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Funny how this work ethic is a problem is SA as well. Kids are not the same anymore. I often tell the pupils where I teach those famous words of JFK "not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.

Talking about Studebakers, here in SA we had the Silver Hawk and the Golden Hawk, beautiful cars. Did they go by those name in the States as well?

Amazing. someone once said to me it is not healthy to delf into the past but we are humans with a memory. It will be pointless to take you on a trip of the past here in South Africa but JR I can remember that Chevy Impala as we has them here too. I remember been fascinated with those funny wings at the back and running my hands underneath those wings. We had cars like the de soto, plymouth, studebaker, hudson etc. They don't exist anymore. As the song goes "those were the days my friend"

Hi it all depends how far you want to go. Any engine has a performance ceiling and at some point maybe one should look at a bigger scooter/motorcycle. But for your scooter you must consider firstly your weight and if you are hefty you can change the roller weights in the variator to something a little lighter as this will give you better pull off power. You can start playing around with racing variators/springs as well. On my scooter I changed the inlet to something bigger ( I removed the stock air cleaner and put a foam cylinder type in) but that necessitated larger jets as well and idle jets. Just those changes changed my scooter from a struggling 50mph on an uphill to 62mph on the same hill. I can run at 75mph on a level road and the throttle still has a little something in it. If your scoot gives similar performance then I would suggest leave it and be happy.

You guys just made me realize again what a lovely fraternity us scooter riders have. JR I think the wires were more pinched than burned, it looked like that anyway. I have replaced the 25w front globes with 35w and I almost never drive after dark and in the day I have this habit of switching the lights off on roads were it is safe to do so. Tomorrow I will test it longer as tv suggested and see where the vdc wants to aspire to (weather permit as I believe we in for a real winter cold here in Johannesburg with 32f min and 48 max). Many thanx for the advice, I am pretty handy on the mechanical side but my knowledge on stators, RR's etc is not my strong point. Still I manage eventually.

Problem sorted. I couldn't get to some wire clusters in the front so I pulled the suspect cluster (going to the switch) out backwards next to steering shaft and once I had them out the burned wires stared my in the face and apologized. I think they rubbed against something and it had to fail at some point. Cleaned and taped it and all is well.

JR you did ask if I was having battery/charging problems. Well yes and no. battery is fine, charge rate a little low for my liking but once the wires were fixed I set about to clean the six wires coming out the R/R and ensuring that there is a sound connection. Charge rate now at idle is about 14.24 and when I increase the refs it goes up to 14.33. With the main lights on it drops to about 13.82 and when I start her up the volts drop to 11.72. I think those figures are rather healthy, would you guys agree?

Which one is the regulator, the little black squared thing with two plugs going in (one been bigger than the other) or is it the one with the cooling blades on it. There is a rectifier and a regulator and I don't always know which is which.

This scooter has the light switch and my lights/fan can go on without the motor running, just by turning the ignition on.

What is acv?

What a difference it makes especially when riding with sunglasses. An absolute pleasure seeing the dials again