Post by sgtp on Mar 3, 2010 21:26:44 GMT -5
Hi scootdawgs! I recently got a scoot and thought I would share.
I moved to New Zealand for the year and needed cheap transportation, so a scooter was the best choice. I searched high and low for decent used scooters till I found this Sachs SX1. It was 3 months old and had only 50km on it with the original owner, and I got it for a steal ;D. Less than a month later and it has 650km on it. The winding roads out here are a lot of fun, what can I say?
It handles very well and gets up to 62km (but probably only 55km in reality). I checked and the variator spacer is gone already. I took off the exhaust and did not see any restriction collar like some of the writeups say. It does bounce off the rev limiter, so I am going to see what a performance CDI will do. I am fine with its acceleration, but a higher top speed would be nice.
I already retuned the carb. It was running very rich and had an oily spark plug. Its nice and tan now and it seems to run alot smoother than before. I changed the final drive gear oil at 500km and think I will continue to do so every 500-1000km as the bottle I purchased will be good for about 8-10 oil changes, might as well use it in my opinion. I only found SILKOLENE 2stroke scooter oil over here. Any good?
Heres a shot from a trip to a little beach
I moved to New Zealand for the year and needed cheap transportation, so a scooter was the best choice. I searched high and low for decent used scooters till I found this Sachs SX1. It was 3 months old and had only 50km on it with the original owner, and I got it for a steal ;D. Less than a month later and it has 650km on it. The winding roads out here are a lot of fun, what can I say?
It handles very well and gets up to 62km (but probably only 55km in reality). I checked and the variator spacer is gone already. I took off the exhaust and did not see any restriction collar like some of the writeups say. It does bounce off the rev limiter, so I am going to see what a performance CDI will do. I am fine with its acceleration, but a higher top speed would be nice.
I already retuned the carb. It was running very rich and had an oily spark plug. Its nice and tan now and it seems to run alot smoother than before. I changed the final drive gear oil at 500km and think I will continue to do so every 500-1000km as the bottle I purchased will be good for about 8-10 oil changes, might as well use it in my opinion. I only found SILKOLENE 2stroke scooter oil over here. Any good?
Heres a shot from a trip to a little beach
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