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Post by thevolget on Jan 27, 2017 16:30:46 GMT -5
Well, I found the issue. I had one of those "performance" cdi units on the scooter (the blue one). We'll those units aren't potted like the others, in fact they only look like it on one end. The other end just press fits in to hold the sand (yes sand) they fill around the circuit board with. Well I didn't know it until I turned the cdi upside down, placing the bottom that's pressed in toward the ground, and saw water dripping out. Apparently water had gotten in through the cap they put on and had been soaked up by the sand. As soon as I drained the sand out and cleaned off the board it fired right up when hooked back up. Board in CDI:  Close up of compnents:  Quality manufacturing:  The CDI uses the larger capacitor to fire the ignition coil. Well the wet sand caused this to short out with ground, not noticeable under testing with plug out. |
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Post by thevolget on Jan 25, 2017 12:43:03 GMT -5
Definitely getting fuel to the plug. Cranked engine a few times and plug was wet. Sprayed starter fluid in and got pop when trying the back to same. Kill switch was unhooked.
I had a similar problem the year I got it after riding in a heavy rain from a connection getting wet, but usually it started right up after. Now it's almost a week and not starting still
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Post by thevolget on Jan 25, 2017 0:26:39 GMT -5
So was riding my 50cc Bintelli Scorch to work Fri. Wasn't having any issues at all,even with the free flow filter getting slightly wet from a misty drizzle. Pull up at work and proceeded to do my 9hr shift. Get off work at 10pm,after closing, to go and try to start my scooter...
Nothing... Nada...
Engine is cranking fine, lights are coming on when cranked, so I know battery and stator are fine. Just not turning over. Figured ok, maybe it got wet, so I stashed it in a locked shed at work and got a ride home. Come back next morning and get it out, and attempt to start it... Engine makes a pop like it's attempting to start, then back to the same thing as before.
Decide to push it home (close to 6 mile walk in 40F weather and was dripping in sweat). Get home, and try starting it again, spraying starter fluid in. Same single pop then nothing. Drained carb, checked plug, coil, cdi, adjusted valves, and still nothing. Plug is showing spark when out of the engine, and has compression, but won't just start.
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Post by thevolget on Aug 18, 2016 19:19:49 GMT -5
Ok, redid the valves to 0.07" for both, regapped plug to 0.7mm, and cleaned carb out. No improvement. Once I took the intake boot off I noticed a big part of the issue (and why it was running like ). Apparently in my rebuild, I put the plastic spacer in rotated around. Instead of being lined up with the port, it was blocking off a portion of it. The rotation also allowed a tiny vacuum leak. Took and cleaned with carb cleaner then sprayed with some copper gasket spray (same used when rebuilding the engine). Put together making sure that the spacer lined up with the port. Fired up with no issues, even rode like it was before the rain. Probably going to go up to a #  jet just to be on the safe side since it still felt like I was running lean with the #  . Will have to wait on a plug pull tomorrow after work. Phone in pocket video |
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Post by thevolget on Aug 18, 2016 17:12:44 GMT -5
A couple weeks ago I managed to get caught in a downpour on my way to work. The rain came down hard enough to flood the roads in 5 minutes. Anyway I ended up getting stuck having to go down a road that had just started to flood. Was OK until some jackass in a suv flew past on the opposite side and sent a wave up over my scooter. Bam... Hydrolocked engine, bent connecting rod, cracked piston and scored sleeve. Well after seeing the damage, I rebuilt the engine. New crankshaft, new 50mm sleeve, and gaskets to boot. Put everything back together and fired up no problem. Running is completely different story however. It runs, but feels like there is no power once it gets past 25mph. If I keep the throttle wide open it will speed up some but pop loudly out the exhaust constantly as well (will not pass 30mph). Even after changing the jet several times starting at #80 through a # , it does the same. Once a # + jet is put in, it acts as if too much fuel is going in and almost dies out. Mods done to the scooter: 100cc bbk Performance exhaust Free flow filter 6g rollers I've set the valves to 0.04" intake and 0.06" exhaust. Triple checked the timing, checked the compression (~205psi), made sure that filter isn't clogged, regapped the spark plug. Nothing helps. I've even got some video of it running (audio since phone was in pocket), where it shut off on me after 10 minutes of running horribly like this. I had to walk it almost 2 miles before it would cut back on (running the same way). |
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Post by thevolget on Feb 26, 2016 1:30:57 GMT -5
I managed to get all but the speeding dismissed. I pulled the GPS data from my logging app I use for exercise and printed out the route with timestamps and speed. I was able to show that I was doing 35mph at the time (which was still over the 30mph limit on the road). I still have to pay, but $140 is better than the $1800 I was looking at.
