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Post by w650 on Oct 26, 2018 19:31:57 GMT -5
My Dad had a 1963 Jawa motocrosser. It handled well, was moderately powered but fairly big. It originally had a defective crankshaft but once he changed it the bike was fairly reliable. It was a conventional single cylinder two stroke but had two separate exhaust pipes much like the twin pipe CZ. He never raced it though. He bought a 250 Bultaco Pursang for that. Now that was a scary bike.
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Post by w650 on Oct 23, 2018 19:23:06 GMT -5
I came across the news that Justin and his gang are going to sell a 150cc version of their popular Beast this year while viewing a scooter dealer's website. I messaged them on Facebook for confirmation and they said it was true.
This motorcycle/scooter from a trusted dealer should be very interesting. A Chinese scooter Grom. Cool.
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Post by w650 on Oct 23, 2018 19:13:40 GMT -5
I took the Fashion to work today. It's only fourteen miles round trip but a ride is ride. It was forty-two degrees this morning but I scarcely noticed. It's good to ride anytime.
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Post by w650 on Oct 21, 2018 15:41:04 GMT -5
Once again, why does everyone think of 29,000 miles as a lot. My car just broke 25,000. Should I sell that?
Unless a a bike has been flogged any engine built in the 21st century should be capable of outlasting its owner. I bought a 1983 Kawasaki with 42,000 miles. It runs like a rabbit, starts every time and gets fifty miles to the gallon on a good run. I would take it anywhere and two years ago did a nice evening ride of 300 miles with it.
Listen to the engine, look at the body work and see if the owner kept a log.
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Post by w650 on Oct 12, 2018 15:31:37 GMT -5
Look for cracks in the intake manifold and maybe a faulty vacuum line. When it starts spray around the carb and manifold with WD-40. If it changes sound or suddenly takes throttle you found the problem.
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Post by w650 on Oct 11, 2018 18:34:12 GMT -5
New bikes love to do things to mess with your head.
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Post by w650 on Oct 3, 2018 13:44:51 GMT -5
The new BMW 400 scooter is being built completely in China. Standards are set by the OEM. Except that SSR is not as big a distributor as Kymco would be the only qualifier for me. Benellis are designed in Italy and built in China. Q.J. has a lot riding on success in the industry. They made Keeway a notable exception from the Cheap Chinese scooters at the time. I wouldn't bet against them.
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Post by w650 on Oct 2, 2018 19:14:49 GMT -5
Make sure it's just the fuel pump. I bought a Kymco Like 50cc to flip with "Electrical Gremlins". A stator, starter motor and barrel and piston later I sold it for what I paid for it, losing about $700 in the process. Kymco parts aren't cheap and it's easy to spend more than you set out wanting to.
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Post by w650 on Oct 2, 2018 15:32:56 GMT -5
The biggest issue at the moment is that SSR distributes Benelli. I spoke to the owner of a small bike shop here in town and mentioned SSR. He said they want you to take a lot of stock from them which makes it impossible for him. They do sell Pitster dirt bikes there which is actually more in keeping with their core audience of Motocross riders.
The nearest Benelli shop from here is over seventy miles. Maybe as they grow it will be easier to see their line. Personally I love the 300 and 600cc bikes. They are solid, mildly tuned and more of an easy going bike than others in their class. Also the Benelli 302 at the moment is a grand less than an SYM Wolf 300.
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Post by w650 on Oct 1, 2018 18:19:57 GMT -5
I can't help looking at the Benelli and seeing the discontinued CF Moto E Charm. It has all the specs (water cooling and fuel injection) of the E Charm. The CF Moto was an incredible scooter in its day. If CJ is building it the scooter must be pretty solid.
The Pacifica has a GY6 variant engine. If both are available I would look long at the Benelli.
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Post by w650 on Oct 1, 2018 10:24:13 GMT -5
Check the throttle cable. It might be pinched somewhere and not allowing the butterfly to close all the way.
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Post by w650 on Sept 26, 2018 11:10:34 GMT -5
My only thoughts here are that if you want to use it for a second car you should buy locally instead of online. As we used to say in the old days (10 years ago) "If you buy from a dealer you will have somebody's neck to wring if things go wrong."
Killer Motorsports has been around for quite a while but if you need the valves adjusted, oil changed, tire replaced or anything else you will have someone to go to. Bintelli, Lance and Wolf all have dealers across the Country. Whatever extra you may have to pay will be long worth it in the long run. Believe me, these things don't fix themselves.
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Post by w650 on Sept 17, 2018 11:10:33 GMT -5
Non current models don't count. Yes, if they were still building the People 300 I would but the BV-350 is the only big wheeled scooter I see in the plus 300 category.
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Post by w650 on Sept 16, 2018 19:16:23 GMT -5
From what I've read about the BV-350 it is a great bike for all uses. Since the Piaggio side isn't stuck with looking traditional it is a more likely to make improvements that make the bike better as troubles appear. My opinion is that it's a better idea than any of the 300cc scooters which are less motorcycle and more heavy touring bike.
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Post by w650 on Sept 15, 2018 18:43:22 GMT -5
Once you get into the 700cc range it is no longer a "hop on it and go" bike. It weighs on the high side of six hundred pounds and isn't exactly a fuel saver. As Cookies has reported something like sixty-five percent of scooter sales is 50cc. That leaves scant buyers for everything above that and if the manufacturers only sell a few of their larger scooters the cost to support a model doesn't make sense.
According to another of my sources Piaggio and Vespa rule the large scooter market which means the BMW and the Burgman 650s are scratching for riders. Kymco tried and has retreated from the above 500cc scooter market. No takers were available.
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