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Max Johnson — 7 years ago
How much primary compression are you gonna lose?
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
I'm working on a design that will take scooter powerplants and the prototype is going to have ABS/foam/fiberglass composite fairings, on a steel roll cage like frame.I'd like to make a short production run that people can set up themselves with the power plant of their choice, and I wanna sell it is a chassis. How people wanna register it/build it is up to them, My home state is pretty
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Even so, awesome beard.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
You know Alex, I have no idea why I was picturing a little dude until I saw your videos.And now I'm asking myself: Was I really surprised that he's some kinda Viking? Like, a good looking Viking, the kind that knows that blood and dirt aren't a suitable replacement beard wax.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
I'm gonna aux port my A55 50cc top end this summer. Plenty of meat on those smaller cylinders, and breaking thru to studs isn't the end of the world. It's a good guide for porting actually, you break thru a little and you know where you should stop. A divot for an o-ring in the top of the cylinder on the two front stud holes and you're good.Should wring a bit more top end po
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
It's French. They're difficult all the way to their steel. It's how they were born, it's how they die.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
I wanna get a DIO reed cage welded up to a vespa small case side.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Drill the rivets out and/or grind the top of the mushroom off.you can get a pop rivet tool to replace them, though Personally I'd grab some Pem nuts, some Loctite, and some stainless socket head cap screws. Don't get button heads, they'll look pretty but the first time you have to repack they'll strip out and you'll be sad.If you can't fit Pems, you can tap out the h
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Read enough that you're pretty sure you know the setup you want. Then save time: Post a proposed build, have it hacked to pieces by MA, then refine it all, propose it again, and then buy the whole thing at once, and document your steps in assembling it and tuning it.Puchs are easy to build as long as you know what you're doing, and they don't cost a lot for how fast/fun they are.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Tuning is the hard part. A CDI setup with a curve will give you advance where You need it and retard to keep the temps down.Try a richer needle or switch out the atomizer. If you had a PHBG i could be more help.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Seems to me your first gear is grabbing too soon. I'm not a ZA guy, but your RPMs are low for quick takeoff.2'nd gear seems to shift alright at the 21 second mark, but was still before the Estoril really kicks in.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
The only reason people aren't as stoked about the Hero kit as they were of the old Metra is because it requires a little bit more wizardry than the Metrakit.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
I used Chrome Leather for mine, with slots cut on 2'nd gear for quick engage and good hold. Used Loctite 435 as the adhesive, and have yet to encounter any issues.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Looking nice. Which crank and CDI box are you using?
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
So which one has the curve?
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
I actually recovered two stolen mopeds because the idiot who stole them broke the crank on my motobecane, then asked for help on the new england moped groups.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
GPS tracker and IED. Took the idea from the USS Enterprise's Corbomite Maneuver.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Hero kit is a choose your own adventure cylinder.Stock, it's ports are usually obstructed, fins are crappy, intake is tiny, and port timings are super mellow, around 150*exh, and 100 transfer.Leave the timing as is and make up a Very basic reed riser out of some hogged out aluminum for torque And revs, or raise and deck the sucker as high as you like.You'll have to hog out some material
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Use the Polini, or bend your pipe and use the Hero. Hero needs cleanup to run, but it's potential rivals the polini, ported and modded correctly.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Get a pipe first, the people's pipe is a great investment, but the sidebleed estoril will serve you well.Run the stock cylinder on a rebuilt bottom end First, then move up to a 70cc kit. And no, it's not like lowering springs and then coilovers, The pipe is your supercharger, and will work just fine on a stock cylinder.The especiale kit is good, I prefer a reed modded Hero myself, but I
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
if you ARE gonna do it:Get a crank with it too, those tomos stock cranks are grenades at high RPMs.Re-line your clutches with Leather and get your bell balanced.Get your cases professionally bored/welded up.Understand that you're gonna need a different carb and intake, and you're gonna need to tune it.Overall, if you have an A35, get the Parmakit and save yourself the heartache. OR, get
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
They're 35 year old vehicles, maintained by amateurs, Overpowered to 3 times their power specification with aftermarket parts and were never designed to be in operation in 2016.Rebuild a stock Maxi, do it Right, and it'll still need regular maintenance to function. Put a Taiwanese kit on old bearings and seals with a poorly tuned carb...
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
No. Get the Alukit.If you have to ask if you're ready to build with a kit like that, you're not.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
How about a slipper plate style clutch like a Peugeot with big rare earth magnets embedded in wedges of delrin as sliding weights. Rev Rev Rev until the plates compress enough for the magnets to break free from the steel centerpost, then it more or less slams into engagement. Depends on slider weight.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
About half as hard as my dick, and that Mustang left me with a really bad case of sausage leg for two months.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
It hits as hard as the Mustang that hipster hit me with in 2012 outside Rasputin's Tavern.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Fine, it hits harder than your alcoholic Father.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Parmakit is a decent cylinder. Don't port it if you're gonna run a doppler pipe though, or you'll get massive overheating.Get a PHBG, I can give you jetting # to start with, an SHA isn't going to give you the control you need on top end jetting.The Le Partie CDI is great except for the CDI box itself. The blue 'Race CDI' from 1977 works, as does a Scooter Assassins
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Also, for the cost involved in making a Tomos go 55, buy a used motorcycle instead.Also No.
Max Johnson — 7 years ago
Five reasons.First reason: Allows the use of puch kits and cylinder heads. I have a massive boner for the Hero kit, because there's so damn much material there. Mine's been bored, decked, reed valved, auxiliary ported, the case transfers have been opened up to the kit's aluminum (Material had to be welded on A55 cases for this) and the damn thing can transfer heat like a WC kit,