> Seth B wrote:
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> Isn’t the cylinder exhaust port restricted on the 1.0 hp engine also? Or
> is that just on the hi torque top ends?
I have come across some sources that say the exhaust is restricted somehow. This is the only Free Spirit I've ever seen so I can't say for certainty. The restriction may have been removed some time over this bike's 40 years, but I cannot find evidence of grinding anywhere. EVERYTHING else on the bike is completely original. The tires, tubes, spark plug, even the light bulbs. I'm guessing there was no restriction to begin with.
> Probably Fred wrote:
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> > Thomas Peffer wrote:
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>
> > Yep that is a very common issue with all VDO speedometers that came on
>
> > Puch, Batavus, Sachs, etc. It is caused by the plastic needle warping
>
> > upwards from being out in the sun. It can happen in only one summer.
>
> > Only way to avoid this is to place a white plastic bag over the dial
>
> > when parked outside. Once it does warp the only remedies are either
>
> > buying a good used dial from Sunday Morning Motors or using a
> magnifying
>
> > glass and placing the dot from the sun on the middle of the needle
>
> > waving it slowly back and forth until the needle juuuuust starts to
>
> > drop. Done wrong you melt it completely and its ruined
>
> Nah, not the only remedies I repair Puch speedos by getting them open by
> uncrimping lid with small screwdrivers, heating and straightening the
> needle and if it’s a 30 mph speedo I take the 30mph post out so it will
> go past 30.
>
> I recrimp the lid using a pair of water pump pliers and then apply
> y sealant to reseal it.
>
> The thin plastic speedo needle can bend again after a few years because
> all the plasticizers are out of it so a good swap is a VDO speedometer
> that came with some Derbi Sle bikes that has a thick needle or swap the
> needle with one.
>
> Some Tomos speedos will work on a puch though sometimes Tomos speedos
> aren't very good or accurate to begin with
So I did end up trying to pry up the metal crimping and open the speedometer using this method. My big fat stupid ugly neanderthal fingers busted the glass bezel. I got pissed and tossed it in the trash.
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Here is a pic of the restriction I removed from the carb intake, just so no one is confused. It's a little jacked up because I put the elbow (intake) on a drill press and drilled it out.
