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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on July 15, 2020, 02:53:23 PM
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I hate checking the air in the tires.
Crawl on floor, none of my 3 gauges agree, hard to get in there to clip on the air hose, loses air when I release it....clip on again. ..lose more...gauges argue.
Close 2nd is getting to the brake reservoirs, because takes forever to get mirrors to stop moving after I reinstall them. Just waiting for the mirror stem to break out/strip from the cast reservoir assembly.
You?
Major Tom
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get high quality pencil gauge---US made if you can still find them.
Air hose, get chucks that work!! clip on suck. Again us made, some of my Harbor Freight chucks are not perfect.
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The job I hate? Putting it away in the garage! ;)
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While checking the tire pressure in the GV is a Royal Pain with 12" tires and brake rotors about the same size. Putting it away for winter is the worst.
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Whenever I'm putting air in a tyre, I always panic a little bit if I can't get the adapter on and there's air escaping from the tyre.
I don't know why - it's completely illogical. I mean, I am holding a pump in my hand.
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Whenever I'm putting air in a tyre, I always panic a little bit if I can't get the adapter on and there's air escaping from the tyre.
I don't know why - it's completely illogical. I mean, I am holding a pump in my hand.
It's the small amount of time between when you undo the air chuck lock and you get it off the valve stem. How much air did I lose in the process?
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Checking valves.
Makes me wish for a naked bike...The S200 was annoying since you had to take off essentially the whole cover..not as bad as ya think but adds 20 minutes+ of the 30 minute job.
The SYM's a bit better. Just pull one cover, but four valves.
The Burgman is horrific. Tight space, gotta move the radiator, tough to get the gauges in, hard to both see and seat the valve cover gasket..makes a real mess if leaking..then ya gotta dig back in to reseat it..
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accessing the front brake fluid reservoir...total pain in the rear to pull apart the handlebar covers...difficult fussy and very easy to scratch and damage stuff if not careful. Sure wish Kymco would just put a simple access cover over it.
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accessing the front brake fluid reservoir...total pain in the rear to pull apart the handlebar covers...difficult fussy and very easy to scratch and damage stuff if not careful. Sure wish Kymco would just put a simple access cover over it.
+1~ !!
Stig
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Changing tyres. I've been having something of a refresh of rubber on my three steeds over the last few weeks; one on original rubber from 1981, one set that's cracked and a pair on my C70. I have a horrible feeling the front tyre on the C70 was original - despite the bike being on and off the road quite a bit over the last 38 years. Anyway, brand new rubber for all!
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Changing gear oil - until I bought a veterinarian's horse syringe.
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Had a syringe for measuring 2T oil that took a couple shots to fill the SYM's gear oil..the ordered these..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C71C1LH/ (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C71C1LH/)
Changing gear oil - until I bought a veterinarian's horse syringe.
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Had a syringe for measuring 2T oil that took a couple shots to fill the SYM's gear oil..the ordered these..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C71C1LH/ (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C71C1LH/)
I just use the bottle the gear oil comes in. Take the top and bottom plugs out stick the bottle nozzle into the bottom hole and squeeze until gear oil comes out the top vent. Remove nozzle and use finger to block hole until you can put the bottom plug in.
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I tried the cheap nylon syringes....but found a plastic meat injector with screw-on needle to work much more smoothly. Plunger is easier to use....clip the needle tip with wire cutters and/or slip on a plastic tube thing that comes inside some spray bottles.
Found the tube add-on great for withdrawing a bit of engine oil if you over fill!
Stig
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I just use the bottle the gear oil comes in. Take the top and bottom plugs out stick the bottle nozzle into the bottom hole and squeeze until gear oil comes out the top vent. Remove nozzle and use finger to block hole until you can put the bottom plug in.
Gotta be careful with this method as it doesn’t work with all scoots. My S 200 takes 180ml of gear oil. If you were to fill it until it ran out of the fill hole you’d put significantly more in there. That results in it coming out the vent into the air box and soaking the air filter. How do I know this? Previous owner of my scoot (who worked at a scooter shop, of all places) filled it this way and my air filter was completely soaked with gear oil when it was delivered to me.
It would be much simpler to allow filling until it ran out of the fill hole...but, oh, well.
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Gotta be careful with this method as it doesn’t work with all scoots. My S 200 takes 180ml of gear oil. If you were to fill it until it ran out of the fill hole you’d put significantly more in there. That results in it coming out the vent into the air box and soaking the air filter. How do I know this? Previous owner of my scoot (who worked at a scooter shop, of all places) filled it this way and my air filter was completely soaked with gear oil when it was delivered to me.
It would be much simpler to allow filling until it ran out of the fill hole...but, oh, well.
I would be curious of the difference by filling this way, then draining and measuring the actual amount . Compared to the 180ml. Trying to figure out how it would migrate to the air box as well but not familiar with the S200 and where the air intake is located. Isn't the gear case a sealed unit as well?
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I dug through my tubing collection, found one that fit snugly in the filler hole, then one that fit over that tube, then another over the second one so I ended up with the third tubing large enough to jam a funnel into. I set the funnel between the seat and the metal seat surround, pour the correct amount of gear oil in the funnel, walk away for 15-30 minutes, time enough to empty the oil into the rear case.
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Air into tires: After trying many gauges and pumps I find the Slime 12 volt pump/gauge (around $22) with the clip-on end the best: you lose almost no air and it combines the pump with the gauge so you only enter the tire valve once to measure pressure and, if needed, add air. If you use a separate gauge and pump that's twice you have to enter the valve. I also found the Slime gauge to be in agreement with a very accurate digital gauge. I have all my bikes wired to handle the current draw of the pump so I can add air on the go if needed, the pump taking little room under the seat.
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I dislike removing Kymco scooter body panels.
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Isn't the gear case a sealed unit as well?
Kansas Kymco - the gear case is vented into the airbox. There have been a number of threads on this issue over the years..as I believe the service manuals on some scoots contain errors in the quantity of gear oil needed, big surprise. Lots of people are used to filling up until it spills out of the fill hole on cars, etc. but on this particular Kymco that doesn't work. My air filter needed replacing as it had a lot of gear oil on it when i got my scoot due to overfilling...even though .18L is stamped on the CVT cover!
Pic attached, looking from back right side of scoot through wheel showing black vent hose.
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Kansas Kymco - the gear case is vented into the airbox. There have been a number of threads on this issue over the years..as I believe the service manuals on some scoots contain errors in the quantity of gear oil needed, big surprise. Lots of people are used to filling up until it spills out of the fill hole on cars, etc. but on this particular Kymco that doesn't work. My air filter needed replacing as it had a lot of gear oil on it when i got my scoot due to overfilling...even though .18L is stamped on the CVT cover!
Pic attached, looking from back right side of scoot through wheel showing black vent hose.
I learned something new.
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Mine now vents into the atmosphere.