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General Discussion / Re: moving ahead
« on: February 24, 2021, 07:40:04 AM »
John, nothing wrong with engine size but honestly - I would say rather look for something with bigger wheels. To my understanding you did a lot of miles on scooters with bigger wheels and I think you might get very disappointed with that 12” wheels ona 150 X very soon. In fact - I think changing to 12” wheels after riding so many miles on bigger wheel scooters is not even safe.

You will probably not be interested in buying a 2nd hand scooter - but I think a second hand older model Super 8 150 in good condition (with 14” wheels) will be a much better and safer choice.

Just my 2 cents.

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General Discussion / Re: If you started on motorcycles - were you reluctant to ever own a car?
« on: February 23, 2021, 12:53:05 AM »
No, I grew up on a farm, started driving tractors, trucks and cars at a very young age - and I always deamed of owning a car.
But having grown up on a farm there was not much to do and I kept myself busy riding a bicycle. So I started dreaming about owning a motorcycle. To this day the itch never disappeared.

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MXU / Re: MXU 150 Wet Air Filter
« on: February 22, 2021, 04:22:07 PM »
I guess you are using the bike in very cold and moist weather conditions. If so, I think the dealer could be correct - the water could be coming from condensation.

I do not have any experience with gas / ethanol mixtures - do you use this mixed fuel in your bike ? If so, maybe this could cause this kind of problem in very cold weather conditions ?

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Side By Side / Re: Big Snow
« on: February 18, 2021, 06:26:12 PM »
Quite interesting. At this side of the pond I obviously do not know much about snow and snow blowers - but my son in Bondurant IA also had to buy a snow blower a couple of years ago.
My daughter in law is a nurse and to my understanding the local outhorities in their area make a spesial effort to clear roads for medical staff to get at work in time during heavy snow on the roads. Problem is, aparantly the trucks or whatever they used to remove the snow in front of my son and daughter in law’s house actually blew the snow from the road on there driveway - then they were completely stuck.
So my son had to buy a snow blower to clean their driveway - ontherwise none of them would be able to drive out of their driveway.

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Agility 125 / Re: Looking at a 2007 125 Agility
« on: February 15, 2021, 05:06:34 PM »
Quote from: flying old guy on February 15, 2021, 11:15:12 AM
Thanks for the reply. I agree it could be a number of things preventing the starter from working. I do have a multi-meter. I'm just wondering if it's worth fixing it up to keep or just turning it over. The scoot only has about 1700 miles on it. It does seem to be a fairly popular bike on this forum. Again, Thanks, Ernie

Depending on where this scooter was usually located during it’s lifespan I think it might be quite risky to buy it , despite the low mileage.
If it was located in a high rainfall area with a big difference between winter and summer temperatures there is a possibility that the piston sleeve, all engine roller bearings, and other engine components could be slightly rusted. The fuel tank could be rusted, and chances are good that the carb is clogged up badly - so there is a possibility that you need to buy a new carb.
The tyres are quite old by now, might be cracked, and might need to be replaced.
Ditto for the CVT driving belt.
On top of this, there is still a possibility that the starter motor need to be replaced.

Hopefully I am not too negative, but I think you just need to consider everything.

P.S. It probably needs a new battery as well.

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Agility 125 / Re: Looking at a 2007 125 Agility
« on: February 15, 2021, 12:36:47 AM »
Maybe the starter is not faulty, the problem could be elsewhere - like a loose wire, blown fuse, corroded terminal or bad connection at the fuse,, corroded or faulty starter button, faulty starter solenoid, etc.
I would just bridge the  two big terminals at the starter solenoid with a short piece of wire first - just to see if the engine swings. If it does not swing, the problem could still be caused by a loose wire, or due to reasons mentioned above.
If the engine swings, the starter is obviously not faulty.
If you have  Multimeter, someone at the forum or myself should be able to tell what to do to get it going.

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General Discussion / Re: Getting the Covid vaccine ...Feb, 2021
« on: February 14, 2021, 01:48:09 PM »
@ Ruffus

No problem, I will.
If you are on Facebook you can also join or view the group “Ivermectin & Zoono” - a South African group focussed on the use of Ivermectin.
Unfortunately the discussions are mainly in Afrikaans, my home language. I am not sure, maybe you will be able to translate to English.
I am not sure about the Zoono product, I think more investigation is needed.

