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Check this out.. HID that comes with the BA20d mount! First time I've seen this:
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Only 35w.. even 1 of those will probably give you better light than 2 higher-wattage halogens. Plus you won't risk melting anything. At $35, I'd say go for it. Course you'd be somewhat of the guinea pig, since no one else has tried these particular "plug and play" ones for the BA20d mount (as far as I know anyway).

Also, I've always wondered this.. but have we even verified that the scooter IS overheating? I wouldn't at all be surprised if the gauge and rad fan sensor are off.

I tried to shoot the head on my scooter with a temp gun awhile back, and the temp was like 150 when my gauge was at the mid-point.... IIRC. I'll try again this week.

Thanks for the write-up Damin. Do you think it's worth others investing their time to do this? The cooling impact didn't seem to be incredibly huge. Any plans for further tweaking?

Any 10/40 or 15/40 automotive oil will be fine. If you already picked up motorcycle oil, then that's fine as well.

I have to say, if I could do it all over again, I would have gone with the Linhai.

In all the Linhai vs cfmoto debates, this settles it. The issues we deal with aren't just isolated to us; they're systemic issues. Right out the gate, in stock form, you WILL have charging issues and you WILL have cooling issues if you run at 55+ on a warm day more than 10 minutes straight (on this particular model with the rad location). Annoying.

Hello everyone,

I wanted to write about something I've noticed lately. I know a lot of users, regular ones anyway, (in fact I think I'm the only one) on these boards are not from the Fresno area.

That said, it is amazing to me how much of our work has been reflected in the scooters I see every day. I can think of several ideas that I've witnessed being born right here on these boards among us 250cc owners, as we learn and come up with new 'tricks of the trade' to get these scooters running better. It's these same exact ideas that I've seen, just last week in fact, implemented on scooters around town! From headlight modifications, to cooling modifications (similar to what JR did back on the ScootDawg forum), to LED upgrades etc. Many of which, when I check out the scooter closely (in a parking lot), are flat obvious that they followed a tutorial on these boards step by step.. which is awesome!

The most recent thing that came up was a user who was reading my charging post/novel, in particular my instructions on adding a relay and my testing of the stock R/R back on scootdawg, which eventually led him to Damin's OMP RR thread on ScooterDoc. He contacted me directly asking for help with it (since he also lived in Fresno).

So while these boards may not have the most members in the world, let me tell you, we have a lot of readers out there. I'd like to give everyone a big high-five for all your hard work and the impact you've had on other scooter owners! I don't know about you, but there have been plenty of times where I've thought "man, why didn't I just shell out the extra bones and get something a bit more substantial, like a Kymco or something" - but every time I see a Chinese scooter out there with one of "our" mods on it, it makes me smile and think "ahh, THAT'S why." Good work everyone!

Thanks guys! Ya I need to get pics up soon. OMP RR is working great; charging issues are now a thing of the past for me.

JR it's funny, I was actually typing in "scooter professor" almost every day into google search, but it wasn't until a few days ago that it came up for me.. or I'm blind.. either way, glad to be here!