Variator Notching

[sidthesloth]

She responds to your T.L.C.

[wordslinger]

all i did was wash it and she ran better than yesterday....i do wash her every couple days...she preforms different DAILY!!!!!

..which way and how hard is the wind blowing...


...no, seriously...makes a difference, and a big difference on a "stock" scoot...

[thebatman]

well i tried to post but my dam fone screwed me so this is short..no difference in wind these few days, you could actually here the pipe sounds, today was good, yesterday wasnt..i know about wind,lmao sum days way suck ass..mtn air???, i am at different altitude, humidity???, temp did vary slightly these days...guess im the only mtn scooter here...  ... RLMAO...

[wordslinger]

..well, it your temps and relative humidity aren't changing much, then you can rule that out...


..but you may need to adjust for the less dense air...

..most of these guys with their zx50's in here are in the low-lands...


...just a thought, but what your scoot needs may be waay different than what these guys are running...

[thebatman]

thats what im afraid of....the lone wolf in this vast space....lmao all kinds of scoots around but none in here....

[wordslinger]

..wish I knew more about 2-strokes than I do, but i think you've gotta get your carburetion right with your engine  and cvt setup....

[zombie]

..well, it your temps and relative humidity aren't changing much, then you can rule that out...   There is the possibility the scoot has been used as a scoot for its entire life. Some of these machines fall on their face after a few years... I rebuilt a "Factory Bike" that was a 1 of. tHE BRAND/DETAILS DON'T MATTER. I rebuilt it spending MORE than the production model cost. That bike put me thru 2 years of school to get a Bachelors in electronics. (8 tracks were in vouge then). The point is when that bike was the $hit, I recieved it in a SHAMBLES. Bat: , and everyone else... It is only as good as the way it has been treated! Silk purse, and all. I would buy an S9 in boxes before I would buy a classic ANYTHING. Be prepared to spend some $'s

[sidthesloth]

8 track? maaate, that was a couple of years ago.

[zombie]

Yeah ... 2-3 weeks ago I heard about something called wgs/ghs/some kinda tape thing. It's supposed to be better than Sony Beta! I'll believe that when I see it!

[sidthesloth]

Yeah, still got one of them old clunkers above the telly.

[thebatman]

hey, on this idea of getting the complete travel, well i checked mine and its about 2mm from top (oem var now), instead of cutting that side at all:   wouldnt bending the ramp plate itself to make more of a progressive ramp, (bend all six ramps) do the same job and still stay intact??...i saw a ramp that had real steep ramps, seems like that may work?,....

[Shaka]

That's a real good idea!  I think in theory it would work.  Actually bending those ramp plates at exactly the same angle may prove to be very difficult though!  The other thing to keep in mind is that the slides are between the ramps.  To bend the ramps you would have to bend the slides as well.  That would probably pull them in closer to the center and also change the angle so they may not slide properly.  Sounds like you got some R&D to do Batman!

[sidthesloth]

The variator I bought from scooter assassins has a modified ramp plate, that may be what makes it that bit better.

[thebatman]

hmmm, may be an idea huh?... hey sid does the inside of yours look like the oem?? (where rollers lay, etc)

[sidthesloth]

No, from memory the ramp plate was steeper, I did take some pics but it didnt really show the difference.