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suit scoot
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| CheekyThomas wrote: | Running low on oil, sounds obvious but regular checks are needed as its not uncommon to get a little crankcase pressure shove some oil through the breather system into the airbox.. it doesnt need to do this often to leave the engine too short on oil to be happy at higher rpms... after all it only holds 1 litre of oil which isnt a great deal.
But the Biggest killer of the quasar or leader engines...
Over tight valve clearances... if your lucky it just gets bad to start or cuts out often.. if not it gets messy 
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nasty!!
25,000miles of constant hammering up and down our motorways.
it aint blown up yet, but i keep proper on top of the thing. i change the oil myself after every 2k.
then when it needs the biggy services it goes to white's in darlington because im a lazy arse.
and guess what, it still shows 94 on the clock with a fat tyre.
RELIABLE AS HELL! (with the right care)
it gets bounced off the rev limiter everytime it goes out, almost 
im sure it would have gone pop by now..
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Rhoodman
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| suit scoot wrote: |
im sure it would have gone pop by now.. |
Those sound like famous last words to me!  
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| suit scoot wrote: | | ...............and guess what, it still shows 94 on the clock with a fat tyre. |
fat tyre
is that a 140 instead of a 130???? pilot sport??
any problems? did it rub anywhere?? loss of acceleration??
tempted to try one myself.....
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Rhoodman
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Maver wrote: | | suit scoot wrote: | | ...............and guess what, it still shows 94 on the clock with a fat tyre. |
fat tyre
is that a 140 instead of a 130???? pilot sport??
any problems? did it rub anywhere?? loss of acceleration??
tempted to try one myself..... |
My last two rear tyres have been pilot sport 140's and they fitted fine, didn't rub anywhere.
With the fat tyre on, I can never hit the rev limiter, and get around the mid nineties on the clock, in good conditions.
Truth be told, I like the pies, and I weigh nearly 18 stone, and i'm running 14.7g rollers- This is probably why I can't hit the limiter! 
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| Rhoodman wrote: | | Maver wrote: | | suit scoot wrote: | | ...............and guess what, it still shows 94 on the clock with a fat tyre. |
fat tyre
is that a 140 instead of a 130???? pilot sport??
any problems? did it rub anywhere?? loss of acceleration??
tempted to try one myself..... |
My last two rear tyres have been pilot sport 140's and they fitted fine, didn't rub anywhere.
With the fat tyre on, I can never hit the rev limiter, and get around the mid nineties on the clock, in good conditions.
Truth be told, I like the pies, and I weigh nearly 18 stone, and i'm running 14.7g rollers- This is probably why I can't hit the limiter! |
well i'm a mere slip of a lad at 13 stone so i should be ok
any downsides like loss of pull on the inclines from over gearing??
mines all standard apart form a PM........
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monty9120
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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thomas. you say valve problems, but that cant just happen as in that picture can it
if obviousely i know my runner is hard to start i will know theres a problem 
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Blackpool Paul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Is that known as Valve bounce
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suit scoot
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| Maver wrote: | | Rhoodman wrote: | | Maver wrote: | | suit scoot wrote: | | ...............and guess what, it still shows 94 on the clock with a fat tyre. |
fat tyre
is that a 140 instead of a 130???? pilot sport??
any problems? did it rub anywhere?? loss of acceleration??
tempted to try one myself..... |
My last two rear tyres have been pilot sport 140's and they fitted fine, didn't rub anywhere.
With the fat tyre on, I can never hit the rev limiter, and get around the mid nineties on the clock, in good conditions.
Truth be told, I like the pies, and I weigh nearly 18 stone, and i'm running 14.7g rollers- This is probably why I can't hit the limiter! |
well i'm a mere slip of a lad at 13 stone so i should be ok
any downsides like loss of pull on the inclines from over gearing??
mines all standard apart form a PM........ |
i hit the limiter all the time down hills, but i weigh 10st.
accelleration is a little slower.
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CheekyThomas
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| monty9120 wrote: | thomas. you say valve problems, but that cant just happen as in that picture can it
if obviousely i know my runner is hard to start i will know theres a problem |
Yes it can just happen, only the 125 gives hard to start issues when the valves get tight, normally they start and run, but leak a little combustion pressure through the inlet, this causes heat to build up on the inlet valve stem far above and beyond what it was designed to accept and basically they get fatigue and snap off... and then you get that pictures mess.
NEVER EVER wait for running issues before doing valve clearances... by then its too late and doing damage.. Valves and valve seats are easy damaged and expensive to repair, where as adjusting the valves is cheap! |
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CheekyThomas
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| Blackpool Paul wrote: | | Is that known as Valve bounce |
And yes you could certainly call it that....
... more like Valve Hop Skip & Jump though.  |
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Rhoodman
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Tom, how much is it to just check the valve clearances? I can do the rest of the service myself, but I'd rather have the valves checked professionally!
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smirnoff
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| Maver wrote: | | Rhoodman wrote: | | Maver wrote: | | suit scoot wrote: | | ...............and guess what, it still shows 94 on the clock with a fat tyre. |
fat tyre
is that a 140 instead of a 130???? pilot sport??
any problems? did it rub anywhere?? loss of acceleration??
tempted to try one myself..... |
My last two rear tyres have been pilot sport 140's and they fitted fine, didn't rub anywhere.
With the fat tyre on, I can never hit the rev limiter, and get around the mid nineties on the clock, in good conditions.
Truth be told, I like the pies, and I weigh nearly 18 stone, and i'm running 14.7g rollers- This is probably why I can't hit the limiter! |
well i'm a mere slip of a lad at 13 stone so i should be ok
any downsides like loss of pull on the inclines from over gearing??
mines all standard apart form a PM........ |
You got a short memory Maver
http://gtsownersclub.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=140
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CheekyThomas
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Rhoodman wrote: | | Tom, how much is it to just check the valve clearances? I can do the rest of the service myself, but I'd rather have the valves checked professionally! |
Depends where you go... but if you half mechanically minded its dead easy. Takes 30mins max. (or about 6hours on my aprilia ) |
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gt geezer
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| fleecemeister wrote: | | If you've got a "worrying about my scooter blowing up" fetish, go and buy a Lambretta |
Laughed my arse off at this comment, it's why I bought a modern Vespa as I have a "scooter not costing me unnecessary cash" fetish myself leaving me money for £8 tesco tents etc, god I can be a tight arse at times!
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