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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 21, 2017 22:40:36 GMT -5
Gotta agree with "it's a good deal"...
SYM and Kymco are similar. My dealer sells both, and I love my old '07 Kymco 250 (trouble-free with 17,000 miles on the clock). I'd think a SYM 250 with only 5K would be in great shape, and pretty fast with a top-speed of at least 70-mph.
You just don't see many SYM's and I don't know why. They are very good scoots! Check it out...
Leo in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 20, 2017 18:02:33 GMT -5
Not so sure... But I like the Simpsons, so I'll go with Comic Book Guy...  |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 17, 2017 22:35:47 GMT -5
Thanks Wheelbender6!
I'm so old I'd forgotten the WD40 spray test! Have a bone!
The only difference was we used ether... (mid-century starting fluid...). Definitely NOT recommended today: it can get REALLY explosive REALLY fast... LOL! We just used what the rest of the cavemen had on hand. Many summers, none of us had eyebrows... EEEWWWW!
Do be careful!
Leo in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 17, 2017 0:59:38 GMT -5
Hey, welcome to the site!
I haven't worked on 2-strokes since my go-kart days back in the 1960's, but if memory serves me, it sounds like you may have an air-leak somewhere, leaning out the engine so it revs "by itself".
I am not familiar with the engine in your scoot, but our kart motors had the carbs attached to the crankcase, and used a reed-valve opened and closed by the piston "sucking" fuel into the block on the compression stroke, and forcing it into the cylinder from the block on the exhaust stroke.
Any air leaking around the carb, intake manifold, or the crankcase (crankshaft bearing seals, etc.) would cause the problem you are experiencing.
We need someone here with modern scooter 2-stroke experience for advice here...
Shouldn't be too difficult to diagnose and fix...
Ride safe!
Leo in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 14, 2017 19:47:00 GMT -5
Kat,
Growing up in the late forties and then fifties was special! Most people believed in law and order, most business could be done with a handshake, and most CEO's made only double what the janitor made. Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet and Stew Irwin TV families were actually realistic "slice of life" lessons, rather than the unbelievably corny jokes today's folks think they were.
Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, my grade-school got blessed with numerous visits by TV role-models for the moral benefit of us wayward little miscreants... Live performances and one-on-one face-time with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in character as The Lone Ranger and Tonto (with Silver and Scout) with live-ammo shooting demos ... Roy Rogers and Dale Evans "as themselves" (with Trigger, Buttermilk and Bullet) with live-ammo shooting demos... George Reeves as Superman (fake muscles and all)... U-Control model-airplane guru Jim Walker (who put on a flying demo in 1958, just before he passed away, that still thrills me in memory yet today)... and, oh, yeah, the entire Duncan Yo-Yo team! They must have sold a Duncan "Imperial" yo-yo to every boy in the school after their incredible performance.
Several pop-bands performed at "sock-hops" in our humble auditorium including "Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers". Stubby Fouts was the dad of one of our nubile adolescent cheerleaders... And no, sadly, and to the joy of our parents, Elvis never made it to our school... LOL!
OOPS! Almost forgot the HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS!Each and every one of those stars was kind, nice and loved kids... They all promoted a good, decent, honest Christian lifestyle, and would be absolutely hated by today's far left. I still remember "Tonto" closing the show with the advice: "You always brush teeth, say prayers and when you shoot gun, have father show you how... then you be safe and have fun like Kimosabe and me".
What a great time to grow up, and, what a great country to grow up in... Without mentioning any names of my favorite role-models today, just maybe, one of them might with God's help, still be able to make America great again... Yup!  Leo (lost in the FABULOUS fifties and lovin' it) in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 13, 2017 22:52:39 GMT -5
Vincent Price...
I'm a big fan of both, with Peter Lore being an "A-list" super-star, but maybe not so "macho"... Cool and quirky he was, but no Humphrey Bogart... LOL! On the other hand, Vincent Price has his share of "A-list" roles, BUT... he took "Grade-B, C & D" movies to a new level with his cultured, yet tough ways. Even that HORRIBLE movie "The Tingler" with its stupid rubber critter and mega-stupid in-theatre medics and vibrating seats and 6th-grade hype became entertaining because of Vincent... Oh, yeah... I did ride my Schwinn fat-tire bicycle to go see it in my local theatre... If I recall, admission was around twenty-five cents, and large buttered-popcorn was a nickel.
