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Title: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 02:26:24 AM
..stock derestricted...some cosmetic issues...2014 kms...


$500.00


 8)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 15, 2010, 03:21:25 AM
WooHoooooo...Way To Go, wordslinger!!

You gonna collect one of each Kymco?  :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 03:34:26 AM
...i still want that S9...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 15, 2010, 03:37:53 AM
When do you want it? LOL

There are some out there for some decent prices...if you can travel to get them. I would have had me one if I still had my pickup truck or my van, believe me.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 03:46:14 AM
if you can travel to get them


..reckon i just did that.........

 ;)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 15, 2010, 03:56:11 AM
Ya like Red?

http://wausau.craigslist.org/mcy/2002706955.html (http://wausau.craigslist.org/mcy/2002706955.html)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 04:03:28 AM
...wisconsin......
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 15, 2010, 04:07:23 AM
Yeah, the one for $800 is in Chicago. Told ya...have to travel to get 'em. There's only about 40 of them listed at any given time across the U.S. and only a handful are L/C.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 04:10:35 AM
...finding a Used Kymco in general is hard to do.........

..i had already searched all of NC and parts of northern SC and southern VA....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 15, 2010, 04:26:08 AM
You're right. I searched for months before I found one near me. I searched all of Virginia and northern North Carolina. People keep their Kymcos. lol
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 15, 2010, 04:30:42 AM
So do you get the day off tomorrow to check out your new scoot?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 11:17:16 PM
..yeah...don't i wish......
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 11:33:23 PM
...well, she ain't a looker, but gawd... don't she just get on down th' road!!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 15, 2010, 11:33:44 PM
Congrats on the new Peeps.  You said you drove 4 hours roundtrip to Charlottesville Va, If you don't mind me asking where do you live?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 15, 2010, 11:36:20 PM
..it was 3.5 hours up there...almost to the minute, on mapquest's estimate...

..i live in Randleman, NC...

 ;)

..what about you pedro??
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 16, 2010, 12:24:36 AM
You got a tri-colored speed machine there!  ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 12:28:40 AM
Nice pic.

Yeah, you need some auxiliary lighting on that thing for riding at night.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 12:42:37 AM
You got a tri-colored speed machine there

..yeah, well..that blue is gonna disappear really quickly...

 ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 16, 2010, 12:43:59 AM
lol...i figured as much.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 12:50:17 AM
Yeah, you need some auxiliary lighting on that thing for riding at night.

..TRUE STORY!!...

..i'm used to being seen!!..

..this morning...@ 6:00am...i was on my way to work...pitch dark...with only oem lighting and NO MIRRORS!!!!....rode home with no mirrors as well...

..THAT SUCKED!!!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 12:55:45 AM
Just not a safe situation. 

Maybe the headlight will be better than the agility?  That's another worry - seeing the road.

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 01:11:08 AM
..nope..

..i reckon forward illumination, between the two scoots, compare relatively the same....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 16, 2010, 01:12:55 AM
I've been looking into replacing my main beam with an HID.  Riding after dark kinda sucks on my people.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 01:15:44 AM
That's too bad.  This is a tough time of year to ride in the dark without an effective headlight.

Lots of deer running around.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 01:19:50 AM
Lots of deer running around.


..i hate them deers.....

 :-\
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 01:21:14 AM
I've been looking into replacing my main beam with an HID

..cool..if you find something that works, let me know!!..lol..

..it's my biggest beef with a scoot...

..the headlamp projection...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 01:27:47 AM
...blue's gotta go....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 16, 2010, 01:28:32 AM
^^

Will do.  :)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 16, 2010, 01:31:07 AM
...blue's gotta go....
You gonna paint it all black first chance you get?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 01:31:58 AM
Sounds like you have a busy weekend ahead.

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 16, 2010, 01:37:20 AM
What color is the other people?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 02:44:40 AM
..red-burgandy like...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 02:46:44 AM
..2001 pipe, then 2007...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 02:47:57 AM
...same pipe...different interior porting...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 02:53:04 AM
Seems to be in pretty good shape.

