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Post by shalomrider on Apr 26, 2013 17:17:14 GMT -5
howdy, yup, out-the-door means if you have 1400 bucks you can get the scoot,jacket, helmet, gloves,boots etc and ride away. happy as if ya had good sense. i've never had good sense, but have occasionaly been happy.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 25, 2013 22:11:38 GMT -5
howdy, yup i rememberize when we lived on the farm and had the tv in the wellhouse cause it was the onliest place it would work at all. Dad called it "shadows and dirge music". later when star trek started, we had to do something that was work while watching it cause there was work to be done. i churned a lot of butter watching captain kwirk doin' this or that. then going out to check the electric fence or something. by the way, i discovered it is not cool to piss on the electric fence. try it if you don't believe me.  lotsa miles and smiles to ya ken |
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 25, 2013 17:57:36 GMT -5
howdy, like hank, i tend to ride alone as i don't like to plan or be constrained by the style or limitations of someone else. if i do ride with someone, i generally make arrangements to meet at a specific place, then see if their riding and traffic conditions are amenable to me staying together with them. if not i just slack off and meet up where agreed.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 25, 2013 17:31:01 GMT -5
howdy, i don't know on a scoot, but on a car sometimes you can raise the tire off the ground and see by watching whether a heavy spot seeks the bottom, then move it  % and let it loose and see if it rotates on its' own as the heavy bit seeks the bottom. on the scoot that is easy on the center stand, simply put some wiight on the rear and the front tire comes off the ground. you may need someone to hold it while you check it. if it does rotate , wait for it to settle and put a small wheel weight on the opposite side from the bottom. then go ride and see it it helped. lotsa miles and smiles to ya ken |
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 22, 2013 22:51:07 GMT -5
howdy hank and glad to have you back and making this place better. no argument as to what is best and that is to check everything but everything hurts so i made a 170 mile trip today just for the pleasure and checked nothing but the fuel ---170 miles on 2.7 galons. a few more tomorrow and everything is perfect.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 22, 2013 9:35:57 GMT -5
howdy, i'm about to get myself un-popular again. i think other than tires, one checks other things more or less often based on the original build quality of the scooter and otherwise just notice leaks and liten to the starter for battery condition. like one of the above, i have it serviced on schedule and hope the mechanic catches anything major.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 22, 2013 9:25:53 GMT -5
howdy, i would make sure it is not the positive cable that would attach to the solonoid larger bolt. maybe totally un-necessary warning but one never knows.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 22, 2013 9:19:20 GMT -5
howdy, totally amen the above. a lonesome night sky seemed to help. but it never goes away. like doug, i suggest just beleiving that you really don't want the details.
former emt(42 years ago and remembering)
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 21, 2013 23:11:11 GMT -5
howdy, i have the bv350 and took a little day trip with a fellow on a bv250. we are both man sized but either scoot works well. the 350 does look better and the tail trunk i added is keyed to the ignition and removes from the rack with that same key which is nice. both are nimble but the 350 is definitely faster. i have had it to indicated. what sold me on it was the long service intervals which will mostly give you a full season of riding. i have 1400 miles on it and am planning some long trips this summer. if planning to keep a scoot a long time and had the money, i'd definitely go with the 350. i don't have a tach but it seems to spin pretty fast so might have gearing up possibilities. lotsa miles and smiles to ya ken |
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 21, 2013 23:00:07 GMT -5
howdy, you're "classy" now
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 20, 2013 0:46:32 GMT -5
howdy, yup quail, that is what we do when we get older and the "stuff" that happens catches up with us. that's why i'm on the scooter as well is the body doesn't allow what we used to do all day. now am planning a 400 plus mile each way trip and wondering whether i can get it done. may have to split the day up with an overnight in the middle each way. i can do 300 ok so we'll see.
all the best and
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 19, 2013 20:10:36 GMT -5
howdy, i guess my memory is fading cause i would have said the first cb750 i rode in the early 70's would be going throught the top end of 4th at oh-10 grand and over a hundred mph by the time the clutch gets engaged on the burgman. nothing against either, just re-memberances. i rode my cb450 from here to kentucky and down through texas and back via the grand canon in 1973. penny a mile. probably better memories than contemplating doing the same now in my condition.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 18, 2013 22:29:18 GMT -5
howdy hank and welcome back , the place wasn't the same without ya
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 18, 2013 22:24:42 GMT -5
howdy and all the best wishes to you for a quick recovery. probably riding scoots is like flying where they informed me there were two kinds of pilot: those who have landed before extending landing gear, and those that will. there are scooterists who have been there, done that and those that will if they continue riding.
again all the best wishes and i hope i don't have nightmares thinking about it.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by shalomrider on Apr 18, 2013 11:14:50 GMT -5
howdy and thanks for all your work guys
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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% and let it loose and see if it rotates on its' own as the heavy bit seeks the bottom. on the scoot that is easy on the center stand, simply put some wiight on the rear and the front tire comes off the ground. you may need someone to hold it while you check it. if it does rotate , wait for it to settle and put a small wheel weight on the opposite side from the bottom. then go ride and see it it helped.