Picture ANY other actor even ACCEPTING a starring role in such a total-loser flick... But Vincent not only took the role, he made his character his own, and literally MADE the movie... He even gave some credibility to that rubber lobster on a string monster thingy (well, almost, maybe... LOL!)
William Castle was the undisputed king of low-buck horror flicks. Truly AWFUL productions, but he WAS ingenious, and thanks in large part to good actors like Price being willing to star in them, his "Grade-C" flicks became (sorta) "A-Grade" box-office smashes! Anybody over 50 won't miss a chance to see an old William Castle flick... No matter how low-budget, or crummy the special effects, there is just something irresistible about his rubber monsters and idiotic plots...
Vincent Price's role in the grand scheme of the fifties' horror-flick industry...? Now THAT is not only brave, and shows total confidence in self-image, it is MACHO!
Leo (awaiting the next airing of "The Pit and the Pendulum"...) in Texas
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 9, 2017 21:42:32 GMT -5
Yeah, Mel...
I think I worked for that guy back in the seventies... LOL!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 4, 2017 0:23:53 GMT -5
Well, ya finally got me!I can't choose... Dead tie for macho... In their movie and TV roles, both old geezers are true curmudgeons in the first degree... crotchety, ornery, foul-tempered and nasty: maybe not true "macho" in the Hispanic definition, but close enough for me... LOL! Surely they must have appeared together in SOME obscure 1950's movie, but I can't recall ever seeing BOTH "co-starring" in curmudgeonship, but they'd be a hoot bouncing wise-cracks off each other. Nope, can't make up my mind. A true tie on this one! Add Wilford Brimley to the mix, and you'd have a THREE-WAY tie!  Leo (enjoying my own old geezer curmudgeonship) in Texas...
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 3, 2017 0:14:25 GMT -5
Very cool!
Love those Kymco scoots, AND those Indian bikes!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 30, 2017 23:13:05 GMT -5
Both were pretty tough characters, but for pure macho, I'll go with the Samurai... A knight was a trained fighting machine, but I do think the Samurai was a trained KILLING machine, so consumed with fanatical dedication to his traditional way of life, and warfare that he scores higher on the "macho" meter... Just my thoughts.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 30, 2017 23:03:53 GMT -5
He needs a louder horn. Were those taxi cabs or police cars he was blitzing by? Around here someone named Bubba Joe or Bobby Lee would have made road toad out of him with their F250's. Those boys with two first names driving F250's really appear to hate Motorcycle/Scooters along with their riders. The local "good old boys" have watched "Easy Rider" TOO many times... That kid is in the wrong country... There's a lot of Kamikaze in him!
Ride safe, and NOT like that,Leo in Texas |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 29, 2017 23:19:47 GMT -5
SSSWWWEEEEETTT!The definition (or poster child) for macho really IS "The Duke"... God bless him... Wish he was still with us. 
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 29, 2017 23:11:42 GMT -5
Playing catch-up with Indians August 2016 reveal of the Scout Flat Track Bike. Should get interesting during bike week.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 26, 2017 1:06:13 GMT -5
Next up..... heavier roller weights when i get a new belt in about 3500km on it.. we will see. Buts running just fine after my wifes put 2000km on it. When you experiment with rollers, it's not uncommon to find no one weight works best, and you may have to mix them. On my first 150, I found 11-gram rollers were way too light, giving strong low-end, but a top-speed of only 45-mph at over 9,000 rpm... And 12-gram rollers gave an excellent top-end of 65-mph but NO low-end or climbing power at all. A staggered mix of three 11 and three 12-gram rollers was perfect. Good acceleration and climbing, with a top-speed of 62-mph, at 8,000 rpm. When you do get to the weights, I would recommend trying sliders instead of rollers. I've heard nothing but good about them.
Ride safe!Leo in Texas |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 20, 2017 11:30:02 GMT -5
Just saw this... It most likely is feasible to use this exhaust, but when replacing ANY exhaust on these scooters, you can count on having to make some mods to bolt them on. Seldom (if ever) will any exhaust bolt onto a scooter without mods being made.
I'd attempt to see pix of the exhaust you like, mounted on a bike and see if the mounting brackets are anywhere near yours. Sometimes, it they are totally different, it's actually easier to make up mounting adapters from aluminum bar-stock, or steel strap, than when the mounts are similar, but "not quite" right.
It's likely you could adapt the exhaust to your scooter with simple hand-tools and some creativity... Worst case, maybe a few bucks spent at a welding shop.
Good luck with it, and please do post pix for us!
Ride safe,
Leo in Texas
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