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First of all I can't believe this thread has such longevity!

But I had to laugh at that last hot tub photo - they blurred out the face of the guy who wasn't even naked!

KZ

The scoot only did this once.

On the 2nd try the scoot turned over and started right up.

I'm thinking the starter solenoid/gear didn't engage the flywheel teeth.

I'll take it a part, clean & lube it. I'll Inspect the gears, hopefully no missing teeth.

I don't expect this to be much of a problem - but if you've done this before and have tips then I'm all ears.

KZ

Yes, it was really nice down here too. I wondered if you were taking that seat for a test drive.

But the main thing is the seat wasn't pushing you forward, right ?

KZ

Nice job Randy.

Did this fix the seats tendency to push you forward ?

KZ

ST

In your 'tagline' are those the bikes you've had over the years, or is that your current collection?

KZ

25 years ago when I was in college scooter were an unknown . . . . so I got away with a lot.

In the winter I parked it in a stair well on the back side of the college Science building.

They never gave me any trouble . . . . not sure if I could still get away with that today.

Any way, it's worth asking - is there a warm spot at work that you could park the scoot ?

KZ

Wow that's a pretty hot bulb, 75Watts !  Careful nothing gets melted.

I wonder how much of that heat made it out of the seat bucket and down to the carb . . . doesn't seem like it would have been much.

But if the battery is under the seat then keeping that warmer probably gave you more cranking power.

Warming the engine block (oil) is a good idea, and will help it start in very very cold weather . . . It just doesn't seem that a bulb under the seat would heat the engine.

'They' make these little stick on electrical heating elements which might be good for this job.  One about 1 by 2 inches might work if you could find a place to stick it on the engine. But then I'd worry that the hot engine would melt the pad once you got running.

Those little metal loop heaters that you put in a cup of coffee might work.  Bend the metal to the shape you want and find a way to bolt it to the engine block.

Rambling . . . . sometimes it's how I think,

KZ