Post by niedzwiedz on Dec 20, 2011 10:03:14 GMT -6
Hello everyone;
A friend over at Scooter Doc told me I may find some more scooter people closer to my stomp'n grounds here.
So, I stopped by and signed up.
Growing up we travel around and have lived from East to West. But, I tell people I grew up on the Arkansas River.
As a child I learned a little about mechanics from my dad. I was the type mechanic then that when you rebuilt an engine you lay everything out in the order it came apart so you could put it back together. I worked for a local boat dealer during high school and got some mechanic knowledge. In college I again worked for another boat dealer and noticed many times the mechanics would just put all their parts in a box under the boat. I was like, how you know where everything goes? They told me; "Experience". I got an A.A.S. Degree in Bio-Medical Equipment Technology, a fancy name for an electronic technisheanne
I still enjoy mechanics but not as a career. Well years went by and into the late 90's. One day my Nephew was rebuilding an older 350 for his TransAm, maybe the early 80's model, and he ask me to come look at something he not know what it was or where it came from! We went up to the shed and he hands me this solid rod about 6 inches long and asks what it was. It looked like a very short push rod and I ask, "this the only one"? Yes! So, I thought and it clicked; "this the push rod for the fuel pump, back then they not have electric fuel pumps on a lot of vehicles"! Then I realized, I had experience.
OK, end of that story. Well about 3-4 years ago I was in the Gander Mountain over by McCain Mall. They had 2 scooters on clearance, one was this Dazon Diamondback 50 I bought for $650-750 not really remember. The other was a 125? maybe!
Knowing more now it would probably been better to bought the 125 for $200 more.
Anywho, I got home and this CD manual I got with it was about the smallest Frisbee I ever seen, because it sure not worth much more, so, I had to learn most of what I know on my Scooter from visual examination, learned that from a girl friend.
Finally I got thinking. one day, I going to need parts and I need to find where to get them without getting ripped off. So started searching the Internet and found a few places that lead me to Scooter Doc and they lead me to here!
So, here I am scooter gurus, taking a crash course in scooter mechanics/electronics! ;D
A friend over at Scooter Doc told me I may find some more scooter people closer to my stomp'n grounds here.
So, I stopped by and signed up.
Growing up we travel around and have lived from East to West. But, I tell people I grew up on the Arkansas River.
As a child I learned a little about mechanics from my dad. I was the type mechanic then that when you rebuilt an engine you lay everything out in the order it came apart so you could put it back together. I worked for a local boat dealer during high school and got some mechanic knowledge. In college I again worked for another boat dealer and noticed many times the mechanics would just put all their parts in a box under the boat. I was like, how you know where everything goes? They told me; "Experience". I got an A.A.S. Degree in Bio-Medical Equipment Technology, a fancy name for an electronic technisheanne
OK, end of that story. Well about 3-4 years ago I was in the Gander Mountain over by McCain Mall. They had 2 scooters on clearance, one was this Dazon Diamondback 50 I bought for $650-750 not really remember. The other was a 125? maybe!
Anywho, I got home and this CD manual I got with it was about the smallest Frisbee I ever seen, because it sure not worth much more, so, I had to learn most of what I know on my Scooter from visual examination, learned that from a girl friend.
Finally I got thinking. one day, I going to need parts and I need to find where to get them without getting ripped off. So started searching the Internet and found a few places that lead me to Scooter Doc and they lead me to here!
So, here I am scooter gurus, taking a crash course in scooter mechanics/electronics! ;D
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