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What is your goal? If you find that your variator is "shifting" too early for your powerband, then you want lighter weights. This will cause the variator to "shift" at a higher RPM than stock.

If you want a higher top speed, then modify the variator as discussed in other threads/websites (adding notches to increase movable drive face travel.

Or, do both.

my current plan is to bump the compression to try and make the acceleration a little better.

the honda spree head is supposed to be a direct bolt on... i have one on the way i'll post up how it goes. eliminates the decomp valve but i never use it anyway.

Depends on if you have a PA50I or a PA50II

If you have a PA50II just play with the weights until you get what you want.

If you have a PA50I you can get into that notch cutting situation.

i modified my stock variator and got 7-8 mph, without screwing plates into it.

I did J cambell/west coast ben's mod.

but now i have a TJT variator :)

my dad's been doing a ton of experimenting lately. with his, he notched it, left that same weights, and loved it. got him another 5 mph on top end, and since he used the same weights, no loss on bottom end. he did make adjustable plates that go outside the variator, so he could control how far out the weights can fling.

anybody want a picture?

For the best performance all around you would mod the variator, then choose the lightest weights that are still heavy enough to open your variator all the way.

Agreed.

The PA50I weights, on my PA50II with a LeoVince do have enough weight to open the variator all the way. Top speed was about 43MPH (on the speedo - I don't own a GPS).

Please! Pictures, yes!

Not my pic, but this is what everyone uses.

not sure if this is exactly it but pretty similar

treats had them for a second.

is it bolt on?

oi oi, at least use correct grammar to insult me!

no worries, i made my own anyway:

http://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/discuss/read.php?f=7&i=94384&t=94254

i was being playful jerk. lol. radical variator

sorry Troy...can we be friends?!

troy really likes it when you call him by his nickname...trey.

so okay, question. i just reread the variator notching mod thread and i am still a bit confused. how far down are the notches supposed to go? and one question that didnt seem to get answered is what keeps the weights from flying out?

basically, i want more bottom end. my hobbit flies like a bat out of hell once you hit 10-15 mph, but off the line its almost embarrassing. if i just drill out the weights like K&R Tech was saying, i would think it would be right on with the low end, but the idea of being able to open that variator up even more is intriguing as hell. i mean who can argue with a higher top speed?

maybe its just because its late, but i have spent the last hour reading these variator mod threads and i cant seem to find what i'm looking for here. who has done the notch mod with success and what weight rollers did you wind up using? if i drill them out to 10g, do you think that would be enough weight to open the variator all the way? i would experiment, but it seems like these rollers arent really the easiest things to come by and i would hate to render them utterly useless.

sorry if this makes no sense.