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Post by scooterdog on Oct 8, 2006 21:52:13 GMT -5
The headlight height adjuster on the Tank 250 has a small plastic gear that spins another plastic gear at an angle to raise and lower the light housing inside the outer clear shield. This gear crumbled, so I raised the light up as far as I could by turning the screw on the driven gear. Problem is, with the inside housing now bumping up and touching the outside shield, the bulbs are still not up enough to project the light very far out from the scoot. (20 feet or so, tops). Anyway to work around this ? The outer shield does not seem to move at all in the front cowling so it doesn't look like there is any way to raise the beam up further. This same front end looks like it is on about 1/2 dozen or so of these 250's. I can take off the cowling again if I have to. (I had it off to remove the alarm and that is when I removed gear housing due to the small gear self-destructing in front of my eyes). I just don't want to do it again (a hassle) if this will not result in any improvement in the headlight angle. Thanks, sure would like to fix this before Daylight Savings Time ends.
scooterdog
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Post by russ553 on Oct 8, 2006 22:53:30 GMT -5
I have the same problem with my Viva 250.
I think I am just going to install driving lights when I get back to the States.
Let's see now, that's fuel filter, fuel lines, vacuum lines, electric fuel pump to eliminate dying above 55mph, Dr. Pulley rollers, radiator cooling fan, carb adjustments, modifications to allow better airflow to the radiator and the CVT, aftermarket trunk, repair of plastic tabs on body panels, digital speedometer, bead balancing of both wheels, find and repair that gosh awful vibration under my left foot between 50-55 mph, replace missing screws and anchors, tighten loose bolts, bleed brakes, replace Chinese oil and gear oil, replace Chinese antifreeze, replace battery, rewire due to radiator cooling fan seizing and melting a bunch of wiring, recalibrate gauges, spend countless hours looking for parts or trying to figure out something else that will work, replace CVT belt that squeals like a banshee if I can ever find one, other things I have forgotten right now.
Some of these are accomplished while others are waiting for me to get home.
Other than that, I love her and riding her is bliss.
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Post by slowfire on Oct 8, 2006 23:48:17 GMT -5
guy's I think after market driving lights are the way to go you set em where you want em' . Myself scooterollie have got them He's put up a post on installation . We like em' They really light up the road and give much better vision to the sides to boot...slowfire
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Post by scooterollie on Oct 9, 2006 9:01:57 GMT -5
I was able to adjust the headlights (just luck, I guess) on my Bali so that high beam searches reasonably far down the road. Even so, the headlights could be brighter. These scoots seem to come with a couple of different style headlight bulbs. Mine are the large style as pictured on Stan's website. Stan is trying to get some 45 Watt versions (35 W standard) but they are still on backorder. Those may help. As slowfire said, the addition of fog/driving lights really lights up the road in front and especially to the sides. If mounting it above the front fender, you just have to be careful to select a lamp that is not too tall and mount it as far forward as possible so it won't contact the fender on deep rebounds of the wheel. These lamps do draw a total of 110 watts so we have to be careful about overload on our charging system. I just ordered a voltmeter I will install in the dash so I can have a look at what happens as I turn on the various accessories - driving lights, seat heater, heated grips! Most likely will not have all three on at the same time. Heated grips and seat together about equal the draw of the driving lights. My night time runs are very short and infrequent. Wanted the heated stuff for daytime rides in cooler weather.
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Post by T W I S T E R on Oct 17, 2006 12:28:58 GMT -5
sissy.
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Post by scooterollie on Oct 17, 2006 20:31:21 GMT -5
twister;
Maybe, but I am a sissy with warm buns! If I had my way, I would be riding with the "Dawgs" in Florida during the winter but that is not in the cards right now.
