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Post by harley on Jun 21, 2014 12:24:47 GMT -5
Put air in back tire of mine and got wife's and mine started after setting for 3 weeks.
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Post by FrankenMech on Jun 21, 2014 13:43:31 GMT -5
I have 12" tires and some of the roadwork and potholes just eat my scoot. It is hard to miss them all with three wheels. I have ridden the scoot so much the seat is failing. I am looking at adding some plywood supports under it. There always seems to be something. I spent Thursday and part of Friday trying to put up a squirrel cage fan in the shop for air movement. I can't seem to get it right. My 'thinker' does not work anymore.
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Post by craisin on Jun 21, 2014 19:22:09 GMT -5
I have 12" tires and some of the roadwork and potholes just eat my scoot. It is hard to miss them all with three wheels. I have ridden the scoot so much the seat is failing. I am looking at adding some plywood supports under it. There always seems to be something. I spent Thursday and part of Friday trying to put up a squirrel cage fan in the shop for air movement. I can't seem to get it right. My 'thinker' does not work anymore. I started with putting a old fullface helmet in the and putting rubber on the top of the helmet to fill the gap between |
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Post by craisin on Jun 21, 2014 19:25:02 GMT -5
in the helmet locker %%%%%  |
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tommygun
Scoot Junior
taotao atm 50,yz 125,ktm 65sx,rt 180 yamaha,xr 70 honda,kx 100.
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Location: escanaba mi
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Post by tommygun on Jun 21, 2014 22:17:59 GMT -5
nos is a beast! i played with a 250 shot in my 500 hp s-10 project...750 hp in a s-10 = ran up a telephone pole...painfull lesson ! can you say totalled  I walked away bloody and battered so i play with turbos now..better run that scooter super fat on the jet if you want it to last more than 1 hit, and have you seen how small the head bolts r on these scoots? best of luck! |
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Post by FrankenMech on Jun 22, 2014 0:38:54 GMT -5
On my ruckus style scoot there is no helmet locker.  The plastic seat pan just needs better support. Some good furniture grade 1/2" plywood stock should work well. If I could get some aluminum honeycomb material....  I just went for a ride today and picked up some groceries, tools, and parts. I stopped at a garage sale and picked up a big electrical cable connection crimper  It is far better than the one I was thinking about making or buying. I still haven't got that fan hanging right.  |
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Post by craisin on Jun 22, 2014 1:25:47 GMT -5
I have had a normal trike and its hard to avoid pot holes You need a step thru quad  |
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Post by FrankenMech on Jun 22, 2014 1:49:58 GMT -5
Yeah, with 24" dia wheels and 80 profile tires, not these 12 inch things. The potholes are wider than 12". They would flip a scoot with 10" wheels. Manholes are bad news also...  I think they have a +/-2" tolerance on cover height and they push that spec. Then the utility companies rip out and supposedly 'patch' streets. Patch is definitely not the right word. That would assume some sort of workmanlike finish. Around here they must use convict labor and just throw 6" rubble at the holes. |
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Post by craisin on Jun 22, 2014 3:38:59 GMT -5
its the same over here Frank digging up the roads over and over again
And as soon as you know where all the potholes are they shift them
Good riding the scoot today no jacket required.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 22, 2014 7:39:21 GMT -5
Had a squirrel play chicken with me this morning. Little sucker turned to face me and stared at me while I rode at him. Revved it up while moving slowly and he waited till I was real close to finally move. I thought for a minute I was gonna lose a game of chicken to a squirrel.
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Post by 2TDave on Jun 22, 2014 7:55:18 GMT -5
lol. Ballsy little bastards!
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Post by oldgeek on Jun 22, 2014 7:57:05 GMT -5
Getting ready to take a box of body parts that arrived from sitticus to the warehouse. (thanks man, I know that type of stuff is a pain to ship) I hope these will fit, because the last stuff I bought for it was not even close.
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Post by Sitticuss on Jun 22, 2014 16:38:14 GMT -5
Getting ready to take a box of body parts that arrived from sitticus to the warehouse. (thanks man, I know that type of stuff is a pain to ship) I hope these will fit, because the last stuff I bought for it was not even close. There is a bag of screws floating around in that box also. |
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Post by 2TDave on Jun 22, 2014 17:40:57 GMT -5
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 22, 2014 17:46:40 GMT -5
64MPH is a pretty good thing to do on a scooter IMO.  |
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I walked away bloody and battered so i play with turbos now..better run that scooter super fat on the jet if you want it to last more than 1 hit, and have you seen how small the head bolts r on these scoots? best of luck!
The plastic seat pan just needs better support. Some good furniture grade 1/2" plywood stock should work well. If I could get some aluminum honeycomb material.... 
It is far better than the one I was thinking about making or buying.
I think they have a +/-2" tolerance on cover height and they push that spec. Then the utility companies rip out and supposedly 'patch' streets. Patch is definitely not the right word. That would assume some sort of workmanlike finish. Around here they must use convict labor and just throw 6" rubble at the holes.
