MOPED ARMY

my guess is your notching isnt very clean and the weights arent moving smoothly.

the PA50-1 weights should be perfect for that setup.

dont mess with the rear spring its not going to give you the solution you're looking for.

find a stock derbi 6 roller (not the TJT, which is no good for hobbits).

I have a 6 roller set up and a ramp plate

think they are 4 gram weights

think you are right about the carb. the 105 seems rich. and checking the homemade weights, they are getting chewed up on the lip of the ramp plate

the 20 mile ride home was epic. the variator closed at 43mph making some huge hills easy. but the brass got chewed to shit. the grease just sprays out of the notches

i give up

65+ = deathmachine. thats some heroic bastin.

week before portland snapped the crank w/ a skinny belt and unmodified vario- so it woulnt close fully. fn highrevs. insane acceleration, you sand up on the pedals the front wheel starts rising.

in the end i think that the parma doesnt really match up with the n8p pipe. the parma is more low end.

I'm starting to agree with you, Peter.

I first switched to the fast arrow- it's kinda long, but it never slips, then the endurance- which wore down quick and slipps like a SOB. Now I'm back to the Fast arrow- may go back to the old stock belt soon. Problem is my stock belts are hells of stretched out- I suppose the fast arrow is about the same.

Also, tracking down a derbi vario is much easier said than done. At least when you aren't Peter

Yeah... You'd think with all the kids running around with Derbis here in PDX someone would have an extra to give up. Phhhh... I wonder if handybikes still has em?

one of the derbi variators I just had had a extra lip that was used as a limiter on it. How many folks have used one of those on there hobbit, it chopped a grove into a belt. I ended up turning the lip off in the my lathe to make it work.