Even though my pipes are only 2 years old, they're looking pretty rusty already.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 02:55:42 AM
...my agility has NO rust at all....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 02:58:22 AM
I figure it's the result of driving through 2 winters with lots of salt on the roads.

I ran through a lot of slushy stuff last year with all the snow we got hit with.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 03:05:49 AM
...when ice or snow, or even temps below 25 degrees are predicted here,...lol.. they spray a "brine" solution on our roads...the day before the predicted precip....

..it's very nasty acting on my sinuses......


 :-\
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 03:13:38 AM
It's not doing my scoot any good either.  The rear shock is starting to rust as well.

I'm hoping the exhaust doesn't rust through in the near future.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 16, 2010, 03:17:10 AM
..reckon i'm fortunate for living down here in th' south....


..the brine only comes around 3 or four times a winter....

 :)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 16, 2010, 03:23:45 AM
And you have a scooter friendly house to store your loved ones in.

But I guess I can always get a new exhaust when the old one goes.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 17, 2010, 03:45:23 AM
...so, the seafoam has been working well...cleaning everything out...

..the airbox cover was open at the bottom...and the element had been de-formed...

..washed and cleaned and straightened all that out...

..smoothed out a bit more, but running rich at idle...

..really rich.....

..can't get the carb adjusted down enough to eliminate it, so..i'm guessing the pilot jet has been modded...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 17, 2010, 04:11:15 AM
..exellente...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: art on October 17, 2010, 07:30:20 PM
  Try cleaning out the bystarter circuit,may help.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 17, 2010, 07:34:58 PM
...good idea...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 17, 2010, 11:30:39 PM
So Word, what kind of progress on the new beastie did you make today?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 12:16:29 AM
..none...hadda work all day...still there now...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 18, 2010, 12:20:07 AM
So at least you'll get to put some more miles on her. 

No doubt she needs some time on the road after being stored for the last year.


Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 12:37:18 AM
..so far, i am pleased with the scoot overall...

..i can deal with the rich idle for now...

..just have to rev it a cpl times before i take off from a long red-light....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Peters on October 18, 2010, 02:17:16 AM
Congrads what a great deal. Dang yours has less kms than mine!

I have faith you'll have that thing runnin like a scalded dog before long ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 03:27:12 AM
..i'm reckon i'm gonna let it stay where it is right now...

..it cut 5 minutes off my commute to work and back!!...

..at 17 miles, that's just frikin awesome...

..it pulls the hills like crazy!!!

..my guilty had a faster top speed, downhill, but fell off dramatically up the long steep hills..

..and, again...i could gotten an 08 people instead of the a50, when i first bought a scoot...

..bought the guilty because it was much bigger...imma big boy...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 03:46:29 AM
..it cut 5 minutes off my commute to work and back!!...
That's awesome, wordslinger!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 03:50:08 AM
..i know right, rianna?!..

..and i'm not maxing it out most of the time...

..actually having to throttle-back quite a bit in city traffic...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 03:55:55 AM
..actually having to throttle-back quite a bit in city traffic...

LOL...I bet you're not used to that! It's nice to know you have that little bit of extra when you need it though, right? Hey, does it feel small or funny since you're used to the agility? I'm curious because I've never seen a people up close so I don't know if it sits lower or if it sits a bit higher with the bigger tires.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Peters on October 18, 2010, 03:59:13 AM
...imma big boy...
Me too brother

5 minutes! That is great
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:03:09 AM
Hey, does it feel small or funny since you're used to the agility

..yeah, it does!!..

 ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:05:09 AM
Me too brother

5 minutes! That is great


..i reckon maybe i knew you were in g-boro...but i musta forgotten it...

..dang, you ride with any ppls??

 ???
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:09:01 AM
..yeah, it does!!..
Rats. Sorry. Maybe you need the power of the people on the frame of the agility, if that were possible. You must be tall.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:15:51 AM
...that would work!!

