Show-off your Grandvista's or Grand Dink's

[Rudolf]

Nice lookin' Dink!

[Rudolf]

Here is a photo with me alongside my bike, i'm 6 foot 4 inches or 193 cm tall.

[Rudolf]

A good way to take a break from riding...

[mrbios]

I bought my 2005 GV250 2.5 years ago on craigslist for $2000 with 2600 miles.  Now it has 13K on it.  I laid it down over a year ago at night after the city left sand on my street.  The mirrors have broken on both sides and been repaired several times.  The exhaust developed a bad vibration and cracked in two places due to an improperly welded part at the factory that I call the "hot dog".  It took 3 surgeries with the welder to repair it.  New it is about $280 and there is only one aftermarket exhaust that I could find and it costs $300.  Other stuff: replaced all fluids, new belt, and dr pulley slider weights.  Overall, it has been a great scoot.

[mverps]

this is my 09 GV

[mrbios]

this is my 09 GV

Ah, another white GV250.

[Rudolf]

Those are nice looking bikes, I have to change the variator belt because it's under the 25mm service limit. Also the roller weights, the variator guides, and one rocker arm from the exhaust valve (I've damaged the threads by over tightening-it) How much torque does a rocker arm adjusting nut need for proper tightening?

[mrbios]

... one rocker arm from the exhaust valve (I've damaged the threads by over tightening-it) How much torque does a rocker arm adjusting nut need for proper tightening?

It looks like 24N-m for the "Cylinder Head Cap Nut".  Which appears to hold down the rocker arms.  Another method before dissembling wold be to tighten with a torque wrench set very low and slowly increase the pressure until the nut moves and you hear a click indicating about how much torque was used to tighten a nut.  Another method would be to record the size and thread pitch etc and look up the range of tension / torque for that size nut / bolt.  You could also email Kymco tech and see what they say and / or look at any typical 250cc GY6 motor to get an idea since they are all basically the same thing.  Finally, contact an after-market motor kit maker for torque details.

[Rudolf]

Found out that the rocker arm adjusting nut needs a torque of 8,8 Nm.

[mrbios]

Found out that the rocker arm adjusting nut needs a torque of 8,8 Nm.

Thanks for the update.  keep us posted on your progress.