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Post by milly on Jan 3, 2023 10:04:21 GMT -5
Today I removed my scooter off the internet for sale and signed the title over to the thrift/charity shop so they can raise some money from it as fbook people just wanted it for nothing or me deliver it a hundred miles and other things.l have also given them all my bicycles and bicycle equipment and stuff I not used in age's except a few items for servicing my own and finishing off my electric one. So now I have more time to concentrate on my marionettes for summer and sidehack puppet theatre which will go in another thread elsewhere on the forum
My et4 spares are all squared away for when needed. The Piaggio skipper engine has a 150 top end to go on when I decide in the summer to do it and 12" wheels for the et4 when I take it off the road. The GTS 250 I need to keep a check on incase of water leakage into the oil but think that is residue from changing starter clutch but whatever it is the 250 is for better weather use. I also
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Post by 90GTVert on Jan 3, 2023 19:07:46 GMT -5
I rode about 170 miles today on the TMAX. Stopped to use the bathroom and, just as I was getting ready to put my helmet back on, an attractive woman about my age came over and said something to me. I pulled an earplug out so I could hear and she said, "Your bike looks so cool. It looks like a cat with those headlights." I laughed and said thanks and then she smiled and said, "Oh, I mean a tiger or lion" and made a kind of claw gesture. ...Then her husband walked out of the bathroom. Damn.
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Post by aeroxbud on Jan 4, 2023 4:41:49 GMT -5
I rode about 170 miles today on the TMAX. Stopped to use the bathroom and, just as I was getting ready to put my helmet back on, an attractive woman about my age came over and said something to me. I pulled an earplug out so I could hear and she said, "Your bike looks so cool. It looks like a cat with those headlights." I laughed and said thanks and then she smiled and said, "Oh, I mean a tiger or lion" and made a kind of claw gesture. ...Then her husband walked out of the bathroom. Damn. If you just had time to pull a quick wheelie. I think the woman would of been coming home with you. 😉
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Post by winner3ty on Jan 5, 2023 11:09:38 GMT -5
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Post by milly on Jan 5, 2023 14:18:32 GMT -5
Today I changed the oil again now new filter has arrived, appears to be no water visible this time hopefully that was just residue from when pump was removed. Also fitted a back rack. Box on it tomorrow hopefully.
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Post by FrankenMech on Jan 5, 2023 15:26:01 GMT -5
Water can come from condensation due to blow-by and humidity with temperature changes.
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Post by sinfull on Jan 6, 2023 18:27:38 GMT -5
Today I picked up a mess of a bike again. Got a icebear 50cc frame with title, a cut in half jonway 50 with front plastic and wheel, enough of 3 cut up wiring harness, a back half cut up frame with gas tank and a painted taillight, 50cc qmb139, long case with skinny flat 12 inch tire, a short case 50cc qmb139 with no tire, some random plastics and random cut in half exhaust and a jacked up hanger, 2 boxes of misc pieces from what looks like 3 or 4 bikes.
Was leaving work and guy saw my bike in the shop, asked if I wanted to buy a moped. OK I will bite and told me the story, him and his buddy tried to do a 150cc back half custom swap. 😀 guess it didn't work out for the bike lol, so he needed money blah blah blah. Thought about it for a minute and called me coworker to come check this out as it was supposed to be around the corner at his house.
I don't work in the best part of town as you can imagine. So we went around the corner and it literally was around the corner, anyway guy said there was like a $1,000.00 of parts here 🤔 😐 I laughed and we started to leave after looking at the pile of parts. He walked out as we were getting into our vehicles and said what would I give him right now. 80 bucks is what I had, after a minute of him thinking about it and how much those parts are worth, as I was closing the door, finally said if I have the cash right now, yes, didn't trust the guy and didn't flash any cash either. He said OK, cash right now, done deal, get the title, he came back and I gave him the cash.