..yeah, i'm 6 ft...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Peters on October 18, 2010, 04:17:20 AM


..dang, you ride with any ppls??

 ???
Your good. I don't I would love to though. My buddy used to have a VIP and we rode but he sold it.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Peters on October 18, 2010, 04:20:13 AM
lol... He rode mine today and said "dang your scooter is fast". Hes a lot lighter than me.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:20:41 AM
..yeah, i'm 6 ft...

That's why!

I found some boots that added me about 3 inches and I'm still a bit short on the agility. LOL.

Dang. I was hoping them taller tires would help. I guess the seat height must be lower then.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:22:41 AM
.....i reckon other than the S9, the ppl is the quickest kymco...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:23:39 AM
I guess the seat height must be lower then.


..yes it is...much lower...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:25:45 AM
Yeah, I read somewhere that the S9 and the ppl are the fastest. I just think the S9 is sharp lookin'. Every time I see one, I want it...lol.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:29:36 AM
...you coulda had one, you know....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:31:32 AM
Yeah, I tried. Didn't have a way to get there and get it.  :(

Maybe there'll be another one, though.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:41:27 AM
..you need one of these short lil ppls...

 ;)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:44:29 AM
I know you're right...really I do...but they don't look the same as the S9.  :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:47:17 AM
..but they kinda ...grow on y'...after you ride one...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:50:56 AM
Well, I won't rule it out 'til I ride one then.

That 52mph does sound nice!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:53:01 AM
..i gotta gps this scoot...

..it's way quicker than the guilty, but i suspect a speedo offset...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:56:03 AM
Yeah, I'm curious. I'm sure it's quicker since your commute time is lessened, though.

You gonna make a new vid now? ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 04:57:00 AM
...yup..new vids are a'coming...

 ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 04:58:22 AM
Cool.

My dog barked at your Finger Song one...lol
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Peters on October 18, 2010, 05:00:48 AM
I did GPS on mine once, not lately. I think the speedo indicated like 2 mph faster than gps at 40mph.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 05:02:33 AM
2mph isn't bad, Peters. I suspect some are off by way more than that. Sounds like you got a pretty good one.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 05:05:07 AM
My dog barked at your Finger Song


 ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 05:07:17 AM
..the a 50 is 5mph optimistic at @ 35...gets closer as it approaches 50...

..not sure how much the offset it above 50 tho..
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 18, 2010, 05:09:47 AM
She did. It was kinda funny. I never had the speakers hooked up before. She was sound asleep 'til I played that one. She got up barked and started looking around for you. She couldn't figure it out.  :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 18, 2010, 05:10:56 AM
She couldn't figure it out.


..well, bless her heart......

..i have a fan!!...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: tomheet on October 18, 2010, 11:47:37 PM
2mph isn't bad, Peters. I suspect some are off by way more than that. Sounds like you got a pretty good one.

 I would agree! to echo others, mine is off by 7mph, confirmed by friends Harley (yes, we ride together-talk about quite a site. Fat boy vs ppl 50) Any way, I just compensate for it, not a big deal for me to try to fix it. (yes, I can be lazy)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 19, 2010, 12:00:35 AM
..i really need to gps this 2007...

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: tomheet on October 19, 2010, 12:10:37 AM
word, are you gonna rebuild your agility? or, use it as a parts bike? I think you should shoot for 100,000k on it, only about 40,000 more to go!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 19, 2010, 12:13:14 AM
..i want to rebuild it...for sure...

..but i don't know should i go back oem...

..which was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!..or..

..THROW A KIT ON DAT BITCH!..

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 19, 2010, 12:16:55 AM
"Throw a Kit" by Hollywood Holt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kIUSr7-is#)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: tomheet on October 19, 2010, 12:20:39 AM
Turn that sucker into an agility 150. Any room for a bigger engine?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 19, 2010, 12:21:29 AM
...if th' headlight goin out , jus' jiggle da cord...

