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Post by lain on Sept 6, 2015 7:39:35 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. It looks like we will be bringing the van and we will be going to the cape, but I still have my doubt about the van since the guy who has the van has never been on time for anything and often bails on us and does not tell us until hours after we were supposed to meet, so I'm still planning for either or just to be safe.
We are taking 50cc class scooters with "100cc" big bore kits. Max speed of about 52.
I already have all tools you would need to do every single task a scooter would ever need neatly packed into my bucket seat all the time. So no worry about tools, I also carry extra coils, CDI, belt, vairator pieces, etc. Plan to also bring spare tires already assembled with rims and everything for quick changes in case of flats, cuz I freakin hate changing the actual tires from the rims haha.
What do I do about the vibration that usually kills my wrists and puts my hands and butt to sleep every 30-45 minutes? Is there some trick, maybe wrapping the grips with cloths or something to reduce the vibration to my hands?
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Post by lain on Sept 4, 2015 22:57:53 GMT -5
I'm planning to go on a long ride to the cape again or to a park my friends keep hounding me to go out west in springfield. We plan to go on my scooters. I have gone on long trips before but we plan on staying a night and camping. What should I do to prepare, and what can I do to maximize storage but still keep the load not too heavy? Plan to go two people with two scooters or 3 people with 2 scooters and a van (maybe but probably not).
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Post by lain on Sept 4, 2015 14:22:10 GMT -5
If 2T I'm guessing there's an intake leak.
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Post by lain on Sept 4, 2015 9:56:48 GMT -5
Gates belts are not Kevlar. Bando, and some other brands make Kevlar, or Aramid belts. Kevlar and Aramid are basically the same. Those belts will last a LONG time. Exactly, that's why I use MMG belts. Kind of a pain in the arse to find, but they are made of real kevlar, and put up to so much abuse it's really amazing. I had a bando aramid belt that could put up to some abuse, but nothing next to a MMG kevlar belt. MMG belts have never snapped on me, the only one I have that is out of service has some of the threading torn out and some of the back of the belt torn upwards, all damage from my variator nut coming loose and the whole thing coming apart, but it still got me home in that condition. |
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Post by lain on Sept 4, 2015 9:49:18 GMT -5
Maybe his lights are setup like a christmas tree? I wouldn't be surprised since it is a taotao.
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Post by lain on Sept 4, 2015 9:44:15 GMT -5
Check and clean your carb out. Maybe your main jet came loose somehow, maybe the diaphram is torn? Either way it's always good to clean it out periodically. Clean the air filter too, maybe your engine is suffocating because of a mouse or another unknown passenger is hiding in there.
I would just take everything off and clean everything honestly, a full cleaning will also mean you will be giving everything you can possibly take off a real good look. I would go as far to take the intake manifold out, the carb and filter, the muffler/exhaust off, the cvt case off and everything taken out of the cvt, the engine case shroud if you have one, and the valve cover to check the valves and see if there's anything funny going on up in there, just don't remove the nuts/bolts holding the head of the engine down.
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Post by lain on Sept 3, 2015 14:03:00 GMT -5
Turned out to be the paper gasket I put in, it wasn't the right type. I replaced everything with parts from another scoot from the engine intake gasket to the spacer and intake manifold rubber gasket.
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Post by lain on Sept 3, 2015 11:46:01 GMT -5
Vacuum is lowest at highest revs
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Post by lain on Sept 3, 2015 11:30:27 GMT -5
So I have been trying to figure this issue out. For the past few days my scoot has been popping when I accelerate sometimes and dying at stops. The symptoms usually happen for the first few minutes of riding, popping is very minute, maybe a small one or two pops when I accelerate from the mid range to the high range, but never from complete stop. It happens less or never when I carry a passenger. It dies at stops usually for the first few minutes of riding, but starts up no problem.
