Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Stig / Major Tom

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 950
1
Technical | How To / Re: variator locking tool
« on: Today at 01:41:03 PM »
Many of us use this one.
Prices range from $12 up....
DoNOT put the tongs in the cooling fan 'blades' at the front!
These can and will break off.
If the tongs do not fit the 2 holes, file them down until they do.

Might be best to take a look at things with the belt cover off - to see what will work.


 https://www.ebay.com/itm/386943249315?itmmeta=01HYG8AF1WM0MM3HXYXMTDFDH9&hash=item5a179d6ba3:g:L4YAAOSwvtZmI4BY&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4DxpiZY5AnwXVnl%2BbC0AlcL5U81LIpGDYNZ1SLHS0twsA1CiNTbYuaQE0iTbj9KkptQLC7fk0cJtzk8HtEQbg93lNctsytM3mCpVdXR1h3LS%2BTJjHT0HUUVLCDA7zUBf%2BPZf1l94xYByQpO5BQikw1BKNEsxToHXjNVyQk%2B0PyCYmV24dXow%2BrLNMQcx3EbSgWw40rAocrxJz4wyA7tEqEj%2FoG0o1NtJaBOdRS6mc1QgY901E552A4t4XiMSr8ghVLkXH2pbDkjOFuZI0GWnOKXhWEnXPlOuSZnCCESCOHOQ%7Ctkp%3ABFBMlvGpiPRj

Stig

2
General Discussion / Re: one thing you don't want to do when you get there....
« on: Today at 12:10:33 AM »
Quote from: Neil955i on May 21, 2024, 11:13:21 AM
OK, update on my last post just to let you know how things turned out.  I didn't need to use the fuel can, yay!  Stopped for the Kodak moment about half a mile from the petrol station and the top picture records the 190.9 trip so by the time I rolled onto the forecourt it achieved over 191 miles without running out.  Dare I go for 200?...

This second photo shows the curious flicker rate that the dash has and which shows so often on YouTube road tests.  It's invisible to the naked eye, but cameras almost always show it.

PS Getting the hang of this picture posting lark eh Stig?  Thanks for the tutorial.
An exemplary post!
Technical and informative!
 High tension (will he have to walk?)  fine grasp of foreign languages and their weird spelling.
Leaves door open for a possible sequel! (will he go for 200 miles!?)
Just really good work Neil!
Seriously.

And, for those of us who lose the plot after a sentence or 5 - photographs to help us understand the theories, the logarithms... to keep our interest!

Good photographs.
Keep them coming Neil!

 I might skip a paragraph or 3 but I never do not look at photos!
I wish others will try to do as Neil has....post some photos of a scooter, or bits of it - or whatever!

I frequently try to post a scooter photo whether it's germane to the post or not!


Stig

3
General Discussion / Your vehicles. the various countries ?
« on: May 21, 2024, 11:54:30 AM »
I've owned vehicles that were made in:
Canada, USA, China, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Germany and France.
But biggest surprise was deciphering the VIN and learning that I was driving around Massachusetts in a car made in Austria! ('91 VW Vanagon GL)

YOU?

Stig
(I did ride in an MGB, and  Saab....but those don't count)
Most fun: riding from Boston to NYC in Charlie's old 3 cyl. 2 stroke Saab, and a couple of 2CV's in Paris.


4
General Discussion / Re: one thing you don't want to do when you get there....
« on: May 20, 2024, 07:43:28 PM »
Quote from: randyo on May 20, 2024, 07:03:33 PM
Until the fob battery goes dead
Is it a key with fob attached?
Fob battery quits - put key in and turn it?!
Stig

5
General Discussion / Good to see a healthy farm!
« on: May 20, 2024, 04:38:32 PM »


while these folks need a little help with their curb-appeal.....



Stig

6
Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: going thru town....5:43AM
« on: May 20, 2024, 04:11:44 PM »
Quote from: Neil955i on May 20, 2024, 03:27:14 PM
So dawn breaking before 6am currently?

Dawn 5:44AM, sunrise 6:15.

I make darn sure I'm out there for the sunrises!
Stig

7
General Discussion / one thing you don't want to do when you get there....
« on: May 20, 2024, 03:10:35 PM »
Lock your keys in the top case or under the seat!