Also, during the hearings, the same officer had three more scooters stopped that same day, in the same area, and supposedly doing the same thing as me, 45 in a 30. All three of them also stated that they were doing 30-34mph according to their speedometers.
Either the officer was targeting scooters, he swept when targeting (which will produce a higher speed reading), or his lidar was needing calibration.
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Post by thevolget on Dec 28, 2015 23:32:47 GMT -5
in indiana, an officer has to do the VIN check when getting a vehicle, then the BMV registers that vehicle, not the dealer. the only thing a dealer can do is give you the title and 30 day temp tags. the title/ registration/ tags from your old scoot cannot be transferred to the new one. The dealership I went to was new to selling 50cc scooters (also was only place in area that would finance me). They told me the day I picked up the title that they had just had to call several people in and redo their registration due to the "state having them linked as a motorcycle dealership and all the recent sales had been registered as motorcycles". Didn't think anything much of it since it was only July when the state made everyone have to register the scooters and have plates here. Also, if the address where offence happened is wrong (address on ticket where officer states happened is approx 4 blocks away from where officers car was sitting when he pulled out behind me) wouldn't that be more information in my behalf? |
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Post by thevolget on Dec 28, 2015 23:03:03 GMT -5
I'm going to have to video tomorrow, and going to have to fight this. Cost of fines alone is almost what I paid for it.
Per Virginia law, anyone can ride a scooter/moped as long as displacement is less than 50cc without need for license. Only exception is if have been convicted of DUI and/or had license suspended/revoked. No insurance is needed to ride.
Also the law states that the moped/scooter can not exceed 35mph or it then becomes a motorcycle.
As for the registration, I noticed something funny when looking at it. The dealership gave me the registration when I purchased the scooter in question. I had brought the title and plates off the old one I had (2006 NST 50cc) since I had to scrap it. The dealership told me they would transfer the information over since I had just registered it that July. The information the officer filed on the tickets is for the scooter I haven't had since Nov. 2014. After speaking with the dealership, I was informed that they didn't know until March of this year that they couldn't transfer the tags and them be linked to the new scooter.
Now I'm in a black hole since technically the scooter I was ticketed on doesn't exist, and that means I've been riding an unregistered scooter (which is being fixed tomorrow morning, and would add lots more to the issue if brought up in court). But it does give me a chance to go in as if I just got the scooter I was on and it being purchased due to the tickets as a corrective measure.