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Post by T W I S T E R on Oct 25, 2006 21:53:54 GMT -5
I have the same problem with my Viva 250. I think I am just going to install driving lights when I get back to the States. Let's see now, that's fuel filter, fuel lines, vacuum lines, electric fuel pump to eliminate dying above 55mph, Dr. Pulley rollers, radiator cooling fan, carb adjustments, modifications to allow better airflow to the radiator and the CVT, aftermarket trunk, repair of plastic tabs on body panels, digital speedometer, bead balancing of both wheels, find and repair that gosh awful vibration under my left foot between 50-55 mph, replace missing screws and anchors, tighten loose bolts, bleed brakes, replace Chinese oil and gear oil, replace Chinese antifreeze, replace battery, rewire due to radiator cooling fan seizing and melting a bunch of wiring, recalibrate gauges, spend countless hours looking for parts or trying to figure out something else that will work, replace CVT belt that squeals like a banshee if I can ever find one, other things I have forgotten right now. Some of these are accomplished while others are waiting for me to get home. Other than that, I love her and riding her is bliss. that vibration under your right foot comes from the variator and belt. My Matrix required a dr. pulley 115mm plus 10gram slider weights and a smaller kelvar belt. presto-vibration gone. ;D |
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Post by scooterdog on Nov 7, 2006 23:22:11 GMT -5
Back on the Headlight Aiming portion of this thread...Had to get tough to get results. Front cowling back off (PIA), headlight assembly off, separate the outer and inner plastic pieces, use the screw adjuster (after snipping off the gear, turn with a 7mm socket) turn until the inner reflector is just about touching the clear plastic outer housing at the bottom, re-attach the gear holder with washers inserted to keep pressure on the adjusting nut, re-assemble the 2 halves of the headlight assembly, install back into cowling, re-install cowling. All this to get the headlights to peer further up the road! It seemed to work, especially on high beam. Now...I hope I don't burn out a bulb because that is the procedure to replace one. Whew!! Could they have made it harder? Anyway, good thing I don't do much night driving on the scoot, but that is about what you will have to do if you want the stock lights to shine farther out. (I could have used one more washer, I used 3, but I am not going back in there for that little bit of illumination). Time for a cool bevarage...
scooterdog
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Post by larry9 on Nov 30, 2006 8:02:15 GMT -5
I just had to add my 0.02 cents to this thread.
When I bought my scoot it had 17 watt bulbs in the headlights. At night they would shine about 2 or 3 feet in front and that made it slightly dangerous to ride around at night. After a day and a half I managed to change them for 35 watt bulbs and then got light for about 4-6 feet. However I fel this still wasn't enough light.
So I went to Harbor Freight(.com) and purchased two 3 million candlepower rechargeable flashlights and a roll of duct tape. I duct taped the flashlights to my handlebars and now I can see God if I turn them up toward the sky. What a difference!! Oncomming cars don't like them as they keep flashing their brights at me and I can't go too close to the car in front of me because the lights are so powerful that they burn the paint off the back of the car. I once rode in back of a Harley with them on and ignited his leather jacket. He was pissed to say the least and proceeded to beat the hell out of me and destroyed my lights. After I got out of the hospital, I went back to Harbor Freight and bought 2 more but now I'm more careful when I turn them on. Oh.... and by the way, if you shine them up to see God, don't shine them in His eyes. He gets pissed and will cause rain and snow to fall on you or even throw a few lightning bolts at you.
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Post by Admin on Nov 30, 2006 15:04:44 GMT -5
larry9, you are kind of a frightening soul. I like the way you think. ;D
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Post by jackthefuzz on Nov 30, 2006 15:26:56 GMT -5
switching all the lights to LED allowed me to install sylvania silver star headlights 55W H4 in one side and a 35W HID unit in the other . just something to think about
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Post by Charlie on Nov 30, 2006 16:03:39 GMT -5
Jack,
Where did you get those LED headlamps? and what kind of base did they have?
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Post by jackthefuzz on Nov 30, 2006 16:10:36 GMT -5
sry charlie, not LED headlamps, LED everything else that saved enough power load to install the larger headlights without pulling more power than the scoot can handle
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Post by larry9 on Nov 30, 2006 17:26:23 GMT -5
Hi Jack, do you find the LED bulbs in the stop light bright enough in strong sunlight?
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Post by jackthefuzz on Nov 30, 2006 18:52:12 GMT -5
yes my LEDS are very bright. I bought them from v-leds.
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