..just scored a 2007 people..

[Rianna]

Hmm...is that the other one that looks like they turned a bucket upside down and sat it on the floorboard?

[oswaldters]

Looks like your traditional vespa.

She has an Audrey Hepburn fantasy about scooting around on it.

[Rianna]

LOL! Well there's a reason to ride a scoot that I never heard before!!!

[wordslinger]

here on the internet we're all the same size

...except for that one guy...


 

[oswaldters]

Well, there is that.

[wordslinger]

...cooolll..

 

..ride home today with a 20 mpg gusting sidewind...

..sitting upright!!!..just like the big boys do...

..scoot will run a good strong 57 indicated..needle over the long part of the "k" in kmh...

 

..indicates between 45-49 on flat land..with the cross-wind...




..had to be tucked and sucked to run there on my guilty...

 

[oswaldters]

Too bad you didn't have a 20 mph tailwiind. 

Now that would have moved the needle.

[wordslinger]

..i have two other drive boss bushings that are still well within spec on their I.D., and they fit nicely on the shaft...

..imma machine one to 1.475", for a good spare..and one to 1.450".....

..THAT one imma try out when i get a new malossi variator, coupled with a gates 729 belt....

..i think the OEM moveing drive face's roller ramp profile is maxed out...

..i noted hard roller markings on the outside edges of the ramps...

..the malossi has a longer ramp profile, which lets the rollers travel further out, which causes the belt to ride higher on the pulley at top speed...

..the malossi is also a few mm greater in diameter than oem....

..every mm is a good one!!!


peace

[wordslinger]

Too bad you didn't have a 20 mph tailwiind.  

Now that would have moved the needle.

..i'm not going to push the oem variator setup any further...

..i've learned a bit about reading them bad boys,

..and she's giving it all she's got captain!!...

[oswaldters]

What size weights you running in that beast?

[wordslinger]

...oem...i haven't weighed them..

..i don't know what the oem 2007 wts are...

...but i gotta triple-beam!!!!!


 

[wordslinger]

..i gotta give props to kymcos oem rollers...

..they last and last...........

[oswaldters]

They sure do have a lot of different brands of rollers out there.  And there is quite a price difference for them too.

But I see you can order the OEM rollers from Stadium for under $7!

[wordslinger]

...just gotta watch what weight you buy...oem isn't the optimum weight after derestricting...

 

[oswaldters]

That's what I'm working on.

I'm going to try and reduce the roller weight a little at a time until I find that sweet spot.