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Scooters - 50cc => Agility 50 => Topic started by: CONLEY on October 15, 2010, 12:34:40 PM
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JUST MADE SOME HIGHWAY BARS WHAT A DIFFERENCE NOW I CAN STRECH OUT
I WILL POST PICS THIS WEEKEND
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That sounds cool, CONLEY. Looking forward to the pics. How did you make them?
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...yeah, PICS!!!!!
:D
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here they are
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Hey, that's pretty clever!!
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...wow...i needed that in my life on the a50....
..when i had my feet on the floorboard, my knees hit the handlebars when turning at low speed...
:-\
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Yeah, I hit my knee on the ignition key and bent the damn thing.
So you see Rianna, being tall and riding a scooter has its issues too!
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Yeah, I hit my knee on the ignition key and bent the damn thing.
So you see Rianna, being tall and riding a scooter has its issues too!
sure does that hapeen to me and I had to go get a new key made the way. im 6 2
so ya theam high bars would come in handy.
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I have to sit way up on the slope at the front of the seat since I'm short so I have hit the handlebars and key as well. I feel for ya there! I guess it's hard to find a comfortable position on these scoots. Maybe we all supposed to be around 5' 8" - 5' 10". :D
I do wonder about the floorboard on that Super 9. The floorboard looks to sit a little lower than the frame with a cutout section for your feet on each side. Looks more comfortable. It may not actually be lower, but it looks that way.
Love those highway bars, conley!
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I guess you just have to sit on the scoot to see how it fits. That's something I would want to check out on any new scoot I would buy.
But yeah, hitting your knee on the handlebar during a low-speed turn - done that too and not a good situation.
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done that too and not a good situation.
..it's why i generally ride with my feet on the rear "pegs"...
..scoot handles better that way as well...
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Well I'll confess to having never tried that.
If I had more energy I'd go for a ride now a try it! Maybe tomorrow.
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...really does handle better...
:o
..brings you and the scoot's center of gravity toward the rear a bit...
;)
..better balance, in my opinion...
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It will be an interesting change - I've gotten so used to riding with me feet on the floor area that I can actually balance the scoot at stop signs without putting my foot down.
I do my patented 'hang stop' where I slow down and then come to a very brief stop while checking for traffic and then get moving again. Unless, of course, I see a PD officer sitting up the street watching the stops signs (something they do every so often).
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I do my patented 'hang stop'
...lmfao..yup!!..me tooo!!!...
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Except that it can be a killer if you get some hesitation off the line and your balance gets thrown off.
Then you get to see how fast you can get your foot out.
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...hmm...need to adjust your pilot screw...too rich....
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I don't have that happen any more - that was when I was learning about the cold weather tendencies of the scoot.
Now I know to warm that sucker up when it gets cold and she runs fine.
Although today I found that warming it up has become a bit of a challenge.
With the stock OEM tires I could just start the scoot up on the center stand and let the rear wheel spin merrily around while it warmed up.
With the new tire, the rear wheel is on the ground when the scoot is on center stand. So once she got running at a good rpm after I started it this morning the scooter was getting pitched forward and backward on the center stand.
Not sure what to do about that ???
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..i welded 1 inch long pieces of 1" X 1" X 1/8" thick square tubing to the feet of my center stand...
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Y'all amaze me how you can just make stuff like that.
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Hmmmm. That is a really good solution.
Unfortunately I don't weld and don't know anyone who does. Maybe I can track someone down.
Meantime I'll probably just have to get a piece of plywood or something under the stand to give it some height.
Have our first frost warning tonight...
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Y'all amaze me how you can just make stuff like that.
Hmmmm. That is a really good solution.
..imma take a pic...it's easy to do...
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I'll check in with my neighbor across the street.
No doubt he can weld...and has welding equipment.
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...yellow pages..
..any metal fab or welding shop could do it in 15 minutes...
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For a minute I thought you were suggesting putting the center stand under the yellow pages.
Been a long week!
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i love these things so much more comfortable now just need a back rest
also put some saddle bags on as a joke but hell they work great
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think i mount some lights under them this weekend
cant see much at night
it took me like two hours to fab them and brakets and all
first design was to weak but now i can stand on them and they wont budge
i might change the bars though dont look right there stainless steel cabinet legs
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also put some saddle bags on as a joke but hell they work great
...>>>PICS!!<<<...
;D
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are theam highway bars welded on or with bolts.
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ihad to make a bracket that i welded but its bolted in 3 places on the frame
and the pegs bollt in on the bracket
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don't worry word ill get u some pics of the saddle bags
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don't worry word ill get u some pics of the saddle bags
..yaayyy!!...
:D
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ihad to make a bracket that i welded but its bolted in 3 places on the frame
and the pegs bollt in on the bracket
nice job
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I wanna see the saddle bags too! I was secretly hoping they would be on when you snapped a new pic if you changed the bars. ;D
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..i'm thinking some smaller saddlebags would look hot on the ppl...
..hmmmm....