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Post by rdhood on Jan 28, 2015 12:41:07 GMT -5
Galaxy S4 doubles as a flashlight. It would be a VERY useful feature in a loud environment, just as a regular ringer is very useful.
But, just like the regular ringer, you should turn it OFF in certain situations.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 28, 2015 10:55:50 GMT -5
Ditto, OP. Me too. I am too used to leaning steep on a bicycle. Do that on the scoot... scraaaaape. I am learning to stay more verticle and still do tight turns and avoid the center stand scrape.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 26, 2015 20:45:23 GMT -5
yeah. It is starting to look more like a problem with fork compression. Geh's clearance at rest is about the same as mine. I need to get someone on the bike to compress the fork so that I can get down there and see what is going on.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 26, 2015 10:48:31 GMT -5
Okay, finally got to ride my scoot more extensively this weekend. Here is the problem: there is about an inch of clearance between the wheel and the plastic wheel well. See pic:  When I hit the brakes, the front fork compresses and the wheel scrubs the wheel well making a nasty whining sound and wearing on the tire and bike. Remember that one of the things I did was to tighten the steerer bearings. Maybe something is bent? How much clearance is there on a typical scoot? |
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Post by rdhood on Jan 24, 2015 18:54:46 GMT -5
purchased an electric fuel pump to replace the vacuum fuel pump. I don't want to cut a hole in the plastic, and I don't want to manually turn on and off by taking off an access panel. Because I could gravity feed it (my tank really is at the highest point on the bike that it can be), I am going to throw a manual petcock in the seat...in case the electric ever fails. I like auto-on/off.. I am going to replace some of the dino-bulbs with LEDs to balance the small amount of power consumed by the pump. Oh, and I rode with the neighborhood kids riding their four wheelers on the road. My scoot was faster... they must be geared for dirt.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 23, 2015 19:11:00 GMT -5
This is how fortunes are made. Go for it.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 19, 2015 18:59:32 GMT -5
Capped it off.. rode it and nothing bad happened. I hit 57 without pushing to wide open throttle in the flats. I ended up removing/plugging everything. I removed EGR, hoses, evap cannister. I plugged the tailpipe EGR spot with some Aluminum stock from HD this morning. It took no more than about 5-10 minutes to cut it off, drill it out, knock off the sharp edges, prep a gasket and bolt on. I plugged that intake manifold port , I plugged the fuel air line and put a 1/16" hole in the cap, and I plugged the airbox where the canister and EGR connected. Everything is nice and neat... and the scoot is still running.  |
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Post by rdhood on Jan 19, 2015 11:07:06 GMT -5
PCV = postitive crankcase ventilation. Normally we just take the hose coming off the nipple at the top of the valve cover, and put a fuel filter on it, then zip tie it up on the frame. I know what you are saying, but this is NOT that. Look at the photo. You can clearly see the hose at the top of the valve cover that goes to the airbox. This is a nipple coming from the intake manifold, NOT THE VALVE COVER, and routes to the nipple marked "PCV" on the cylinder/cannister. I cannot let this be open with a filter... the bike barely idles. It either has to be blocked or go the the cylinder. I am just wondering if it is safe to block it. Right now, I have bent the arm that holds the cylinder back out of the way, put the cylinder back in, and hooked to it. It is not as good as not having cylinder/cannister gone, but it is better. |
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Post by rdhood on Jan 19, 2015 10:48:21 GMT -5
Allright... don't know what the line is but when I start the motor, I cannot leave it open ( barely idles). It feels like both air and vacuum. If I plug the line, everything seems fine. If I plug it back into the pcv cannister, everything seems fine (with nothing else but this attached to the cannister. Unless someone can tell me that I can simply block this off, I am going to run it to the PCV cannister input and hang it out of the way.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 19, 2015 8:06:38 GMT -5
and, BTW, you can see plainly why I want to get rid of it. I'd like ALL of that spaghetti hose to go away that is blocking the valve cover and spark plug. All of it.
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Post by rdhood on Jan 19, 2015 7:34:35 GMT -5
Intake manifold should attach to the fuel petcock, that .is what actuates your petcock allowing fuel to flow. Crankcase vent line normally goes from valve cover to airbox, that one you leave attached to the valve cover and put a fuel filter on and zip tie high on frame. I have a third line that comes out on the opposite side of the intake manifold... that went to the pcv line of this cylinder. I have another, separate line, that runs from the valve cover to the airbox. an image is worth a thousand words:  The other two lines coming from the cylinder go to the fuel tank (venting?) and the the air box. I think that this thing was routing gases from the intake manifold and the fuel tank back to the airbox. |
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Post by rdhood on Jan 18, 2015 22:20:25 GMT -5
first, the Cylinder has lables of : "PCV", "Fuel" , and "Purge". Fuel-> line from fuel tank, "Purge" goes to airbox, and "PCV" plugs into the intake manifold???
So I think what that line is (the bottom of the two "HERE" arrows) is a crankcase ventilation line from the intake manifold... and that it should terminate with a fuel filter up high somewhere (or placed in a more appropriate pcv valve?).
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Post by rdhood on Jan 17, 2015 18:32:42 GMT -5
no PAIR system. Just what you see....
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Post by rdhood on Jan 17, 2015 11:41:10 GMT -5
I am going to make a video. In the meantime, I have mapped out my EGR system:  You can see what I plan to remove and plug. Is this correct?? the big questions are: a line comes from the fuel tank (I cant see where, the fuel tank is up high right under the seat and the tube originates from around the other side of the tank where I cant see it) into a little box... and then to the cylinder. I suspect the cylinder is some kind of gas vapor capture, but I am not sure what the little box is (about 1" square)... what should I do with this? I'm inclined to think this is some kind of breather tube and just hang a fuel filter on it to cover it (above or behind this little box?) and remove the rest. The second, a line goes from that same cylinder to the valve body??... not the valve cover... what should I do with that? Plug it? Thanks! edit... add image: |
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Post by rdhood on Jan 16, 2015 17:29:26 GMT -5
You are not removing that heat from the engine... you are removing from the sources that use it (headlights, EFI, stereo, whatever.)
100 watts = 0.134102209 horsepower. Those extra watts have to come from somewhere.
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