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NEIL_HUTCH
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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: varaitor which one is more reliable? polini or malossi |
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| I do a high mileage and I am 17st and the bike sees a lot of work in traffic |
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Innocenti
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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 POLINI all the way see article in this months scootering
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Craig E
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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i must agree that the polini is a far supirior variator
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smirnoff
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Nuff said.............It's nice to be proved right by Scootering, I said the polini was better a year ago.
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NEIL_HUTCH
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: can you use the standard belt? |
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smirnoff
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yes the std belt is better anyway, it lasts longer than the malossi X belt.
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Nyle
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| smirnoff wrote: | | Nuff said.............It's nice to be proved right by Scootering, I said the polini was better a year ago. |
I am with you on that Phil. I have said Polini for years.
After testing both Malossi and Polini on my Gielra Runner years back. The Polini rocks!
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photog_chris
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I was just coming on here to post this very question! So with the polini variator (compare to the stock) am i right in thinking that off the line is quicker but top speed drops a little? |
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Castle-Barber
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Just to put a spanner in the works....... No Pun
I have got the Malossi fitted with 13grm Rollers and notice a big difference......
It is better off the mark and also picks up better between 20mph and 60mph.......
I must also say leave the belt alone it is not worth swoping.......
Regards Mark... (Barber) |
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MikeHolland
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:22 am Post subject: |
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You can't just fit the Malossi. The weights supplied are too heavy for good take-off. And you also need to change the contra-spring in the clutch to go with it.
Mike
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roland
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:37 am Post subject: |
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got the costa first which was doing a good job till 100 km/h!
as i am living in the netherlands now and i have to use the highways now i replaced it for a polini loosing a little bit of power till 90 km/h but now i got rid of the break-in around 100!
the loss of max. power is around 0.6 hp!
if you are just around town i would go for a costa! |
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smirnoff
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yes Mark you are right about the malossi, it is an improvement on the std. but i've had both and the polini is better all round. As for top end speed i've found the polini has slightly better and the costa is too expensive.
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dougl65
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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The costa is only about £160 delivered from scootertrap, which is £50 more than a polini...
It is definitely £50 better.... |
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roland
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| what makes the costa better???? |
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smirnoff
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| dougl65 wrote: | The costa is only about £160 delivered from scootertrap, which is £50 more than a polini...
It is definitely £50 better.... |
Well according to scootering latest issue, where if you have'nt seen it, they do a dyno comparison on variators the price of the polini is £82.60 now that may be plus vat because its a PM tuning price and they are usually plus vat, but that is still less than a ton and the results show the polini to be best overall. Now I don't believe everything I read in scootering but study the dyno printouts and see for yourself.
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