I recently replaced the variator and I inspected everything and found my rubber ring on the intake manifold, engine side, was all torn up, so I replaced it with one from an old manifold I had, it was a little crushed so I decided to add a paper gasket in between the manifold and the plastic spacer. I tested for leaks by spraying wd40, no drops. I also tried to see if the engine would try to keep going if I suffocated the carb by blocking the air passage, but it died as soon as I covered the air intake side of the carb with my hand and I got gas all over my hand, yuck.
I checked the valve gaps, all still the same as I set them a week ago. I adjusted the carb idle mixture to get the smoothest best idle I could, about 1 and a quarter turns out. I checked the variator and everything in the CVT, all working good... Engine compression is good, it can blow my thumb off the sprk plug hole. Exhaust is all tightened down.
I guess my next step is to check all the wires for fried or loose connections... Maybe it is that idk what else it could be I'm really pulling hairs out here. It doesn't seem to leave me stranded but I know if I ignore it it eventually will...
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Post by lain on Sept 2, 2015 19:04:52 GMT -5
I hadf a similar issue over the weekend. I went on a very long trip and during the trip it started acting exactly the way you are describing your issues symptoms. It turned out for me that a very tiny rock made it's way past the joke of a "filter" cap of the cvt case and found it's way into my variator and obliterated my weights and variator, though suprisingly I still made it about 150-200 miles on it with the issues. Good to have a kevlar belt that's for sure haha.
Though if you feel it may be jet related, then do not hesitate to experiment, but it's still always good to check what you can. Better to know it's something in the CVT or not, and always a good thing to check your weights periodically for wear and flat spots.
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Post by lain on Sept 2, 2015 18:11:42 GMT -5
Checked your variator?
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Post by lain on Sept 2, 2015 17:25:10 GMT -5
Belts should last 1k-5k miles depending on quality/manufacturer and how old it is. I personally won't buy any other belts except Kevlar made belts, maybe aramid if I can't find kevlar. Kevlar is what bullet proof vests are made of, and the belts amaze me at how much abuse they can take. Getting quality engine oil is a must if you plan to ride it for a long time and for many miles. Royal Purple is amazing engine oil, I gained a little torque when I switched to it. It looks like purple drink though, so make sure you don't confuse it with corner store grape koolaid hahajk. Always use 91-  octane. Make sure to keep up with scheduled maintenance. The usual maintenance are about ever 200-300 miles for the first 1k, then every 500 for the rest of it's life. I personally do an excessive amount of riding and change my oil every 200-500 miles. Most importantly, avoid cheap parts, just get quality or get a pickup truck. |
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Post by lain on Sept 2, 2015 7:01:48 GMT -5
You say battery was charging fine, by charger or by scooter? The capacity of the AGM and regular acid (to a lesser extent) decreases very slowly over time, and the speed of the capacity drop will get faster over time as well. It may seem to be charging fine on a charger, but chargers cannot tell if the capacity is severely low, a charger just gives power to the battery and if you have a smart charger it stops charging when it feels a resistance from the battery. I replace my batteries every year, or every second year if I'm lucky haha.
It definately sounds like a dead battery though. I have one on my secondary scooter, because of it I just use the kickstarter and use the electric only if I need to.
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Post by lain on Sept 1, 2015 20:42:31 GMT -5
If your wires melted you might have a bunch of wires grounding the lighting system because they are melted to the frame. Your scoot shouldn't get hot enough to melt the wires though, I just went for a 300 mile trip the other day riding all day long and I didn't melt a thing haha. You may also/or have a fried regulator due to the heat and melted wires. Don't forget to check the bulb filaments.
Just because you changed everything doesn't mean it isn;t all fried now too, if you had a wire melted to the frame and it evaded your inspection and is still melted it may still be doing damages.
Check the stator wires as well, they are usually located tied to the frame above the exhaust pipe.
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Post by lain on Sept 1, 2015 20:39:11 GMT -5
You could just not use a regulator till the new one comes in. Use the kickstarter instead of the electric since the battery won't be recharging, save electric starts for emergency use until you have a new regulator and can charge your battery again. You could also make sure to charge it every night until the new regulator comes in as well. That's what I did once. Sure you won't have lights, but you will still get around, just don't drive at night.
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octane.