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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #750 on: June 04, 2018, 04:05:27 AM »
What about a drivers seat backrest?, ouch my aching back !

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« Reply #751 on: June 07, 2018, 03:52:45 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D  Picked up the new bearing and seals on the 5 th.   cold and wet day ,  I installed the bearing and put it together today,  kept the bearing in the freezer over night went in easy ,   the outer seal was a little tougher, had to take it easy on plastic seals,  all is well when finished, and running again,

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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #752 on: June 07, 2018, 01:47:49 PM »
Congrats on the tire fix. Hopefully better rides are ahead of you now.

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« Reply #753 on: June 08, 2018, 02:41:32 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D the best ride now is my Piaggio b v 350 just passed 12,400 Km.  I think I have fixed the gas tank collapsing,   vented the gas line to the intake of the EFI ,.   

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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #754 on: June 09, 2018, 06:11:21 AM »
Just passed 67,000km and my rear tyre (Pirelli Diablo) wore out after 22,000km. Replaced it with a new Pirelli Diablo Rosso Scooter. I was only epecting them to last 20,000km or less due to highway riding.

The good thing about Pirelli tyres is that they are good in the wet, even with missing tread.
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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #755 on: June 11, 2018, 03:38:31 AM »
Just passed 67,000km and my rear tyre (Pirelli Diablo) wore out after 22,000km. Replaced it with a new Pirelli Diablo Rosso Scooter. I was only epecting them to last 20,000km or less due to highway riding.

The good thing about Pirelli tyres is that they are good in the wet, even with missing tread.
How do you manage 22,000kms off a rear tire?

I can only manage 10,000km.

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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #756 on: June 11, 2018, 09:39:59 AM »
How do you manage 22,000kms off a rear tire?

I can only manage 10,000km.

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I use lower tyre pressures (~28psi) to increase the contact patch. It was mostly highway riding, so the road surfaces are quite good as well.
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« Reply #757 on: June 22, 2018, 03:15:48 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D  I finely got around to change the wiring on the headlights, adding one light set at a time HID,   LED , it got a pile of wires in there ,  now one ground wire on each side , and one wire for each light , I even switched the turn lights and made them work, had to add one pin too the plug the turn wiring is there on the harness  , just  not wired in,.  from the plug to the light, time to check the oil and anti-freeze ,tire pressure,  then hit the road,

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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #758 on: June 25, 2018, 01:33:14 AM »
de dee, you changed up from halogen to HID or LEDs?

If it was LEDs, they have plug and play ones for direct upgrading from halogen. No rewiring required.
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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #759 on: June 25, 2018, 04:32:07 AM »
My first light change was H I D  then to L E D ,  then added l e d cray spots for faster riding at night,  now I can see further ahead, 

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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #760 on: June 25, 2018, 01:06:06 PM »
De dee, can you give a link to those spots you mounted?
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« Reply #761 on: June 25, 2018, 07:20:29 PM »
De dee, can you give a link to those spots you mounted?
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  the link is scooter wolfs first blog, I could send pictures to you by PONY EXPRESS,  HOW ABOUT IF RIDE DOWN THERE AND SHOW YOU,   I want to gooooooo, 

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Re: What did you do to your DownTown today?
« Reply #762 on: June 25, 2018, 09:36:38 PM »
Pop yer clutch an' get rollin' de dee! Wolf's first blog? Where dat?
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« Reply #763 on: June 26, 2018, 01:48:04 AM »
Pop yer clutch an' get rollin' de dee! Wolf's first blog? Where dat?
  Karl scooterWolfs blog is on page 19  #271  on sept. 28  2016  just click on scooter wolf

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« Reply #764 on: July 04, 2018, 09:04:47 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D  My first ride on the highway with the downtown does it feel good  ;D ;D ;D ;D  I had to take the wheel off to insert the be bees,   for the wheel balancing,  did what Karl said used bee bees  put in 70 grams in each bike rear tire  it seems to work,   thank you Karl,.  we are getting hot weather here up to 110 F.  we are not use to that heat , the humidity uge!!! 100 %, and what does the wife do she orders the material for a deck, and this is my honey do job for now, 1 deck 12 feet X 16 and lower deck 14 feet X 16,   two steps in between, with alum. railing all around, and a wheel chair ramp on the end,  for her sister,.
 

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