As it was after 4pm and starting to get close to sunset we loaded everything up in my truck and got the hell out of there.
So I have enough parts to probably make a bike, the frame matches the title, only thing is it looks like they cut part of the lower mount tube, easy fix and some looks like something was attempted to be welded to the bottom frame rails, probably a mount for the kustom 150cc 😑
But will give me something to do this weekend, 80.00 for entertainment I guess, both engine have compression from the kicker, so we shall see if I can make a bike
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Post by aeroxbud on Jan 7, 2023 6:23:52 GMT -5
Today I picked up a mess of a bike again. Got a icebear 50cc frame with title, a cut in half jonway 50 with front plastic and wheel, enough of 3 cut up wiring harness, a back half cut up frame with gas tank and a painted taillight, 50cc qmb139, long case with skinny flat 12 inch tire, a short case 50cc qmb139 with no tire, some random plastics and random cut in half exhaust and a jacked up hanger, 2 boxes of misc pieces from what looks like 3 or 4 bikes. Was leaving work and guy saw my bike in the shop, asked if I wanted to buy a moped. OK I will bite and told me the story, him and his buddy tried to do a 150cc back half custom swap. 😀 guess it didn't work out for the bike lol, so he needed money blah blah blah. Thought about it for a minute and called me coworker to come check this out as it was supposed to be around the corner at his house. I don't work in the best part of town as you can imagine. So we went around the corner and it literally was around the corner, anyway guy said there was like a $1,000.00 of parts here 🤔 😐 I laughed and we started to leave after looking at the pile of parts. He walked out as we were getting into our vehicles and said what would I give him right now. 80 bucks is what I had, after a minute of him thinking about it and how much those parts are worth, as I was closing the door, finally said if I have the cash right now, yes, didn't trust the guy and didn't flash any cash either. He said OK, cash right now, done deal, get the title, he came back and I gave him the cash. As it was after 4pm and starting to get close to sunset we loaded everything up in my truck and got the hell out of there. So I have enough parts to probably make a bike, the frame matches the title, only thing is it looks like they cut part of the lower mount tube, easy fix and some looks like something was attempted to be welded to the bottom frame rails, probably a mount for the kustom 150cc 😑 But will give me something to do this weekend, 80.00 for entertainment I guess, both engine have compression from the kicker, so we shall see if I can make a bike Sometimes your just in the right place at the right time.
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Post by sinfull on Jan 7, 2023 13:35:27 GMT -5
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Post by sinfull on Jan 7, 2023 13:36:10 GMT -5
Working on this quality machine right here 💪
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Post by FrankenMech on Jan 8, 2023 6:42:00 GMT -5
Some JB Weld will fix it right up.
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Post by milly on Jan 9, 2023 6:09:55 GMT -5
Sold it deposit taken being picked up Sunday a 4 hour trip to here for them.
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Post by milly on Jan 10, 2023 12:42:21 GMT -5
New Variator half pulley put on and belt jockey wheel then new tyre on front. All ready for the Dragon Rally in early February up Snowdon somewhere.Dont know till we hit the check point 10 miles away or more from it. Hopefully not raining hard or snow like most times.
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Post by milly on Jan 18, 2023 16:37:34 GMT -5
Screen on today and wind deflector I saved off Violet when the previous owner discarded it. [].
Heated grips next but not sure on the wiring of the cigarette lighter socket previous owner put on . Surely the centre pin is positive and the outside case negative. Am I correct in my thinking 🤔 url=https://postimg.cc/QBHPDtHY] [/url
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Post by FrankenMech on Jan 18, 2023 17:41:04 GMT -5
Screen on today and wind deflector I saved off Violet when the previous owner discarded it. [].
Heated grips next but not sure on the wiring of the cigarette lighter socket previous owner put on . Surely the centre pin is positive and the outside case negative. Am I correct in my thinking 🤔 [/url
You are correct, a voltmeter will confirm if the PO wired it correctly.
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