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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #120 on Mar 8, 2009, 3:53pm » | |
rocket , id love to tear apart my scoot and paint the frame but id have a pile of crap left over as i would forget where everything goes. you and the other guys on here are very talented to be able to do this, and can only make scootering that much more fun to do not to mention making peoples jaws drop when they see them. i put my pipe on and seen people lookin as to what the hell just went by lol. keep up the awesome work guys. we have to have a scooter week imo.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #121 on Mar 9, 2009, 12:50pm » | |
sick sick sick i love your work dude
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #123 on Mar 15, 2009, 1:17pm » | |
Cool, the ebayer who sold me the handlebars was out of stock on the black handlebars so he called me on the phone last night (while I was assembling the bike) to inform me. Since he has the bare aluminum in stock he agreed to outfit them with a new twist throttle, grips, and brake lever as per the auction I won. Very excited now as this will look even cooler than the black. He is a pic of the aluminum handlebars:
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #124 on Mar 15, 2009, 3:17pm » | |
Lookin' like a million bucks. Keep up the good work.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #125 on Mar 15, 2009, 5:05pm » | |
YEAH it looks SWEET!!!
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #126 on Mar 15, 2009, 6:19pm » | |
Very cool man.... lookin at the bike does make ya wanna RIDE!!! Green wheelies!!! I am so jealous of those PIRELLIS....killer. I also like the look of the -swingarm. CLEAN wondering about the wiring photo....are those ground wires? Looks like a really over the top tuning scooter. Unfotunately I have to have my bike stripped becuse the purple layer on the powder coat could not resist gasoline. Yes I am really set back by this. I guess the candy color is more show than go but I have an idea for a color scheme that I think I will like better anyway. another couple weeks before I get it together. what a drag. Your scooter however is off the chain! enjoy
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #127 on Mar 16, 2009, 10:13pm » | |
dude that color is sick and i love your build keep it comming cant wait to see it finished
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #128 on Mar 17, 2009, 12:45am » | |
This build is nothing short of inspiring. I'm literally checking in every day in hopes of new pics.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #129 on Mar 17, 2009, 7:53am » | |
Yeah i dont want to ride next to you any more. It makes my scooter look like a Rat rod
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #130 on Mar 17, 2009, 10:59pm » | |
@shook - yes those are fancy grouding wires. One to the engine, one to the engine mount (contains all the electronics) and the others go to the wire harness for the LED's and stuff. Gotta have good matched grounds, as i like to avoid ground loop issues )
Anywas, thx for the great comments guys, I appriciate it, honestly I've had just as much fun building it to my own style.
So I finished fabricating the front spacer to get rid of the speedo cable and rotation contraption. I know it's small, but even that dial and cable had some rolling resistance - not anymore 
Also** I have a new fabricated part in the works!! A saftey product. It's going to be an aluminum plate that "locks" the rear axle nut in place. Its going to have a cutout that fits tightly over the nut holding it in place, than have small ears the side that will use the 3 mounting holes (previously for the rear brake disk rotor) to hold it in place. No more loose axle nut once that part is in place **stay tuned**
Got more done on the exhaust, it's not welded yet but you can see how it will look and fit. I will grab a pic of the inside to show the baffle. I will end up tuning the baffle plate after I start riding/running it. I'm also thinking about wrapping this entire exhaust in black header wrap, I think it would look insanely custom and add a bit of a performance edge. I'm happy with this so far, very light, very easy to remove/install, and very simple and sleek looking. It also keeps the rear wheel clear as intended.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #131 on Mar 18, 2009, 5:07am » | |
thats your muffler lol. its cute hahaha
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #132 on Mar 18, 2009, 5:40am » | |
Unbelievable SWEET scoot! And I never even liked green until I saw your ride!
Any chance of getting that lime-green to stick to the nylon (?) cooling fan? It would carry the color theme nicely right through the engine area, and key off the wheels.
GREAT scoot, if it runs like it looks, you'll be one FAST scooter-jockey!
Please keep the pix coming. They're an inspiration to all of us!
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #133 on Mar 18, 2009, 12:38pm » | |
Mar 17, 2009, 10:59pm, gy6rocket wrote:I'm also thinking about wrapping this entire exhaust in black header wrap, I think it would look insanely custom and add a bit of a performance edge.
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Ever used header wrap before? It's quite a different platform, but I wrapped my headers to try and reduce under hood temps a little on my car. It did mostly nothing for me. It did at least let me get to my spark plugs 5 minutes sooner (when hot) than unwrapped pipes. It didn't look terrible, but I liked the Jet-Hot coated look better and ended up spending the money to re-coat the headers after the header wrap reuined the original Jet-Hot coating. If you install/uninstall the exhaust much it will end up fraying and looking nasty too. Header wrap can also trap moisture inside. Of course it's a small cheap job with that little pipe to fix it up again. Just a little to think about.
