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People 50 / Re: 2001 People 50 Restore, with BBK Install (50 2T)
« on: July 09, 2012, 03:04:23 PM »
If you want to keep your old exhaust as a spare, or to sell, i would suggest trying to de-carbon it. When I owned my Honda Spree, there were no aftemarket exhausts, so they suggested two different methods to decarbon.
Method#1 - Build an outdoor bonfire. Once you have plenty of hot coals, throw your exhaust in the fire and let the carbon burn from the inside out. Once the fire has burned out,  pull out your exhaust, wire brush, and paint with rustoleum high heat (grills etc.) black paint.

Method #2- Lye. Go to your local hardware store and get some  lye (for drain cleaning etc). Mix up in a 5 gallon bucket with water. Put your exhaust in the lye mixture and let it set for a few hours, draining and filling the inside a handful of times. Then take a fresh water hose and put it up to the exhaust inlet, to "flush" the lye mixture and carbbon out.

Method #2 was the least drastic to me, so I tried it. I got 2 more years out of my exhaust, and sold the Spree with it that way. It is still running 2 years after the sale. They guys on the Honda Spree forum think that the bonfire works best.

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People 50 / Re: Rev limiter or not
« on: June 29, 2012, 12:24:51 PM »
Ok,
On my 2001 People 2T, a restricted Kymco CDI got me to around the 40 mph range. Yesterday at lunch I swapped it out with a Kymco CDI with the green plug set up. On my way home from work, I was consistently seeing 53 mph on the flats. So, on the older 2T's it seems as though a restricted vs un-restricted CDI makes a huge difference.  I also noticed that the engine seemed to behave differently in the mid to upper range with the Kymco CDI, vs the E-Bay DC CDI that I had in there. With the E-Bay CDI, she got to the mid/upper range really quick. Top speed on flats was usually around 50. The Kymco unrestricted CDI is a bit slower getting through the mid/upper range, but seems to allow more rev, giving me a bit more speed.

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People 50 / Re: Rev limiter or not
« on: June 27, 2012, 06:15:29 PM »
I have not yet tried one of the green cdi's with the green wire attached. I saw that she had three of them in her used kymco cdi bin. She also had a handful of brown ones with no green wire, and plum colored ones with no green wire. all Kymco though. If I know that i will have a de-restriced CDI if I take one of the green CDI's and unplug the green wire, then I will take it. No more guessing. Will know for certain about 24 hrs from now. I will swap it out at lunch time at wrench's place and drive back to work. I will keep you posted.

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People 50 / Re: Rev limiter or not
« on: June 27, 2012, 05:42:07 PM »
I was running my 2t 2001 people on a dc fired no name cdi from ebay. She ran over 50. Last week the cdi died. I went to my local wrench, and she had a plastic box full of Kymco cdi's. She said that some were restricted and some were not. They are all used, and I can keep on trying them until I find one that is de-restricted. She has a few with the green wire plugged in. She says that when the green wire is unplugged, that it is de-restricted. Is this the case? I am going back over there at lunch tomorrow to give one of those a try. Riding around on a restricted CDI sucks! My top speed is 40 mph, and it feels as though someone is tappping on the brakes over 40mph even going down hills! Cant wait to get back up to speed. She is my daily driver that I miss the power at the mid range speeds, and speed at the high end.

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People 50 / Re: new project 2003 people 50, back on the board!!!
« on: June 18, 2012, 04:57:48 PM »
Wow, I guess I got lucky on this one. I was just out at lunch and a guy on a Kymco Agility 50 4 stroke pulled up next to me, smiled, and revved. I left him so far behind in my mirrors I couldnt believe it. Makes for a great ride to and from work. My last scoot was a 1984 Honda Spree. Although I loved the spree (was light and I could lift off dock onto boat by my myself) the difference here is night and day. I never feel as though I am being run down. The big wheels are the balls vs the 8X2.5's that i had on my spree.

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People 50 / Re: new project 2003 people 50, back on the board!!!
« on: June 18, 2012, 03:40:50 PM »
With regards to the Big Bore kit.... I have a 2001 people 50 2t. When I bought it she had an airsal 72cc kit installed (hack Job). A month into ownership, the engine seized. I bought a new kit and replaced it. The piston on the kit that i bought was faulty, and a big chunk tore off of it and ruined the second kit I had. The airsal kits are nickle plated aluminum cylinders and in both cases were destroyed. I decided to bring her back to stock. I was the best decision that I have made.

With the kit on the scoot, I was able to hit 52 mph. It was very squirly at the start too. I  had to lean forward to keep the front wheel on the ground.

With a de-restricted stock set up, I cruise at 47 mph, and have hit 50 with the wind at my back. I weigh 210 lbs. The only differences that I notice are at start, she is still very quick off the line, but does not wheelie unless I want it to.  Mid range speed and power bog a little at about 30 mph but regulate at about 35 mph.  High end, there is not a ton of difference, other than how much more quite it is. I have put 3000 km on the stock set up so far this summer. It is my daily driver, with a 20 mile each way trip to work every day. I would highly recommend keeping your scoot stock, and de-restricting/ tuning to run at these higher speeds. I wasted a lot of time and $ on the big bore set up, when it was really not necessary.

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