you are riding a scooter or motorcycle.

So I'm looking around at Cycle Gear, looking at new goodies, with my buddy who was shopping for a new helmet and a solution for his music situation and he found some pretty inexpensive (cheap part again), blue tooth headsets. We ended up with a pair of UClear HBC100 headsets. They are normally 159.99, they were on special for 79.99 so we both purchased them. I think you can get them from Amazon (or "The Zon" as we call it) for about the same price.

Of course, it ended up costing a bit more, because my daily helmet wasn't set up for any kind of headset. I actually have a helmet that came with the bike, with the goldwing headsets, but it's old and unsafe. I've only used it to plug into the system for testing. I refuse to ride with it because it's age. So I end up buying an inexpensive modular helmet with the pockets for helmet speakers and I'm off to the races.

Audio quality for MP3 play back is awesome, but Audio for Moto Vlogging is just OK. It was easy to install with good instructions. All and All I give about 3 stars out of 5 (mostly because of the audio quality for blogging). If all you want to do is take phone calls, and listen to music, then this is really good value for money. If you are Moto Blogging, then maybe you should look at the Sena. One thing about it, is you still hear what's around you provided you are not playing Led Zeppelin or Disturbed at ear damaging levels.

We haven't paired them yet to see what they are like bike to bike, but in a worse case, we could always just call each other and use the phone function (we both have unlimited plans).

I really think it's a worthwhile investment, weather you ride a scooter, or a big bike, especially for distance riding. Of course, I ride a road sofa (cruise control, stereo, highway boards, wind-wings, the works) but I would of enjoyed this even on my 150cc when I had it. I actually would ride that bike for hours.... and loved every minute of it and I would of loved it even more with something like this. It way better and safer then using ear buds (a real no no on a bike)

If I had to guess, I'd say you are running a little rich. Stock scooters are usually jetted a little lean but from the sounds, you have one that was jetted a little rich from the factory. I'd take a look at the slow speed jet, and maybe go down a size.

Just a note about air cleaners.... going to a sock or pod type, usually makes them run a little lean (I usually count on moving up a size on the main jet)... These scoots like just a little back pressure on the exhaust and a little restriction on the intake ** unless you re-jet ** So saying that, I'd bet Leo's scoot was running a little rich as well.

On small engines, little changes make huge differences.

In my experience, a larger carb can let the engine breath at higher RPM's but the low end suffers. I usually keep the stock carbs (I tune 'em, meaning I may re-jet if it's lean or rich), set the idle, keep the valves adjusted. By far the biggest performance gains and best bang for the buck on my scooters has been Sliders.

Running a ATV variator on a scooter is not a good idea in my option. I think you would get loads of low end, but loose a little top speed. If you can find a larger diameter variator and tune it, appropriately, then you could get 5 maybe even 8 more mph out of it.

Tuning a variator is a bit of black magic and voodoo. Weight of the rider, motor type, altitude and cycle of the moon tends to effect them. You need to tune it for your application, we can't tell you, this is the combo to run, because it's so different for each person,scooter.