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Post by collinsd84 on Nov 5, 2019 15:24:30 GMT -5
It looks great! pinkscoot. So glad u got a ride in. Cold indeed. |
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Post by pinkscoot on Nov 6, 2019 14:36:31 GMT -5
here are the pictures I promised:    They no longer make the RH cover in black so I went with the brown. I do like it so I'll probably get a brown left hand next order fro AF1. |
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Post by jloi on Nov 6, 2019 23:14:40 GMT -5
the brown looks good I think . that is one seriously beautiful scooter
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Post by collinsd84 on Nov 10, 2019 4:56:09 GMT -5
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Post by pinkscoot on Jun 2, 2020 7:28:42 GMT -5
This scooter was a donor of known good parts for its twin that I worked on. After putting it back together I took it for a ride and it died. As I have learned here go back and check what you changed. I pulled the CDI and it was plugged in solid. I checked over the carb and all of its connections, all good. I then checked for spark and notta. I then remembered while checking the idle I had put the tach wire on the spark plug cable. I pulled the coil and cable, tightened the lead into the coil and cap and got my spark. Put it all back together and it started right up and purred nice and pretty. Its why you don't want to make too many changes at once. If the fail you'll be chasing your tail trying to figure out which one is bad.
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Post by pinkscoot on Jun 7, 2020 8:50:34 GMT -5
So I went for a nice ride the other day and it died on me. I pulled the spark plug cap and put it on solid and it started up. I got home and played with the spark plug and coil. Put the old one back on and it started. Came out the next day and no start. I pulled the plug and no spark. I started running the system down. I checked the negative and positive leads to the coil and they had the proper resistance through the CDI. I Checked for signal from the cdi to the coil and had nothing. I checked the signal from the pick up to the CDI and nothing. I pulled the stator plug and checked there and had nothing. I checked the gap to the pick up and it was spot on. I pulled out the old stator/ pickup unit, they are all one hardwired part. Put it on and checked for spark and bingo. Scratching my head how a pickup with only about 200 miles could be bad. I put it all back together and took it for a run. I got onto the street and had a misfire. Then more. It didn't die it just misfired. I only ran it up and down the street so I didn't go far. I thought of the kill switch relay being bad again but it would kill the turn signals and they are fine.
Here's what has me stumped. This was a good runner until I pulled the CDI and put it on another scooter. It worked fine there. I put it back on mine and now I have problems. I know it seems like a no brainer that the problem is the CDI but that doesn't make sense. Any input would be appreciated.
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Post by pinkscoot on Jul 13, 2020 18:30:50 GMT -5
All is good. A news CDI connector and it roared to life. It was great riding it today. It is still my favorite.
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Post by pinkscoot on Nov 4, 2020 19:03:16 GMT -5
I have an electrical gremlin. Twice now this scooter has failed to turn over. I turn it on and all is good but when I hit the switch it does nothing. After a few tries with the kill switch and turning it off and one it starts. If has a new kill switch relay but before when that was bad it would crank but no spark. Today when it happened on the lift I heard a slight click at the Starter Relay. Maybe that's it? Next time it happens I'll short across the leads and see if that's it.
After the throttle lube it runs really nice and is a joy again. People see that little scoot flying and don't know what to think.
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