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General Discussion / Re: Your vehicles. the various countries ?

« Last post by Neil955i on Today at 09:42:49 AM »

You got me wondering Stig so I checked to see where the wife's new (to her) Range Rover Evoque was made. Turns out less than 100 miles from us at the Halewood Plant, Liverpool, United Kingdom: Makes the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque.

General Discussion / Re: one thing you don't want to do when you get there....

« Last post by Neil955i on Today at 09:36:58 AM »

Thanks for the chuckle Stig!

Any sequel may have to wait, it's raining cats & dogs here today and I only just washed the scooter!

General Discussion / Re: one thing you don't want to do when you get there....

« Last post by Stig / Major Tom 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

General Discussion / Re: Your vehicles. the various countries ?

« Last post by randyo on May 21, 2024, 04:03:26 PM »

I have a South Korean tractor coming into the fold this week, just bought a TYM T474HC tractor/loader/backhoe, expect delivery this Thursday or Friday

General Discussion / Your vehicles. the various countries ?

« Last post by Stig / Major Tom 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.

General Discussion / Re: one thing you don't want to do when you get there....

« Last post by 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.

General Discussion / Re: one thing you don't want to do when you get there....

« Last post by Neil955i on May 21, 2024, 09:49:18 AM »

Another thing you don't need is when you're riding in sunshine (OK rare occurrence here in the UK) then ride into shade and spot the low fuel lamp flashing! Wonders to self, "how long has that been on?" Checks trip to see 182 miles - I normally fill up around 165-170

Then paranoid low speed ride home to conserve fuel and pick up the fuel can before further, vicar-like, ride to the petrol station to fill up. Life's little dramas eh?

Well that was my day yesterday, how was yours?

Technical | How To / Re: Kymco AK550 - CVT and

« Last post by rjs987 on May 21, 2024, 12:28:16 AM »

Welcome to the forum.

I just returned from a 1379 mile trip from Iowa to TN and back (with a few days of camping in between).

My 2022 AK 550 now has 14925 miles (24019 km) on it. I bought it new. Before that I owned a 2013 Burgman 650. It's more about the RPM than the speed with a CVT. When slowing down and the RPM drops to around 1500 or lower the clutch automatically lets go and then the rear is freewheeling like when you pull in the clutch on a manual transmission bike. You will notice more engine drag before this compared to some manual transmission bikes depending on what gear those bikes are in when starting to slow down. There are no "gears" in a CVT when speeding up or slowing down. The clutch will grab again when accelerating somewhere around 2000 RPM. I was able to more closely verify this with the Burgman which has an analog tachometer.

What you may be feeling and experiencing is that moment when the clutch lets go and the engine simply goes to idle. Then you will just be coasting freely. Bigger super scooters like the Burgman and AK are more noticeable when that happens and it does sometimes feel like a slight jerk. This is totally normal. A smaller scooter might not be as noticeable, if at all noticed, but it does still happen with those.

My wife rides a Honda Metropolitan 49cc scooter and it also does the same though not as obvious.

BTW- good choice on the oil. These super scooters have a wet clutch so they need JASO MA or MA2 oil or the clutch plates will be damaged. You picked the right kind of oil. I now use SuperTech 4-cycle motorcycle oil which is also JASO MA2 certified (the bottle with the picture of the sport bike on it). I used to use Shell Rotella T6 until that became sometimes unavailable for a good price.

Oil filters are the same as used on BMW bikes so I bought the BMW oil filter cap wrench from Amazon to make it easy to do the complete oil change without removing ANY panels.
I've posted in this forum on some of the maintenance I've done on the AK.