ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Mar 20, 2018 9:43:32 GMT -5
I think what you are looking for is a “Nut Clip” or a “U Clip”. They are not brass but rather steel plated gold color “Zinc Chromate”. The zinc chromate is a rust preventative. E-Bay has assortment kits for about $15. The people at Home Depot and Lowes will not know what they are but A REAL harware store will have them.
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Mar 13, 2018 7:28:48 GMT -5
I had a problem with the Bendix not engaging. When the scooter was cold I had to press the starter button 3 or 4 times before the Bendix gear would engage. It worked flawlessly when the scooter was warm. The quick and easy solution was to replace the Bendix. This worked fine for a few weeks but now it has the same problem. The old Bendix looks like new. There are no burrs on the gear and no apparent problems. I think maybe its operation is just a little sticky. I want to take the old Bendix apart, clean and lube it and put it in stock for future use.
A couple of questions:
1, To take the Bendix apart, there is a piece of wire in a groove holding it together, Has anyone tried to replace this retaining wire with a “snap” ring?
2, What lube should be used?
TaoTao Zummer (50cc with 72cc BBK)
Thanks,
ScooterWes
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Dec 26, 2017 5:58:36 GMT -5
Congratulations. I hope you have a buying experience as good as mine….. What color did you get? I don’t want it to get mixed up with mine, “Little Blackie” ….. Also note: I did not see it in Brent’s very detailed and thorough post-delivery inspection but be sure to check the carburetor drain screw at the bottom of the drain tube. Mine came lose on the 3rd ride and started to dump fuel when ridding.
“Keep the rubber side down”, Scooter Wes
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Dec 25, 2017 10:36:31 GMT -5
I am 5’10” myself. The Zummer is plenty roomy for me but I sit back a bit and I might be scrunched if I had a passenger. I wanted 12” wheels. I also considered the Evo but I liked the simple style of the Zummer. It does not look like a “traditional scooter”. I cannot compare it to other scooters you mentioned. I have no experience with them. “Keep the rubber side down”, Scooter Wes
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Dec 25, 2017 6:24:36 GMT -5
When I decided what I wanted I went price shopping. I bought a TaoTao Zummer on line from Upzy.com. They had the best price. It was $879 but they also had a $50 online coupon making $829. A couple of hours after placing the order they e-mailed and said they had black or white ones in their local warehouse and would give me an additional $30 off if I would accept either of those colors (I had originally ordered a red one) and they would deliver it that same day. I changed my color choice to black and they delivered it 3 hours later in an undamaged box with the certificate of origin in hand. Upzy.com communicated well and delivered as promised.
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Dec 19, 2017 6:39:50 GMT -5
Where I grew up as a kid, we lived near a gravel pit. The gravel pit was place where sand and gravel were dug to make building materials. It was pretty much abandon then and I spent hours climbing rusting steam operated shovels and dozers. The gravel pit was patrolled by the “Jeep Man”, a guard driving a jeep that would try to keep trespassers away. It was almost funny to be chased by the “Jeep Man” when riding a motorcycle in the gravel pit because he would come after us and we would just take off into ditches, hills and banks where the jeep could not go. At one side of the pit was a large hill and people would come from miles around to try to get their motorcycles up that hill. They would make all of these modifications to their bikes to tackle the hill and mostly fail. They would get half way up the hill, spin out and slide back down. My older brother would go to the hill and watch these contraptions for a while and then get in-line and wait his turn to tackle the hill on a 55cc Suzuki. To get up to speed, he would start out by making a couple of large circles at the base of the hill. He would then hit the hill and bounce the bike side to side onto the firm dirt surfaces and get over the top. It was amazing to watch as these custom machine builders had not figured out that a light maneuverable bike with a skilled rider was the key to climbing the hill. A photo of a 55cc Suzuki is attached… Forgive me as I ramble. I am now an old fart and have not ridden a bike in 40 or more years. I had forgotten how much fun it is and these childhood images come back when I ride my scooter. Now I am happy to go 35 mph. and stay vertical.
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Dec 8, 2017 8:26:07 GMT -5
Back in the 60s, my older 11 year old, brother had a Suzuki 55cc 3 speed motorcycle with a centrifugal clutch. It had a stamped steel step thru frame similar to a moped without pedals. I age 8, had a Benelli moped. We used to buy bikes in the bushel baskets from people who broke them, tried to fix them and could not get them back together. So for $5 or $10 we would by the wheels, frame and a motor in a bushel basket. Having come from a family of wrenches, my great grandfather a steam engineer and my grandfather and father machinist; it was just a small challenge to get them going again. I remember begging my mother for a quarter to by gas for my moped. I could ride the dirt trails through the woods to Butts gas station and buy a gallon of gas. The underside of gas cap was a measuring cup to portion the amount of oil to gas. After I bought gas, Mr. Butts would fill my gas cap with a measure of used oil and I would be on my way.
