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Downtown 300 / Re: Tire options and reviews.

« on: May 06, 2015, 09:04:51 AM »

Quote from: bluesin on May 05, 2015, 03:01:22 PM

I've seen a lot of 5 Star reviews for the Metzler Tires .

I nearly bought the Metzeller, but it was much more expensive than the Michelin at the time I was looking for new tires.

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Downtown 300 / Re: Tire options and reviews.

« on: May 05, 2015, 02:16:47 PM »

I can only say good things about the michelin powerpure. I have it on the front. Like it. Very nice behaviour. Won't let you down't in wet weather either.
The rear is an avon viper stryke, which I don't like at all. The slightest moisture on the ground and it looses grip. I can't wait to wear it down enough not to be sorry for dumping it. I'll probably get a powerpure or citygrip as a replacement. Dunlop Scootsmart are also good as I heard.

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Downtown 300 / Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?

« on: April 29, 2015, 11:40:38 AM »

Those Al bottles look great Don! The seal is the question. Will it hold up long term?

1 liter of fuel would get me somewhere around 17 miles / 27 kilometres (27.7km according to my Fuelly stats).
So half a liter would get me to the nearest station in the city.

I asked the PET bottle because I'm not sure if it's electrostatic safe. Plastic fuel containers must be made from ESD safe material, and I have no clue if a regular soda bottle would satisfy that criteria.
I know the bottle, cap and seal work short term, but fuel may degrade the cap seal after an extended period of time.

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Downtown 300 / Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?

« on: April 29, 2015, 06:29:40 AM »

Quote from: de dee on April 17, 2015, 01:47:31 AM

it got up to 14 C. again , so I headed out to the sea way, the St. laurence sea way did 355.6 KM. filled up with 11.62 liters . 88 liters left good for 21 KM. getting better mileage since I modded the variator, picked up a gas can , so I can see how many KM. I can do on a tank of gas, with out worrying about ending up in the boonys with out a paddle, so to speak,. happy trails every one ride safe,.

I found out last weekend what is my range so to speak. Not like I wanted to though. Wasn't planned unfortunately. I had the yellow light flashing for some time and I miscalculated/estimated my remaining range. I thought I had 15miles left, where in fact I only had 5. So instead of reaching the next 24/7 gas station on my way to work early morning, I got stuck in the middle of the city with the nearest open gas station about 3 miles away... Luckily a friend of mine came to the rescue and brought me some fuel.

I rode 230 miles or 370km on one tank.

Is there a small fuel canister made specially for bikes/scoots? I'd hate this to happen again, but I don't want to carry 5 liters of fuel with me everywhere I go. Or is it safe to have spare fuel stored in a 0.5l soda PET bottle?!

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Xciting 500 / Re: Belt life

« on: April 29, 2015, 06:14:03 AM »

Quote from: Grumpy old man on April 14, 2015, 07:44:34 AM

I had a belt disintegrate on a highway all that was left was some dust and a few threads, however it also took out the outer pulley splines when it went. So it was down for 4 or 5 days. till the parts showed up this was an opportunity to add Dr. Pulley sliders. no real difference I just wanted them. Oh this was a People 250 S.

After what miles kilometres did this happen?

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People GT 300i / Re: Valve adjustment

« on: March 20, 2015, 07:07:31 AM »

Couldn't find exact scooter model, but I'm sure someone can confirm what other scooters have the same engine as the people 300i.
My guess is the DT 300i for example.

Enjoy!

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Xciting 500 / Re: Belt life

« on: March 18, 2015, 12:50:33 PM »

I don't have the service manual for the 500 so this is just a guess from my side, but that mileage is very close to change time.
The life of the belt depends on many factors, including riding style etc.
On the DT300 the manual says replace belt every 20.000km which translates into ~ 12,427 miles.
Hope this helps, others might give you more info on this.

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Downtown 300 / Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?

« on: March 10, 2015, 05:19:51 PM »

I'm glad you like the idea! I guess it can be used on most other scoots as well.
Without this, changing the gear oil is a bit of a pain.

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Downtown 300 / Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?

« on: March 07, 2015, 10:01:16 PM »

Changed oil at 6643 mile mark. Last change was at around 4500.
Used 5W40 Valvoline SynPower Full Synthetic Motor Oil.

Also replaced the oil filter. (Hiflo HF566)

After that I replaced the gear oil as well. Used same Mobil Mobilube 1 SHC 75W90 Fully Synthetic Gear Oil as with the last service.

I updated this post to share a photo, thinking it may be of help to others. I made up a quick filler for the gear oil. I've read somewhere to use a syringe or a soft bottle with a long nozzle so I came up with this idea.
Cut a small hole in the cap of a 0.5l bottle. Put a piece of elastic tubing through and used hot glue both inside and outside to secure the tubing in the cap. Measured the right amount of gear oil into the bottle and squeezed the oil into the gearbox very easily. Much easier than previously using a small funnel with an elastic tube on the end.

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Downtown 300 / Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?

« on: March 03, 2015, 08:07:49 PM »

Fuelled her up, and entered the data into Fuelly.
For my surprise, it showed me best mileage ever. 80.8MPG UK or 67.3MPG US or 3.5l/100km
I must note though that this was purely one up, and about 30% highway.
I'm happy, but I'm sure others have even better figures than these above.

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General Discussion / Re: Why America is destined for failure...

« on: February 06, 2015, 07:59:54 PM »

Quote from: zombie on January 28, 2015, 01:41:45 AM

Here's the one you have to read.

http://universalfreepress.com/watch-obamas-real-father-loretta-fuddy-and-the-secret-religion-he-founded/

I believe he is Rosemary's Baby.

...or mother Teresa's....

Got this link from a friend today morning:
http://www.policestateusa.com/2015/gray-state-suicide/

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General Discussion / Re: Electric scooters.... WHEN?!

« on: January 23, 2015, 10:41:10 PM »

Hydrogen isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's them most abundant element in the universe. So they (astrophysicists) say. If obtained by using renewable energy sources (solar/wind/water) it is a potent thing and has absolutely no bad effect on the planets ecosystem.
We've been used to the dirty stuff for too long. Whole industries based on oil etc. It will take time. But in the long run it does seem very likely to take over. Take a look at Germany. They are slowly but definitely going towards it. Or Norway government standing behind the electrification of cars on their streets. Or the Netherlands. It's just a way of thinking.

Long read but worth it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car

Countries with loads of oil reserves both above and below ground are reluctant to change. Those with less, tend to turn to other alternatives.
I wouldn't mind a cleaner world.

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