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General Discussion / Re: Getting the Covid vaccine ...Feb, 2021
« on: February 14, 2021, 04:39:28 AM »
@ Ruffus
Thanks for the attached statement. In our country many people started using Ivermectin. Our goverment actually put a ban on it but recently lost a court case filed by a local Civil pressure group. So the ban has been released and Ivermectin can only be prescribed by medical doctors. Many local doctors prescribed Ivermectin anyway, although other doctors refuse to prescribe it to the public.
I am a member of a large local group who share their personal experience with Ivermectin. For what it’s worth - there are many good reports and many people beleive they, a family member, friend, or somebody they know survived simply because they started using Ivermectin. So I decided to get hold of the stuff as well.

@Crossbolt
I also got hold of the “not for human use” stuff. Very difficult to get hold of due to the huge demand by the public.
I initially though I would only start using it whenever I get Covid symtoms, but I saw some people at our local group mentioned that their sinus and athma problems have disappeared since they started using Ivermectin. I have a similar problem, so I decided to give it a go as well. Took the first dosis five days ago, and the next three days afterwards. So far so good - the sinus problem is much better and the lungs are clear. This could be pure co-incidence, but it seems to work. I started thinking I will use the stuff more often.

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General Discussion / Re: Getting the Covid vaccine ...Feb, 2021
« on: February 12, 2021, 07:02:25 PM »
At this side of the pond our corrupt government spent millions on a vaccine which is not suitable for the new Covid strain in South Africa. On top of this - on arrival of the vaccine from India local officials discovered that the expiry date of the vaccine is due within just more than one month fro date of arrival. The arrival of the useless vaccine has been announced with a big “hoo-haa” by our President - but a couple of days ago it has been announced that the vaccine will not be used at all.

For the time being I got hold of Ivermectin - many local people reported good result already. Waiting for our government to wake up doesn’t seem to be an option.

https://ivmmeta.com/


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Grandvista 250 / Re: Starter motor keeps running
« on: January 30, 2021, 10:44:18 PM »
Quote from: stuo on January 30, 2021, 09:36:58 PM
It's now 1/30/21 and many, many starts later: the generic $12 solenoid is still working perfectly.

Nothing wrong with generic parts. The original CDI on my Agility only lasted 9300 km. It has been replaced with a cheap 2nd hand CDI which came from a wrecked Chinese scooter. I have no idea for how long this CDI has been used on the Chinese scooter - but it still does not miss a beat after another almost 19 000 km on my Agility.

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Agility 125 / Re: average battery life
« on: January 29, 2021, 02:06:20 AM »
Yes, your short rides and a cold winter will definitely kill a battery. Hardly any new battery is fully charged before installation - you actually had to hook it on a charger before installation.
You have no choice other than hooking the battery to a tricle charger quite often - the short rides will eventially kill most batteries. When the voltage goes too low on a battery a couple of times the battery will not last.


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General Discussion / Wrapping a Scooter ?
« on: January 28, 2021, 03:55:36 PM »
I was watching a couple of Youtube videos regarding wrapping on scooters and motorcycles and I just wondered whether anyone on this forum ever got involved in wrapping a scooter or a motorcycle ?
Surely it can’t be too difficult to wrap a scooter if one just sticks to one or two colors on a scooter?

















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Downtown 300 / Re: Valve cover tourqe
« on: January 17, 2021, 05:22:29 AM »
Just as a matter of interest - what brand of torque wrenches do you folks use ?
High quality torque wrenches suitable for such small bolts are very expensive in our country. Most people don’t bother to release the tension on the wrenches’ spring after being used and specially the cheaper torque wrenches become ineffective after a while.
I only have a bigger torque wrench for bigger bolts and nuts - the smaller bolts and nuts get torqued by hand and common sense. Never cross threaded anything, and I never have any leaks.

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Agility 125 / Re: How many miles / km on your Agility this year ?
« on: January 16, 2021, 04:42:12 PM »
Due to Covid restrictions my Agilty only did 6053km during 2020 - quite a lot less kms compared to the previous two years.

I just wondered how many miles did you folks put on your scooters during the previous year ?

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Technical | How To / Re: PLEASE HELP!!!
« on: January 14, 2021, 07:29:44 PM »
I think it just makes it easier to give advice if a problem is described in short, and actions being undertook already to solve the problem get described in short.
Just remember - members who try to help often need to consider what has been done already to solve the problem. That means initial comments usually get read over and over again.

Without being negative - I got completely lost after reading less than halfway through your initial comments.
I hope my comments will not put you off completely. We all do things differently.

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