What did you do to your scoot today? By yoster (Read 2,450 times)

[damin69]

Ok so my Ride this afternoon was a bit tense.. The 20mph winds the other day were NOTHING compared to the constant 30mph gusting I came home in today. I was so tensed up that my left should blade was killing me when I got home. I had a couple of times that I got hit so hard with wind it was like getting hit in the side with a huge wall. To say what it was like well to try and explain it make by butt pucker up... LOL It was to say the least a couple of time quite scarey..... I do not want to ride in them conditions every day that is for sure.

[yoster]

Strong winds can be crazy. When I was first learning to ride I literally got blown OFF the road. The winds weren't even that strong, I just didn't expect it. It never even crossed my mind that winds in-town could affect you. I've been blown around in the car before, but that's typically only on the freeway. Definitely sharpens your skills quickly though

So I put my coolant concoction in the scooter last night and rode to work this morning. So far so good! Already a definite improvement. It stays between the FIRST bar (dead cold) and the 1/4 bar now.. wow. But.. it was very cool out (low 60's). So that's not a real test in my book. It's going to be cool on the way home (88) but I'll be givin' it "the beans." Hopefully can find a stretch of road where I can hold WOT for awhile.

Currently my mixture is as follows: 30% coolant, 70% water (I wanted less coolant but messed up), and 1/3 bottle of hyperlube. This was all mixed in a 1-gallon milk carton before being poured into the scooter (so the scooter itself doesn't have a 1/3 bottle of hyperlube - that would be way too much)

[damin69]

Jun 22, 2012 9:46:14 GMT -6 yoster said:

Strong winds can be crazy. When I was first learning to ride I literally got blown OFF the road. The winds weren't even that strong, I just didn't expect it. It never even crossed my mind that winds in-town could affect you. I've been blown around in the car before, but that's typically only on the freeway. Definitely sharpens your skills quickly though

So I put my coolant concoction in the scooter last night and rode to work this morning. So far so good! Already a definite improvement. It stays between the FIRST bar (dead cold) and the 1/4 bar now.. wow. But.. it was very cool out (low 60's). So that's not a real test in my book. It's going to be cool on the way home (88) but I'll be givin' it "the beans." Hopefully can find a stretch of road where I can hold WOT for awhile.

Currently my mixture is as follows: 30% coolant, 70% water (I wanted less coolant but messed up), and 1/3 bottle of hyperlube. This was all mixed in a 1-gallon milk carton before being poured into the scooter (so the scooter itself doesn't have a 1/3 bottle of hyperlube - that would be way too much)

Let me know how this works out for you. What is Hyperlube anything like WaterWetter?

[yoster]

Yep, exactly like it, but can be found at walmart. It seems to do slightly better than others out there when used in applications that still have coolant (rather than straight water.)

Here's a review that turbo magazine did back in 2007:
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[nulldevice]

Today I found out a 14 dollar belt from Ebay is not a bargain. Less than five percent of the belt was on the scooter by the time I got stopped. I stopped under a nice shade tree, removed the remaining belt fragments and shreds, and put the spare belt on.

I carry a belt from a long case 150cc gy6 motor as a spare. It is longer and narrower than the stock belt on my CN250 clone engine. It can be put on my 250cc scooter's pulleys without removing the variator.

Think of it as a temporary spare like cars have.