I think I've used that muffler before, or something extremely similar on small 4 strokes.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #134 on Mar 18, 2009, 1:14pm » | |
dude i love that exauhst.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #135 on Mar 19, 2009, 9:31am » | |
After careful consideration, I have decided to ax the header wrap idea. I like the way it looks now, but I may paint it black or polish it out. Time will tell. I'm going to try to get the muffler welded today while I'm out doing errands. I have my fuel tank mounted now so I just need to run the fuel lines and finish the exhaust before I can give fire it up for spring. She has not been fired since October or so.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #136 on Mar 19, 2009, 4:49pm » | |
Hey Gy6 what size tires did you put on? They look wider then stock
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #137 on Mar 19, 2009, 5:38pm » | |
130/60L - 13
They are the same size as stock, however after getting them mounted they do appear to be wider and a bit taller than the stock Kenda's. Both aspects are fine with me because everything clears and a taller tire will mean a higher top speed!
Also the sidewalls on the Pirellis are really, REALLY stiff, maybe like 3x that of the Kenda's. Jackthefuzz was right you could probably still ride these tires on 0 lbs of air!
Overall I am very happy with the tire so far, fitment, look, dimensions. I am expecting the ride to be very good also from the reviews and reputation of the tire. I'll let you know when I start spinnin' 'em
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #138 on Mar 20, 2009, 1:24pm » | |
GY6, how much to make and mail me one of those exhausts? I need a new one anyway and a trick one like that would be sweet! Did you make the header from scratch? Or scrap it from another one?
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #139 on Mar 20, 2009, 2:12pm » | |
Hey Aero, It would actually be kind of expensive for me to make another one since I used the flange and header from my KM racing exhaust. I just made a cut in the header and the new muffler fit into the header near perfect. In order to make another on I would have to get a hold of some mandrel bent tubing and fabricate a flange. The muffler itself was very cheap, I only paid $5.95 for it at ace hardware. It's made for larger lawnmower engines, and has a 1" outlet.
I found a really great, local welder, actually only about 1/4 mile from my house hidden in an industrial plaza, called PinPoint Welding. He did a really good job on the welds, not to mention he did it on the spot, in about 10 minutes, and charged me $5 cash. Since I have this good connection I am considering making a few more of these but I want to see how it performs first.
Here is the completed exhaust, weighs in at >3lbs.
And here is a shot inside the outlet port, you can see it has a baffle welded in place, separating 2 chambers. Each chamber has a bunch of radially drilled holes to allow the gases to pass. I figure the pipe can be tuned to my setup by drilling a very small hole in the baffle, and stepping it up little by little (or should i say louder by louder) but I am hoping it will give good performance as-is. Blowing through the muffler has very little resistance 
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #140 on Mar 20, 2009, 2:21pm » | |
Yeah those are the same tire's I have. I just got a flat yesterday, I drove home about 5 miles. I put some Green slim in there untill my new tires come. But i was going to get 150/70P-13 But i think that would of been to wide and tall. So i just went with the stock size. But i also went with the Rhino tire. No more Flats!!!!
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #141 on Mar 20, 2009, 3:15pm » | |
That's definitely the same mower muffler I used on my cateye with a 4 stroke 114cc 10-12HP engine. I drilled out the baffle a little and it got pretty loud. It really doesn't look like a cheap muffler the way you've got it setup. Mine was just quickly made and ugly. I couldn't really see any power difference from the mower muffler to a "high performance" muffler, so hopefully you'll be pleased with it.
Great find on that welder too. Those are some nice looking welds, especially for what he charged you!
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #143 on Mar 20, 2009, 6:25pm » | |
That sounds sweet! I wonder how loud its going to be when your at WOT. Also like the gas tank its looking good!!
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #144 on Mar 20, 2009, 6:29pm » | |
Thx Strada. I'm going to take you up on that ride. The carb is almost as loud as the exhaust, you can hear it sucking away in the vid! I have no intake tube at all, just the UNI directly attached to the carb.
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #146 on Mar 20, 2009, 6:43pm » | |
Yeah I'm waiting on my tires to come that slim stuff didn't hold up. I also had to put my carb back to stock location, Because I'm waiting for my new intake manifold. I had a guy weld a piece on to the intake so i could mount the carb right on it. Well the guy that did it moved the location of it so when i got it home and tried to mount it the carb wouldn't fit.. So Im hoping the tires will get here soon!!!! But I'm ready for a ride where abouts do you live?
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #147 on Mar 20, 2009, 6:54pm » | |
New Baltimore area, Right by Lake St. Clair
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #148 on Mar 20, 2009, 6:59pm » | |
Oh thats not that bad i would take 23mile most of the way. Yeah i was cruising woodward just the other day lots of fun. i was racing my shadow all day long LOL
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|  | Re: Stripped to the frame! + Custom Rebuild « Reply #149 on Mar 22, 2009, 11:45am » | |
I really like the exhaust and sound. Your doing a great job.!! I would really like to ride that bad-boy......have fun man. I put new updates on my scooter in a thread called "ridin the GECKO". tHANKS for keepin' the pix coming. lookin good.
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