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Post by quest4fire on Sept 8, 2010 18:20:43 GMT -5
This group makes it sound like such an adventure. I have learned quite a bit and applied it to bringing an old twist and go scooter back to life.
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Post by voorhees on Sept 8, 2010 19:31:54 GMT -5
Don't just sit there, pic it up here! lol
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Post by quest4fire on Sept 9, 2010 4:47:37 GMT -5
A friend of mine has a Znen Ricardo I can help with. She found her stalling problem just needed fuel stabilizer probably to counterract the ethanol. The fuel cap was all right. I showed her what to do to maintain her scoot (basics).
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Post by WarrenS on Sept 9, 2010 10:36:04 GMT -5
whats stopping you. I feel it is a two part hobby, the riding and the tinkering. Should you go for it there is a place you can get tons of manuals, diagrams, and tips to keep a GY6 and other scooter motors purring. scooterdoc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=info The beauty of it all if you want to go head over heals to modify and mess your motor up, a brand new one can be had in the neighborhood of $400 or less. Insurance on my chinese 150 costs me $35 a year. I have three in my "scooter" garage all with the keys in them and if the chinese gets gone it is not the end of the world as I paid $1100 delivered. lots of good deals out there this time of year and pick a dealer recommended here as some are not so good. John I find that your recommendation to every question is to go to scooterdoc very annoying. |
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Post by als01seville on Sept 9, 2010 11:17:59 GMT -5
scooterdoc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=info, has a lot of How to with pictures and very well organizied in a Tech Section. So sending someone over there to find the information they might need is actually helping them. I myself bounce between this forum and scooter doc, I am a member of both forums. Its no different than putting up links of where to buy parts or a scoot. Alleyoop
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Post by educatordan on Sept 9, 2010 15:18:13 GMT -5
Go for it, Amigo. It's an education that you can't get in any classroom.
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Post by nickiemcnichols on Sept 9, 2010 15:24:07 GMT -5
quest4fire,Congrats on your restoration. We'd love to see stage by stage pics of your project. All we've done is buy two Chi-scoots and try to run them into the ground. Almost succeeded with one of them.
I personally don't mind anyone referring scooterists to another forum or website for information. I find it quite entertaining and educational, IMHO...
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Post by als01seville on Sept 9, 2010 16:39:30 GMT -5
Yep, schooling is a wonderful thing, learn all kinds of stuff, some go on trips to other states and countries to see and learn and experience life and find that there is knowledege in more places than one can imagine.
Alleyoop
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Post by cfmoto250cc on Sept 9, 2010 16:59:52 GMT -5
I guess Morph and Burgy owners don't need the help of Scooter-Doc!  ???Just us un-worthy Chinese Scooter peeps do. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by fairweasel2323 on Sept 9, 2010 19:28:03 GMT -5
I use both! sometimes if I know someone on scooterdoc that can help that person I send them there, same with someone on scooterdoc and I know someone with same problem or can help I will suggest them to scootdawg! I dont think there should be such a fuss I totally agree with als01seville scooterdoc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=info, has a lot of How to with pictures and very well organizied in a Tech Section. So sending someone over there to find the information they might need is actually helping them. I myself bounce between this forum and scooter doc, I am a member of both forums. Its no different than putting up links of where to buy parts or a scoot. Alleyoop |
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Post by quest4fire on Sept 9, 2010 19:31:46 GMT -5
quest4fire,Congrats on your restoration. We'd love to see stage by stage pics of your project. All we've done is buy two Chi-scoots and try to run them into the ground. Almost succeeded with one of them.
I personally don't mind anyone referring scooterists to another forum or website for information. I find it quite entertaining and educational, IMHO...
The work was on a 1984 Honda Elite, the first year for the Japanese twist and go scooters. It had been sitting from 1993 till this summer, and the fuel system, particularly the fuel tank, was a mess. The auto fuel valve is just a passageway now. I put a couple of handfulls of nuts, bolts and screws into the tank, and 2 cups of kerosene, and shook it hard several times a day for a couple of weeks, draining and straining through a piece of T shirt. The Elite had always intimidated me to work on because it is more complicated than what I am used to, and more difficult to work on. Things break easily sometimes. Here at Scootdawg you are so at home with these complications (the Honda is remarkably similar to the CH scoots even though it is 26 years old) that I decided to plunge in. Luckily I bought a shop manual with the scooter. The advice I got here was good, and there is nothing else to do except replace fluids. It runs like new. I bought this scoot new, it has 11000 miles on it, and has always run well. Needs its 3rd set of tires. My wife is going to use it to get around the country roads mostly within a 5 mile radius. I enjoy the freewheeling attitude on this list, but must admit I never thrash my machines. I find if I drive my own scooter hard, the Heinkel, it needs a valve job every ten years  . So I am taking it easy and staying under 57mph( 5700 rpm). |
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???Just us un-worthy Chinese Scooter peeps do. ;D ;D ;D
. So I am taking it easy and staying under 57mph( 5700 rpm).