 :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Peters on October 19, 2010, 12:21:47 AM
You brought it back
Awesome

I couldn't stop laughing when I watched that :D

I had to put a link on my facebook
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 19, 2010, 12:22:46 AM
...i miss zombie....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: tomheet on October 19, 2010, 12:28:47 AM
"Throw a kit" HA! funny, even though I despise rap! scooter enthusiasts in the most unlikely places. Kindda made me smile...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 20, 2010, 10:54:07 PM
...just did some more "stare and compare"...


..found that the drive boss from the 2001 ppl measures 1.475"...

..the boss that's on my 2007 measured out to 1.500...a full .025" longer..

..swapped out the 2007 for the 2001 and gained 5 mph on the scoot's top speed...


 ;D

..sweeeet...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: juice on October 20, 2010, 11:21:13 PM
Very interesting , good catch . What is top speed now ?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 20, 2010, 11:26:48 PM
...yeah, the speedometer on the 07 only goes up to 50 mph...

..the 01 shows 60....

..i had been hitting about 52 before...downhill...wide-the-fnck-open...

 ;D

..looked closer to 57 and i didn't hit any big downhill runs...




..i gotta gps this scoot...........
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 20, 2010, 11:33:46 PM
..i gotta gps this scoot...........
You need to do that. 57 sounds awesome!

I knew you'd be swapping and mixing and matching before too long.  :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 20, 2010, 11:38:27 PM
I knew you'd be swapping and mixing and matching before too long



...dammit...........


 :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 20, 2010, 11:42:08 PM
You need to do that. 57 sounds awesome!


..yeah 57 does...but i ran 65+ indicated on the 01....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 20, 2010, 11:45:31 PM
You got me beat either way.

You needed that ppl!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 21, 2010, 12:00:25 AM
...lol...yeah..shaved 5 minutes off my commute to work!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 21, 2010, 12:38:44 AM
...too bad you didnt get that S9, rianna...


 ;)

..sorry..........
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 21, 2010, 12:55:40 AM
Thanks. Maybe another deal will come my way.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 21, 2010, 12:59:06 AM
Actually, I think the agility is a good first scoot for learning.  I had never ridden so I was happy to get something easy to handle.

I figure now that I have a couple of years of scooting under my belt, I can start dreaming about a faster one!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 21, 2010, 01:01:14 AM
Lol...Oswaldters, I'm not worried about it being too fast. I can ALWAYS go slower.

But the Agility is big for me. Not so easy to handle for short folks...lol.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 21, 2010, 01:02:30 AM
Not so easy to handle for short folks...lol.

..true.............
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 21, 2010, 01:43:45 AM
Admittedly I never thought about your height - here on the internet we're all the same size!

The one shorter person I know who rides has a Yamaha Vino and I know it's considerably lower to the ground.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 21, 2010, 01:46:11 AM
Hmm...is that the other one that looks like they turned a bucket upside down and sat it on the floorboard?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 21, 2010, 01:49:01 AM
Looks like your traditional vespa.

She has an Audrey Hepburn fantasy about scooting around on it.

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 21, 2010, 01:54:42 AM
LOL! Well there's a reason to ride a scoot that I never heard before!!! :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 21, 2010, 02:05:18 AM
here on the internet we're all the same size

...except for that one guy...


 ;)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 21, 2010, 02:05:47 AM
Well, there is that.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 12:24:55 AM
...cooolll..

 8)

..ride home today with a 20 mpg gusting sidewind...

..sitting upright!!!..just like the big boys do...

..scoot will run a good strong 57 indicated..needle over the long part of the "k" in kmh...

 ;)

..indicates between 45-49 on flat land..with the cross-wind...




..had to be tucked and sucked to run there on my guilty...

 :-\
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 12:28:50 AM
Too bad you didn't have a 20 mph tailwiind. 

Now that would have moved the needle.

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 12:35:20 AM
..i have two other drive boss bushings that are still well within spec on their I.D., and they fit nicely on the shaft...

..imma machine one to 1.475", for a good spare..and one to 1.450".....

..THAT one imma try out when i get a new malossi variator, coupled with a gates 729 belt....