My mother had an 8mm camera for making “Home Movies”. One day my older brother and I stole the camera from the closet. We went to a field put a helmet on our 4 year old brother and put him on the Suzuki. His feet could not reach the pegs but his arms were long enough to reach the handle bars. We showed him the throttle and gave him a push. He was off, by himself, riding around like a kid in a candy store and of course we had to film it. He could not ride a bicycle yet but he could ride a motorcycle. When finished, he came back toward us and slowed. My older brother would grabbed the bike to keep him from falling. The helmet was nearly as big as he was. We returned the camera back to the closet without my mother’s knowledge. A couple of weeks later my mother took the roll of film to Reads Drugs store for developing. A week after she got it back and decided to have a movie night you cannot image the screams and outrage of my mother having seen her 4 year old baby riding a motorcycle. I guess we didn’t think about that when filming and glad 8mm film reels were only 3 minutes long. Over the years I converted the 8mm to VHS and then to DVD. I am going to have to see if I can find that piece.
At age 11, I bought a Suzuki 120 from Buzz for $20. Buzz had broken his leg in 18 places in a motorcycle wreck and refused to have it taken. He could barely walk but loved to ride. The Suzuki had 4 speed gear box, All 4 down. Buzz had twisted the shift level toe peg to point up and put a 2 foot long pipe on it. He would get on the bike and wrestle his bad foot onto the rear foot peg and shift gears by bumping the pipe with his knee. To down shift he reached down and pulled the pipe shifter back up like a suicide shifter. I heated the shift level and straightened it out. It was a great bike for the dirt trails around my home.
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Dec 1, 2017 6:29:55 GMT -5
I recently did a 72cc Big Bore Kit and pretty much replaced part for part. The oil pump definitely works as it poured out about a pint of oil in 10 seconds at first startup. I thought I was in the deep end until I saw where the oil was coming from. When I first started it, oil was pouring out of a hole in the top side of the jug. There was a tapped hole in the jug that was not in the original jug so I plugged it with a screw short enough to ensure it did not block the oil passage and a rubber washer. I think it was a M6 or M8 screw thread. It is a straight threaded hole not a pipe thread (NPT or BSP). I think that hole is probably for some kind of oil sensor. I am glad that I used assembly lube during assembly and did not damage anything. I have put about 500 miles on it since the build and I am very pleased with the results.
Never a problem, Sometimes a challenge, Always an adventure
49cc TaoTao Zummer
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ScooterWes
Scoot Junior
Posts: 9
Location: Forest Hill, Md.
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Post by ScooterWes on Nov 3, 2017 7:08:46 GMT -5
A little input please. I just bought a TaoTao Zummer scooter (GY6 50cc) and after receiving and assembling it I put about 300 miles on it and I was happy with its performance on the flats (30-35 mpg @ speedometer) but living in Forest Hill (Yes hilly) the performance on hills with my 270# on it was lacking and decided to go ahead with the 72cc BBK. (Thanks for the nice videos 90GTVert) I purchased all the parts and went ahead with the project but when I went to align the cam holes I noticed the flywheel mark was 1/4” beyond the mark. I went back and rotated the crank and saw that the piston was at the very top of the stroke when the cam holes were positioned properly but the flywheel was still 1/4” beyond the mark. I checked 3 or 4 times. I scratched my head and decided that it had been running good so I left the flywheel where it was and finished the project. I ran into 3 minor problems along the way. 1st the lower portion of the fan shroud gasket was melted away but I think that was due to the donut gasket not being properly centered at the factory when the muffler was installed (just ordered a new one). 2nd One of the alignment sleeves was stuck in the old jug. I was able to remove and reuse it after heating the aluminum casting around the sleeve with a torch. 3rd When I first started it oil was pouring out of a hole in the top of the jug. There was a tapped hole in the jug that was not in the original jug so I plugged it with a short screw and rubber washer. After finishing the work I went for a test ride and it performed very well. According to the speedometer the flats are about 40 mph but the hills have drastically improved (30% faster). It idles at 1800 rpm. and will go as high as 8000 rpm. Anyway, my question is about the flywheel mark location discrepancy. I believe the valve and piston locations are correct but the spark maybe wrong because of the flywheel being off location? (I just bought a flywheel puller to see if the key is there or sheared) Will this flywheel location discrepancy cause performance or overheating problems.
Your input please
Thanks,
Scooter Wes
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