I leave the keys in the Liberty's top case. The seat is never fully closed - so that's no worry.....but that top case! You don't need the key to lock it!

The LIKE's top case requires the key to close~! ...so I'm safe there. I'm rarely messing under the seat - but it would snap closed on my keys if I wasn't careful.
 I do have a seat/ignition key hidden on the LIKE after I scared myself one winter's day, miles form home!

Stig

8
Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / going thru town....5:43AM
« on: May 20, 2024, 02:56:36 PM »




Stig

9
Roadcraft / I'm so easily thrilled~!
« on: May 20, 2024, 12:48:53 PM »
Riding home today on my 155cc moped I was passed twice by manly looking guys, on big motorcycles, and by dang they both gave me the two finger down greeting!
I giggled like a little girl in my helmet, both times~!

...I'm pitiful.....

not Stig

10
Technical | How To / Mirrors & mods to my LIKE
« on: May 19, 2024, 05:33:39 PM »
I found the mirror stems on my stock LIKE200i to be far too short.
I could see nothing of value in them!

1st order of business was to source some long-stem mirrors from an Italian on ebay.
Finding adapters was a bit of a puzzle....

Nothing for it - they are goofy looking!


But, man do they work - giving me a great look behind!


FYI - stock Vespa/Piaggio mirror and the shorter LIKE mirror.


Next up on the LIKE - if I ever wanted to ride beyond 20 mins - was rebuilding that stock seat!
Pretty enough....but with a horrible ridge in the center of the seat-pan. (under the gloves)



The 3-day rebuild.....from a distance , not too bad.
But comfy as heck!
I added inches of correct density seating foam (internet) and re-covered it all with SailRite 4-way stretch vinyl
I now sit directly over that rige.....and cannot feel it. A lot of trial sitting to get this.
(Bestem 929 case added for its active LEDs - my every ride starts in the dark!)


Were you required to modify anything on your Kymco - for comfort or safety?

Stig


11
Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / NSR: Chipmunk
« on: May 19, 2024, 02:03:37 AM »




For years I've caught only briefe and distant glimpses of these rascals in the back yard.
Daughter put some raw peanuts on the patio table today and this guy repeatedly returned to fill his cheeks with them. "Good luck!" storing them where the 5 squirrels we have living back there won't steal them. 3 black, one with a white tipped tail, and 2 grey's. Couple rabbits, and an opossum visits at night.
Stig

12
Eye Candy | Videos and Pics / Re: License plate ;-)
« on: May 17, 2024, 04:42:21 PM »
Quote from: Neil955i on May 17, 2024, 03:04:51 PM
Sweet wheels.

There was a red one parked right behind this white one.
But nothing clever about his plate.
White ones at dusk, with all the running lights on look like a small parade!

Stig

13
General Discussion / Re: DTX 360 New Front Boot
« on: May 17, 2024, 03:55:38 PM »
I believe this is one of your countrymen - on a set of Anlas. (found on advrider)


There is a 2nd video of this incident - but, since it is a helmet cam - it has a bit of language. Understandably.

You look all set for getting rowdy in the dirt with your Kymco. (?)

Envious of your mobile tyre fitter!

Good photos!
Stig

14
General Discussion / Honda PCX 0n Lombard St - ever been there!?
« on: May 16, 2024, 06:24:10 PM »
Screen-shot from instagram of a white Honda PCX descending the famous Lombard street in San Francisco.

A crazy street in 'Frisco. Super steep - posted @ 5MPH, One-way only - down. It is said that on some days this street will see over 15,000 cars traversing it. (tourists)
I walked up it once in 1967. (just once - bucket list) And braked down it in my '71 Beetle once in 1973.
*




Some of the residents actually have parking spaces and a garage or two.




Stig

* at the very bottom of the street, in the 1st photo, is a 1970's VW Bus. I suspect that there are tour companies which feature a guided ride in a Hippie bus through the sites in the city.

I was correct....
https://sanfranciscolovetours.com/




15
Xciting 500 / Re: Having trouble accelerating from a full stop.
« on: May 15, 2024, 11:20:12 AM »
Miles on your scooter?
Miles since last CVT servicing?
Stig

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 950