..i think the OEM moveing drive face's roller ramp profile is maxed out...

..i noted hard roller markings on the outside edges of the ramps...

..the malossi has a longer ramp profile, which lets the rollers travel further out, which causes the belt to ride higher on the pulley at top speed...

..the malossi is also a few mm greater in diameter than oem....

..every mm is a good one!!!


peace
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 12:40:44 AM
Too bad you didn't have a 20 mph tailwiind.  

Now that would have moved the needle.


..i'm not going to push the oem variator setup any further...

..i've learned a bit about reading them bad boys,

..and she's giving it all she's got captain!!...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 12:41:50 AM
What size weights you running in that beast?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 12:43:05 AM
...oem...i haven't weighed them..

..i don't know what the oem 2007 wts are...

...but i gotta triple-beam!!!!!


 ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 12:44:28 AM
..i gotta give props to kymcos oem rollers...

..they last and last...........
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 01:39:50 AM
They sure do have a lot of different brands of rollers out there.  And there is quite a price difference for them too.

But I see you can order the OEM rollers from Stadium for under $7!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 01:44:43 AM
...just gotta watch what weight you buy...oem isn't the optimum weight after derestricting...

 8)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 01:46:51 AM
That's what I'm working on.

I'm going to try and reduce the roller weight a little at a time until I find that sweet spot.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 22, 2010, 01:53:50 AM
They sure do have a lot of different brands of rollers out there.  And there is quite a price difference for them too.

But I see you can order the OEM rollers from Stadium for under $7!

Try again, Stadium shows the factory roller weights at $5.23.  Each!  Add on shipping and you're looking at around $40 for the stockers.   >:(
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 01:57:40 AM
Yeah I missed that part.

But I went ahead and ordered from your ebay link.  Can't beat 3 sets for $17 shipped.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 22, 2010, 02:01:10 AM
Hopefully you'll get yours as quickly as I did.  6 days from Taiwan!   ;D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:01:28 AM
..yeah, use el-cheapos to experiment with...

..dial it in, then get you some good'ns....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:04:31 AM
Yeah, this is my version of a tuning kit!

I'm thinking 5.5g might be it, but won't know for sure til I do some experimenting.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:05:41 AM
...yup!!..

..i got my money on 5.0.....

 ;)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:09:18 AM
When I do go with some good weights, what brand(s) have you used that you thought were good?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:16:52 AM
..malossi, oem then leo vince...are the best i've ever ran...

..used ncy and a cpl or three different generics as well...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:22:52 AM
I bet you've gone through a few sets with all those kms on the guilty.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:24:41 AM
...there are also a lot of good arguments about dr pulley slider weights in this forum...

..not so many in the 50 cc boards, and i 've never tried them....

...but looking at their shape...they look a lot like how rollers tend to naturally wear over time....


 :o
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 22, 2010, 02:26:00 AM
So when you do the rollers, oswaldters. Do you need the impact wrench to take it off and the torque wrench to put the nut back on? Or do you just use a new nut? Do you need both tools you think or will one do it?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:30:29 AM
..neither!!!!

..lol..i use a 17mm, 3/8" drive S&K socket and ratchet ...

..imma big boy tho...

 ;)
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on October 22, 2010, 02:32:00 AM
Well, dang...I don't reckon I'll ever be a big boy...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:32:40 AM
The lady asks a great question.

I was just discussing that very issue with my much more mechanically inclined neighbor.

I do have a cheap electric impact wrench (thanks Harbor Freight) that I'll use to get the nut off for the first time.

Don't know if that's the best way to put it back on though - don't want to torque it too far.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:41:51 AM
...there are also a lot of good arguments about dr pulley slider weights in this forum...

I've been wondering about them.  They're expensive but seem to be regarded as really great.

So they just go in like the traditional roller weights but slide rather than roll?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:43:06 AM
...electric impact wrenches generate less torque than 100 psi pnumatic wrenches...

..you should be fine...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:45:40 AM
So they just go in like the traditional roller weights but slide rather than roll?

