vigo
Scoot Junior
Posts: 11
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Post by vigo on Jun 17, 2014 10:48:14 GMT -5
So one night I was surfing the good ole' internets looking for replacement parts for this new (to me) contraption sitting here in my basement...of course I got side tracked by big valve heads and big bore kits....after clicking a few links I found myself here. It didn't help my desire to buy performance stuff. I am that guy who is old enough to know better but to young to care...my wife and I decided maybe a scooter was a good idea as our '66 Galaxie isn't the best on fuel around town and she will be working in town soon....so craigslist pointed us to this here 2 wheel terror that now resides across my floor...150 bucks! What a steal.......it had been left uncovered in a back yard in a sorta-state of "repair" for a year. So now I am going through fixing all of the previous guys fixes...new throttle cable, battery, ignition switch, pulled the carb apart and cleaned the gelatinous blob that was once fuel out, tank is going to work with me today to clean that out, oil change, fuel filter (duh), and what ever else I find on the way. The scoot itself is a benzou yy50qt-6....or at least thats what it says on the plastic. The goal is to get it running well....then sneak on parts when my wife isn't looking..... Any how I have bored you all enough with my ramblings...pleasure to meet you all.
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Post by 2TDave on Jun 17, 2014 11:02:32 GMT -5
Welcome aboard! Tons of info here.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 17, 2014 11:25:06 GMT -5
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Post by moofus02 on Jun 17, 2014 12:01:23 GMT -5
Welcome the bug bit has a fast acting effect lol have the parts shipped to your work. Once they get in the pile she will never know lol
Sent from my SPH-L720 using proboards
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Post by scooterpimp on Jun 17, 2014 12:06:42 GMT -5
sup.
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Post by birdman on Jun 17, 2014 16:02:01 GMT -5
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Post by dan50 on Jun 17, 2014 18:22:59 GMT -5
Welcome!
Your not wasting any time on mods.
What size tire do you have? It might be the picture but they look a little skinny.
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Post by scooterpimp on Jun 17, 2014 18:46:39 GMT -5
Are you rockin packing tape on that front fender? I actually made a duct tape fender for my old yamaha razz. Lasted all winter. Untill a crackmonkey backed over it at the wawa. R.I.P. razz.
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Post by craisin on Jun 17, 2014 19:44:46 GMT -5
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Post by craisin on Jun 17, 2014 19:46:48 GMT -5
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jonwaylover
Scoot Member
To ride me is to love me
Posts: 56
Location: Lafayette, IN
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Post by jonwaylover on Jun 18, 2014 1:52:49 GMT -5
Welcome! It looks like you have your work cut out for you! But, I'm sure it'll be fun.
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Post by aeroxbud on Jun 18, 2014 4:37:18 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum. Good luck with the scooter
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tommygun
Scoot Junior
taotao atm 50,yz 125,ktm 65sx,rt 180 yamaha,xr 70 honda,kx 100.
Posts: 9
Location: escanaba mi
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Post by tommygun on Jun 19, 2014 3:48:22 GMT -5
gotta love a project scoot! I bought mine new and am doin a bunch of mild mods so my boy can make it to football workouts and back. its cheaper than buying parts for my 1970 nova!
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Post by FrankenMech on Jun 19, 2014 14:47:44 GMT -5
It looks like you have a new 'muffler' in the left front of the picture all ready to go on to match that cam duration. Are you going to port-match the head to fit?
Welcome to the madness....
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vigo
Scoot Junior
Posts: 11
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Post by vigo on Jun 29, 2014 13:23:13 GMT -5
It looks like you have a new 'muffler' in the left front of the picture all ready to go on to match that cam duration. Are you going to port-match the head to fit? Welcome to the madness.... Lol! thanks, yep...everything will get port matched and i will bump the compression up to 12 to 1, 110 octane is on order....... okay...no, but you can see my basement has an abundance of parts from everything else that has ever been in my driveway, that 3 inch down pipe came from my old SRT, the white bag is covering a 306 ford i've been slowly working on and that tote under it is a pile of spare ford FMX 3 speed parts. dan50...it has 120/70-12 tires on it, decent tread, i'll run them until i need new ones....its probably just the wonky angle of the photo Scooterpimp...lol, it may have had some tape on that fender at one time, fender mounting tab is broken....amongst several other little broken bits of plastic. moofus02....i generally brought up a bbk the other day....she likes the idea....lol i got me a keeper!
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