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Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
Are you able to turn the variator by hand?
Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
Nice! I did mine a year ago, and this is how they came out after painting with enamel.
Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
Not a chance. Karma's a bitch, and I don't want her coming to visit.
Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
Bought new, partially assembled, and then put into storage for over a year while I was dealing with other things. Now I have it out of storage, and I've noticed this problem way past the return period. Live and learn, I guess.
Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
The taper shaft at the stator side has a wobble, not a rotational walk. This was a complete rebuild with new bearings, which were installed with the freezer-toaster oven heat treatment. Everything assembled smooth like butter, and it spins freely in the bearings without any kind of a hitch. Watching the shaft where it's closest to the bearing, it's dead on. But the threaded tip is wiffli
Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
Welp, turns out I need to tear down the engine anyway. While cranking it over, I noticed a wobble at the flywheel, which turned out to be a bent crankshaft on the flywheel side. C'est la vie.....
Cleats Onionpockets — 2 years ago
Puch Korado cylinder, single L-ended piston ring. Got this one from overseas and gave it a fresh hone with a new set of flatstones, went medium speed with plenty of oil. It has a beautiful crosshatch, and feels smooth to the touch. I'm filing the ring gap so that it's just shy of touching when installed, and the bike will fire off just like it's supposed to. Mixing 50:1 with Motul.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Original puch manual said that for fuel conservation, it's best to avoid full throttle once you are up to speed. Achieve desired speed, and then back off the throttle to maximize coasting.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Korado cylinder LOVES a 17mm widemouth bing. Personal experience speaking, I blasted all over the place on mine and it loved high revs.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
This question is exactly why my bike remains unfinished....I can't justify parking it outside, and I don't have a secure place to lock it to when I'm home since the apartment building doesn't allow gas engines to be stored in the bike room.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Good lord this post took off.Basically, all I'm asking of folks is a standard DBAA agreement. Don't Be An Asshole, for the newbs. If folks have a scooter, DBAA. If they don't know the difference, DBAA. If you're feeling cranky and need to take it out on someone else, still DBAA.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Count yourself lucky, this is a vintage moped site, and 90% of us don't even have batteries. You will probably have better luck on a dedicated scooter forum, as this one is intended for vintage mopeds (think old school with pedals). Here's a handy graphic to help you tell the difference.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
....if your timing is set too high.Again, set it up right, and you should be fine. 2t oil is better these days than anything that was available when these were new.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
The only time that becomes an issue is if you have put a cylinder kit on that is set up to run too hot, either because it's lean, or super high compression, and can't cool itself fast enough (thinking of those old small fin airsals from ten years ago).With stock parts, as long as you are using a decent oil and jet them properly, you can hold them at full throttle all day long.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
@Federico,There is no cheap way unfortunately. UPS freight can do it, but you need to strap the bike securely to a pallet and take it to one of their centers yourself. There are courier services that specialize in motorcycles and scooters, but again...pricey. By the time you get it boxed up, or pallet mounted, and the freight paid for, you will be close to the price of buying a used scooter in you
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Yes. Hard point to hardpoint. Anything that resembles a swingarm mount, a hinge, a bearing, etc, is a potential intermittent loss of ground connection.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Incandescent bulbs do get dimmer over time. Try replacing yours with a new one first, and see if that helps. If not, your only two options are to convert to LED (which will require you to install a regulator/rectifier), or swapping out the stator for something higher powered, which will allow you to run a higher wattage bulb.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
This is my old man soapbox for the month, please disregard if you have high blood pressure, are easily triggered, or prone to butthurt.In another post, the words "purity and glory" were used to describe this site, and moped culture in general.Lol seriously?I am not trying to shit on anyone here, but get real folks, we like mopeds and nopeds (which is just a vintage scooter, you dorks) Th
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
"purity and glory"Lol seriously?Get real folks, we like mopeds. They were never the glamorous option when they were new. They are quirky, unreliable, and a lot of fun. And we like them for that reason. But at the end of the day, they are two wheeled transportation. Scooters are too, and there's no reason to insult someone because they didn't know the actual differences. We hav
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
The only thing that might interfere with that being a decent ground is that the subframe may have a rubber bushing where it connects to the rest of the frame, so you may not have a great passthrough. I would double up and run one wire to the main frame, and one to the subframe.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Nick infers that there are members who will explain the difference in a shitty way.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
It's possible. Do a compression test, and order some bigger jets.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
You haven't jetted it high enough. Not even close. Go up about 10 jet sizes for a start, and report back.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
I use these bad boys, and they are perfect for getting just the right angle/curveNeedle files
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Diamond file set. Makes it perfect-o
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
If it's turning over, then it's not clutch/spring related. You might have something up with the fuel/air mixture, especially since you said you needed to adjust the idle speed. You could also have lost some compression without realizing it, as that would definitely affect idle.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Is it slipping when you try to pedal start? Or is it actually turning over, but won't fire? I had a Batavus VA back in the day that you had to crank over for a solid ten minutes to get it to catch. But once it was up, it was good for the day and would just freight train up hills.
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
I love a dremel tool with a tungsten carbide cutting tip. Eats through cases like butter, so you can go as fast or as slow as you want. For fine details, Harbor freight sells a diamond file set for like 10 dollars which is excellent for these.Port matching in this case smooths the transition from your intake to the cylinder port. If you run a 15mm intake, but the port is a 14, or worse, a 12, it&#
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
Tapping could indicate a couple of things. Usually it means that your rings were starved of oil for a bit, and started wearing unevenly. You may have snagged one slightly on the exhaust port and now you're hearing the leftover damage. You may have also opened up the connecting rod bearing slightly from friction, and now you're hearing connecting rod slap.If it's rings, you have a sl
Cleats Onionpockets — 3 years ago
What gearbox oil are you running? Some of the thicker stuff will slip rather than grip.