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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 19, 2011 19:51:14 GMT -5
I had about 2-3" of flex on the neck before I got this done today and now there is NO flex or movement at all. Needless to say I'm very happy with the results. I also figured out that I've gotta either get new shoes or just go ahead and get the rear disk conversion done on it.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 19, 2011 20:07:39 GMT -5
Nice work on everything. I thought about doing that to one of my battery boxes... but I was always too lazy. lol
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Post by 2strokd on Jun 20, 2011 6:59:59 GMT -5
Looks good man. Glad that worked out well :cheers: !
Why the battery movement?
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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 20, 2011 16:41:17 GMT -5
The heavy duty battery that shiftless put in it has always stuck out the top alittle, so since I had the plastics off I decided to go ahead and do what I done.
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Post by Fox on Jun 20, 2011 16:56:06 GMT -5
That pretty cool Jason. If you ever have the plastics off again I'd like to see how you attached it.
Does that mean it's now considered a motorcycle? :tongue:
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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 20, 2011 17:50:42 GMT -5
I can tell ya how I did it Dave. I welded a small piece of tube on to the seat support that the aluminum tube slides over and then drilled and bolted it on. I also welded the same size tube to the header tube, drilled and bolted it as well. I'll post some pics asap for ya though. The only truely hard part was making sure I got the angles correct on both ends to line up for the outer tube to slide onto. If I have to remove it all I've gotta do is remove the seat bucket and seat support.
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Post by 2strokd on Jun 20, 2011 22:34:18 GMT -5
The heavy duty battery that shiftless put in it has always stuck out the top alittle, so since I had the plastics off I decided to go ahead and do what I done. What did you done? Is the battery just sitting on the lower plastic now? |
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Post by 190mech on Jun 21, 2011 4:43:31 GMT -5
LOOKS GOOD!! :thumb:
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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 21, 2011 12:57:17 GMT -5
No its not sitting on the lower plastics, I maybe a redneck but I've got a little common sense. :disco: I cut the very bottom of the battery tray out and bent up an old license plate I had hanging on the wall in the garage and riveted it in about 1/2-3/4" lower then the original bottom.
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Post by 2strokd on Jun 21, 2011 14:37:29 GMT -5
Great work... Very solid frame now as well :thumb:
Thanks for stopping by. See ya later :scoot: :scoot2:
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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 21, 2011 15:20:14 GMT -5
Here are the up close pics I said I'd put up Fox. The first is the brace where it connects to the header tube.  If I wanted to remove the brace all together all I've gotta do is remove the seat bucket, header tube bolt (pictured above) and these three nuts and bolts.  I had to nut and bolt the brace in because I still had about 3/4-1" of flex that I couldn't get rid of otherwise. But its solid now. |
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Post by 2strokd on Jun 21, 2011 21:07:51 GMT -5
:thumb: Looks killer and works great. I think the combo of many miles of use and the nasty wreck this scooter has in its past made it too "flexy". But not now :no: . That sucker is solid!
Ive said it before. Ide suggest this to anyone wanting a stiffer scooter. Flex, or no flex, you will still feel a major change in handling, bumps, the works. :riding:
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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 24, 2011 18:15:00 GMT -5
I was messing around yesterday changing the rear brake shoes and I noticed how hot my cvt cover was. I noticed last time I had the vari off that the rollers had alot of flatspots on them and now it makes sense as to why, the bike was sitting for almost an hour yesterday when I noticed how hot the cover was. I was looking at it and discovered the fresh air inlet for the cover is tucked in behind the plastics, so I decided to modify it similar to the way I did my Rally with a ram air hose but bigger then the Rally had. Sorry I didn't get enough pics because by the time I thought about the camera I was almost done but I did get some pics of what I done. I started with a stock under the seat airbox from a 150 and cut the curved hose where it would fit over the inlet from the cover and clamped it on.  Then the curved part I cut in the appex of the bend and turned it 180*, put in a short piece of aluminum tubing to go between the 2 ens and clamped it together.  When I had it all set right and adjusted it for the correct height to sit under the underside plastics I zip tied it to the side stand mount.  Now it hangs just barely below the underside plastics and catches alot of air keeping the cvt cover cooler which should help with the sliders I installed in place of the rollers. |
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Post by shakerdriver on Jun 24, 2011 18:19:32 GMT -5
BTW the time I done this on the Rally I only put a 3/4" hose on it and it kept it pretty cool, this time I put a 2" hose on it so it should keep it quite cool.
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Post by 2strokd on Jun 24, 2011 21:11:39 GMT -5
Cool man! Great idea!!!! I wanna do something like that for her Zip.
Does your cover have a vent in the rear to let air flow on through? If not that would be a great idea to let the hot air push on out the back and keep it real cool man.
Hehe, ever get that test ride in?
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