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Downtown 300 / changing gaskets on scooter engine
« on: December 04, 2016, 05:12:01 AM »

  I tried to use liquid gasket and I am to old and shaky,.  seen how they do it on line, do it like you do dry wall,  put it on and trowel it off , just leave flat finish,   thanks for the on line shows,.

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General Discussion / little brother for downtown300i
« on: November 24, 2016, 06:32:22 PM »
just got a call on a frost two hundred cc  for twelve hundred dollars,  Canadian, will see it on saterday, if good I will ride it home,,

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Downtown 300 / what is the lifetime of a muffler
« on: August 06, 2016, 06:57:08 PM »
  I am coming on to 80,000 Km. on my downtown 2011,.  will it be good for over 100,000 Km,.  ??160,000 ???

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Downtown 300 / BEARINGS STEERING STEM
« on: July 06, 2016, 03:55:30 PM »
 
  It looks like the steering bearings should be greased every two years,  took mine apart and flat spots on the outer race,  so I have ordered new bearings,    Canadian price is $ 92.48    usa. price is $42.95,  each,   I put the old bearing with new grease back in and it is not to bad, so I can still get a few miles on it, till the new ones get here,.

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General Discussion / heat sheild washers
« on: May 06, 2016, 05:15:10 AM »

  the little heat shield over the exhaust pipe, rattiles, take a washer from the heat shield of the muffler,. or order from the dealer,  they are fiber washers ,. and should stop any rattiles,.   

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Downtown 300 / 2016 downtown
« on: October 24, 2015, 10:57:09 PM »
  has any one seen the 2016 downtown,  some one said it had ABS brakes,  might be worth it, to go to Florida just to see that , and bring one home 

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Vitality 50 / winter tires
« on: September 25, 2015, 04:24:39 AM »
just found Vee winter tires  in USA.  $67.00 front tire

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Technical | How To / What tool do you use to modify a variator
« on: January 02, 2015, 03:14:51 PM »
   I use a 1/2 " belt sander,  black and decker calls them elec. files,  the sander belt is 13 mm. wide, perfect for a 12 mm. wide slider,  it took me about 1/2 hour to file out the eight slots, in my variator,  this is my second one,  I am making a spare variator,  with better measurements,  I now have multy grit sanding belts ,I start out with 40 grit, then I go to 80 grit,  and finish with 220 grit,

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General Discussion / GLUE ON led lights,.(how to attach wires)
« on: November 19, 2014, 11:47:25 PM »
  I have been trying to attach wires to led light strip,  how hot do you get the wire to get it to solder to gether,. do you use flux ,.  do you put more solder on the wire,  thanks for any help,. 

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Downtown 300 / KM. or miles on your downtown
« on: September 24, 2014, 12:28:45 AM »
 just went over the 50,000 km   ( 30,105 miles)  today ,  it was two years old  last june 26,.  enjoying it every day there is no snow,   Ottawa ont.  canada

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General Discussion / cvt. tranny torque
« on: June 17, 2014, 08:01:34 PM »
   what is the torque in foot lbs. for cvt,. cant turn my manual on. 

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Xciting 500 / xciting 400i
« on: April 05, 2014, 09:44:05 PM »
I converted the metric numbers on the 400i

hp.  26.5 kw. =  34.8 HP.
torque  37 nm. =  27.2 foot Lb.s
wheels   120/70 - 15       rear 150/ 70  14
 wt.   193 kg. =  424.6 Lb.s
wheel base  1570 mm.  = 61 7/8 inches
 I would love to have one of these.  Don

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Downtown 300 / winter ride just above freezing
« on: January 15, 2014, 08:47:02 PM »
  the road was dry, no snow coming down,I rode till I was out of gas ,  a few hours and about 120 miles,. what a nice day!  only my finger tips got cold,. had to stop and warm up,.very nice through towns,. but the highway sure sucks the heat out of the finger tips,  this beats the hell out of riding the tractor snow blower , my gloves are constrution grade insulated leather gloves from TSC farm supply, they work better than my scooter $60. gloves,. and they cost $16.

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Downtown 300 / plug in for gps,. or phone, re= fuse under cowling
« on: September 05, 2013, 02:33:28 AM »
  I just installed a dash type fuse right beside the plug in, so if the fuse blows it is handy to install a new fuse,. 

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Yager GT 200i / gas cap
« on: September 04, 2013, 05:01:03 PM »
  just to check gas cap, get your second key and release the cap and see if your rpm changes,and see if it stalls,.

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