Christmas came early for my Like

[paceneedsstides]

Jets from treatland, exhaust from scooter attack, the rest from scooterpartsco. All got here today and yesterday. Total spent about $385.

[paceneedsstides]

Yay parts

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[paceneedsstides]

I am just gonna have to trust that the blue spring is alot stiffer than the white spring cuz it's alot shorter that's for sure.

[chaz35]

The white spring is a lot stiffer than the blue spring (its longer).  The blue spring is about the same as the Kymco oem spring.  The green is the softest, next purple, then blue.  The white is a Malossi screw-up, will not work with your scooter.  Cheers

[paceneedsstides]

When I pressed down on the blue and oem at same time because I was worried the blue gets alot stiffer after the first half inch or so. Also noted holding power in hills much better. I used to drop below thirty on work commute never below 40 now.

[chaz35]

Yes the blue is stronger than oem, but not by much.  I don't have one, just going by Malossi information says 106% stronger, which really means 6% stronger.  I need to get one.  Green is 60% of oem, purple is 82%, and blue 106%.  Description miss-leading, before I measured I thought all the Malossi springs were stiffer than oem.

For rough measurement, take an empty toilet paper tube and cut it to the length of the collar seal, approx 2".  If you have an extra collar seal, or your driven pulley is disassembled, use the collar seal.  Then using a bathroom scale with the paper tube inside, compress the sping down the the height of the paper tube and record the weight to compress it to that height.  Do the same with the other springs if you have them.  Although not total accurate, I found it consistently showed the relationship, which springs were stronger/ weaker.  I verified green weakest, next purple, then oem.  I don't have a blue, but will probably get one now, based upon your recommendation.

Cheers

[paceneedsstides]

Really I want a red I hear with BBK and variator and weights swap that would work best also get the torsion controller either the plastic one from Malossi which I got or the ball bearing one from Naruku I think. It is supposed to help with friction and it also definitely adds height therefore stiffens spring even more.. I swapped out my Dr. Pulley 8g sliders for the Malossi 9g rollers that came with Multivar didn't notice much difference maybe a bit change in top end and small decrease in acceleration but I ain't trying to do wheelies.......yet. Windy here today got hit by a good gust went from almost 50 straight to 40 in a heartbeat lol and kept getting hit from the side scooter would lean like I was in a tun but kept going straight without missing a beat.

[245luigi]

Have fun!

[paceneedsstides]

Hey Luigi thanks I've had alot of fun figuring all this out and have enjoyed reading your posts. Lots of help lol and I need it I got BBK to put on but waiting for a bit.