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Allen van der Hoek — 2 years ago
> Lee Snover Wrote:> -------------------------------------------------------> Get some X-Rays and a good lawyer. You may find you did more damage> than you thought. Get your neck and back checked well. Some of the> damage may not show up as symptoms till months later. Do NOT be quick> to settle on your Medical. Don't take the offer for a payoff. I work> in the in
Allen van der Hoek — 2 years ago
Saturday (Sept 7) at approximately 6:30-6:50AM I was struck from behind in full daylight on a straight road. I was wearing a red jacket with reflective white stripes, a neon yellow visibility vest with reflective strips, and a glossy bright blue helmet. I was in the right lane(of two going my direction).I was traveling at WOT, between 25-30mph, the driver said he was doing 55-60mphWhen I stopped t
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
How far do you all normally go on a ride? 5 miles? 10? 50? And what's the farthest you've gone, be it in one "sitting" or with breaks? (Without breaking your 'Ped, or self)
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
The other day I rode my 1980 Starflite into town (~18 miles), made two short stops and turned homeward. I made it about halfway home (~10 miles out of town,~ 30 total miles that day) and the engine suddenly shut off. No stuttering or struggling, just gone.The engine has since not been movable, so I'm fairly certain it's seized.Does anyone have a spare, working M48 lying around? Or advice
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
Under absolutely no circumstances would a longer chain help in any way. As too flipping the arm, the entire problem is that the arm is pulling back where it has no business being. The frame lacks a nub to keep it from going back too far, and the chain is too large to make up for it.
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
Idler?I didn't have that link,but i have a hard-copy, unfortunately it says nothing about the tensioner aside from the fact that it exists. Plus mine is an '80, so it could be a tad different.
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
The spring is meant to push the arm backwards, thus providing tension to the chain. It's not engaged because the arm is too far back.As to shortening the chain,already tried,removing just one link-pair makes the chain short enough that it rubs against the muffler support arm,without any input from the tensioner.Don I'm happy to give you an excuse to avoid plumbing, pictures would be grea
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
Yesterday i was out riding, having finally fixed my tension arm for the peddle chain(or so i thought) I'd been having trouble with it going too far back and derailing the chain,but with some tweaking and truing of angles,it seemed fixed,i was able to get a good 15 miles without trouble.Cue yesterday,i ran outa gas on the road and had to get picked up. As i was pulling my ped out of the car i
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
....I am an idiot.you loosen those bolts from the other side....
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
My beautiful Batavus has a starting problem. Namely the drive belt slips.The prior owner had no clue what he was doing and put a generic V-belt on when the original presumably broke. At the time to make it fit he had to max out the tension, now, as belts are wont to do,it has stretched.Knowing nothing, I assumed it would be an easy fix. I purchased the correct belt and proceeded to put it on, only
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
Thanks fellas, synth and ethanol free are both readily available here. Upjetting and motorcycle speeds are both things I want to avoid for now, wanna keep the Bat stock as much as possible, plus the whole point in getting a moped was to avoid the need for insurance.
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
I been here 15...just didn't have a moped
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
@Jeff Parr@Alexandro Ramirez-NagyWhy not just a few drops of superglue?
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
Down in the Farms...does that count? :)
Allen van der Hoek — 3 years ago
Just bought me an old starflite for putting into work. Fuel Ratio is 1:50.Any oils i should stay away from? and how rigorously should I avoid ethanol?P. S. Titling was a breeze(2 hr wait aside) pics will be posted once the sun comes out.