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Post by thevolget on Dec 28, 2015 0:22:43 GMT -5
Do you have a good licensed mechanic that would be willing to go with you after you prove to him what this scooter's top speed is? Then he can testify that it was impossible for you to be going 45 as cited. >'Kat I'll have to check with the dealership I got it from tomorrow as they have done all the overhauls |
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Post by thevolget on Dec 27, 2015 23:49:19 GMT -5
that's odd. i can't imagine why he would give you a ticket for improper licensing, but yet didn't impound your ride. i'm not familiar with virginia laws so i can't really offer any advice. the only thing i can say is, get a lawyer, and good luck. it seems to me, if the scoot should have been impounded but wasn't, then the entire load of tickets could be thrown out, all of them. by not impounding your ride, and watching you ride it, this cop was basically letting you commit a crime, and was watching you do it, and not doing anything about it. yeah, i'd get a lawyer. i would still get a MC permit, along with the insurance. in indiana, a MC permit can be renewed indefinitely until you take the skills test. i renewed mine twice. insurance is dirt cheap for a MC, mine is 11-12 bucks a month. the bad part about a permit is you can't have any passengers and you can't ride at night. no night riding would bug the crap out of me, i loved riding my 50cc at night. oh yeah, you have to wear a helmet, but you said that is required anyway. Yeah, night riding is a requirement as my 50cc is my main way back and forth to work. Same restrictions with the Virginia MC permit too. But I have to also have a DL first before applying (only permit currently). |
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Post by thevolget on Dec 27, 2015 22:45:20 GMT -5
the only thing you can hope for is, the cop car wasn't equipped with a camera. if the cop has video proof of the radar readout . . . say bye bye to your ride. it will be impounded, which it should already be if you wasn't properly licensed. by the time you get yourself legal, the impound fees, which are compounded daily, will be beyond the value of the scoot. caveat: if your scoot is impounded because you didn't have a MC endorsement, then IMMEDIATELY go to the BMV and get a MC permit. don't forget the insurance. you need to do this ASAP, like in tomorrow. this will allow you to get your scoot out of impound before the fees become astronomical. the impound lot will not release your ride until you can prove you are legal to ride it. That's the thing, the cop didn't impound. He'll he let me ride off on it right after he finished. Which really got me since he ticketed me for several things that would have resulted in an impound if was driving a MC. |
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Post by thevolget on Dec 27, 2015 22:44:27 GMT -5
Was this post referencing a different scooter? Yes, I have two scooters. Ones an icebear, the other a Bintelli. The icebear is more of my brothers ride as it's too low for me to ride as I'm 6'3 and it's barely at the bumper of my Accord. |
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Post by thevolget on Dec 27, 2015 21:08:45 GMT -5
Year, brand, model, 2 or 4-stroke engine? 2014 Bintelli Scorch, 50cc 4t Qmb139 with 3700mi on original belt. Completely stock except for a cone filter on a 2.25" chrome pipe run to carb because of a broken air box. |
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Post by thevolget on Dec 27, 2015 19:50:07 GMT -5
I recently just got pulled over and given several tickets due to the officer stating that I was doing 45mph in a 30mph, while coming back from a quick run to the store in Norfolk, VA.
I was on my way back home on a section of road where the speed is 30, and getting passed quite frequently by other traffic on the way up the road. Not even 200ft before I supposedly got "clocked at 45mph", I had the car in front of me make a left hand turn, which required me to almost come to a stop (speedometer was at less than 10mph reading). I just purchased this scooter last year and everything is completely stock except for the air filter on the carb (I accidentally broke the air box off last week kickstarting it from a dead battery), which is ordered and should be here in the next couple days. Even when new, I could never get the scooter to get anywhere near the 40mph mark on the speedometer (and have personally GPS verified the speedometer with my cell phone to register about 3 mph over actual speed).
****45 mph in a 30 - Not possible to have been doing in such a short distance from where was supposedly "clocked" and not even possible going downhill (have a overpass that I go over several times a week to head to work). The scooter also leans out from too much air at WOT (again missing air box, so cone filter on a stock carb).
****Failure to provide registration - I didn't have the registration on me at the time (which was in my other wallet, was just a quick run to the store so only grabbed my bank card, I'd and helmet).
****Failure to secure proper registration - Because the officer stated that I was doing in excess of 35mph on a moped, meaning that my scooter was now according to him classified as a motorcycle.
****Failure to have valid drivers licence - Again, because the scooter was supposedly doing 45mph, classifying it as a motorcycle. Only requirement in Virginia is to have a valid I'd on you when riding and a helmet.
****Failure to have insurance - Yet again, because supposedly was doing over 35mph, and classified as a motorcycle
****Failure to have valid inspection - See above
****Failure to have valid motorcycle licence - Again, see above
Is there anything that I can do to prove that there's no way that I was going the above speed and have all the tickets thrown out. This is the first time I've ever been ticketed in over 9+ years of riding a scooter. I'm wondering what actions I can take prior to going for the court date that I can do.
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jet just to be on the safe side since it still felt like I was running lean with the #
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