..they do slide, but they correctly install ONE WAY...

..i've read where ppl installed them wrong, and caused damage to their variator...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:47:31 AM
That's why I went cheap!  My neighbor has one of those pneumatic ones that would snap that thing in a heartbeat.  

Wasn't going to borrow that!

He is getting a motorcycle jack though - and I'll be wanting to borrow that!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:48:43 AM
.they do slide, but they correctly install ONE WAY...

Hope they come with instructions then!

Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:49:16 AM
He is getting a motorcycle jack though

..i want a lift table....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 22, 2010, 02:49:54 AM
...lol..yeah...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 22, 2010, 02:53:05 AM
How do I know you'd be eating your fruit loops off that liftable?
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: art on October 23, 2010, 06:18:35 PM
  The dr sliders are great. But can be tricky putting them in the right way.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 23, 2010, 10:10:45 PM
..hey art...what is the oem roller wt. in the 2007??
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 23, 2010, 11:23:33 PM
..hey art...what is the oem roller wt. in the 2007??

the weights in my 2004 were 8.5 grams.  I would expect them to be the same in the '07.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 23, 2010, 11:25:50 PM
...maybe so, but after 2004, the ppls are more restricted...

..wondered if they did anything with the rollers......
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 23, 2010, 11:29:18 PM
Do you have a scale that can read tens of a gram?  I have a small digital postal scale I used to weigh my rollers.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 23, 2010, 11:31:58 PM
...yeah, i have a set of triple-beams...


..from waay back in th' day...lol..


..dunno why i didn weigh 'm when i had them out...duh.....
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: pedro on October 24, 2010, 12:38:12 AM
It only take about 5 minutes to get them back out and weigh 'em.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 24, 2010, 01:05:06 AM
It only take about 5 minutes to get them back out and weigh 'em.

..i know, but i'm drinking bud lights tonight....

..ain't gotta work tomorrow, for a change.....

..so i'm being lasy and gettin' buzzed...lol..
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 24, 2010, 01:08:46 AM
..i know, but i'm drinking bud lights tonight....

Think of it as creating more splash guards.
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 24, 2010, 01:11:32 AM
Think of it as creating more splash guards.


..and shims!!!

..bud light cans make AWESOME shims!!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on October 24, 2010, 01:13:07 AM
...after you crush the empty cans on your forehead I suspect...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on October 24, 2010, 01:17:09 AM
..owww!!..no!!!..that sh** hurts!!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on November 20, 2010, 02:53:16 AM
..ppl in th' fire....


peace
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on November 20, 2010, 02:55:04 AM
Hmm...is that a bud light can in that there barrel??  :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on November 20, 2010, 02:56:32 AM
is that a bud light can in that there barrel??

What are the odds?

To bad he missed out on that sweet L/C S9...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on November 20, 2010, 03:02:20 AM
To bad he missed out on that sweet L/C S9...

 :-\

..u suck os!!!..dont be tellin' me that........
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on November 20, 2010, 03:04:42 AM
You'll have to check out the "Where in the world is Word" postings in the general section...

Then you'll get it. :D
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on November 20, 2010, 03:05:29 AM
http://kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=3250.0 (http://kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=3250.0)

about 2/3 of the way down the page...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on November 20, 2010, 03:06:36 AM
Dang, oswaldters, he burned his empty bud light cans, I reckon he couldn't have afforded it...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: oswaldters on November 20, 2010, 03:07:12 AM
I know it - shame, it was an immaculate S9 no less...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on November 20, 2010, 03:12:03 AM
You'll have to check out the "Where in the world is Word" postings in the general section...


...wowww...dang...no kidding?....

..ain't made it that far yet...dang..imma go there now...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on November 20, 2010, 03:17:48 AM
That ppl looks hott!!
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: wordslinger on November 20, 2010, 03:19:02 AM
That ppl looks hott!!

..not nearly as hot as the bl can tho...
Title: Re: ..just scored a 2007 people..
Post by: Rianna on November 20, 2010, 03:24:55 AM
True that!