Help a noobie out! Upgrade Questions...

[wordslinger]

...do you have the A50 service manual?

..how many kms does your scoot have on it....

..what oil did you order??

order??

[wordslinger]

...i just read back...yours is new...

[shubonker]

I think less than 100km last time i checked, sorry i'm a noob  

And yes i do have the service manual.

[wordslinger]

..you won't need to adjust them for a lil while then...but when you do, the manual is pretty thorough in it's explanation....it's how i learned...follow the guidelines on valve adjustment and oil change for the first interval...then cut the suggested interval by at least 3/4...i change my oil @ every 500-700 miles...and dude, it needs it by then....

[shubonker]

Wordslinger,  thanks so much for your help!  I appreciate it!!!!!!! I think i'm going to print out the entire service manual at my school tomorrow, i figured out where the clutch springs and the torque springs go from reading the manual. Lol! 

Will get my scoot back tomorrow, and will do the upgrades to variator boss and rollers on thurs when i get the goods in the mail! 

Thanks again!

[wordslinger]

..you're welcome bro...

..i hope they got your scoot straightened out...

..i got the manual printed out in a 3-ring binder, along with a bunch of stuff from this forum....

[ScooterCommuter]

Apologies for the threadjack, but regarding rollers...

I've finally got the  carb pretty good - it chops a nice light tan all through the range. However, gas it from a standstill and its not pulling clean all the way up to top speed. Given that it feels like its "upshifting" too soon (pulls cleanly up to max revs but then as road speed builds revs drop and rate of accel goes down then picks up again once it gets back up to mid-revs again) how would that be altered by messing with roller weight? or given that it seems to be road-speed related rather than revs related should I be directing my suspicion to the rear half of the CVT instead?

[zombie]

What's up scootcomute? You are right. Replacing the contra spring w/ an aftermarket/Malossi WHITE spring will make a world of difference. Your scoot is pulling top gearing before it reaches top speed. Thus the drop off. While you are in there the fly springs would LOVE to be changed too! Slinger has a good set-up so I would simply mimic his.

[wordslinger]

...yup, that's exactly why i want to go to the 1500...

..i have a malossi white "1000" spring right now, and i have kinda the same issue as scommute...though not nearly as drastic...

..also running Leo Vince blue +15% fly clutch springs...

..i wish someone else had an A50 with the 1500, so I could hear how it performs before i spend the cash for something that i don't like...

[shubonker]

I'll be the guinea pig and tryout the 1500, since i can get the set of 1000, 1500, and 2000, for just $20.  That is if i ever get my scoot back from the dealer. :*(

[wordslinger]

..20  bucks??

..HOW??...WHAT BRAND???

[ScooterCommuter]

...yup, that's exactly why i want to go to the 1500...

..i have a malossi white "1000" spring right now, and i have kinda the same issue as scommute...though not nearly as drastic...

..also running Leo Vince blue +15% fly clutch springs...

..i wish someone else had an A50 with the 1500, so I could hear how it performs before i spend the cash for something that i don't like...

I'll stick with trying the white as a first step, because your scoot doesnt have a rev-limiter any more, mine does so I dont have as much top end as you do. I just want it to pull clean up to max revs and then up to top speed. My pull-away is acceptable at the moment, in my late 40s I've kinda given up the "smoke your a$$ off the line" games. Right now I have "plausible deniability" if some donut-deficient cop decides he's going to be a horses butt over my max speed with a "moped" plate.. I can honestly tell them that theres no aftermarket parts (they kindly supplied an unrestricted variator boss and a bigger main jet in the seat box when it came from the factory) "Its still limited officer, no aftermarket parts - I just tuned what I had" The contra spring is safe enough, it aint visible the way a slice into the CDI would be. Not saying I WONT do it, just not yet

[wordslinger]

..my goal has always been to be able to utilize the draft off the cars in front of me, and have enough take-off power to hang with them up to 50 mph....

..there's very little draft up to 35 mph...

[wordslinger]

...scootercom, ...what happens if you get caught speeding??

[zombie]

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