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Thank you guys, I very much appreciate the assistance and advice.
New exhaust successfully installed. No upjetting or air filter drilling yet. Is either one necessary? More importantly: is it safe? This Vespa is my only ride (no car!) and I use it a lot. I don't want to run into any mechanical issues if there's any chance upjetting or drilling the air filter can cause that.
The drilled filter is far from necessary, but the upjetting goes hand in hand with the exhaust upgrade and most certainly is. Please do it soon if you want to avoid those mechanical issues you talk of.
EDIT: To answer whether it's safe, and to emphasise the need to upjet, if you don't, you run the risk of locking up the engine/back wheel when travelling at speed which you really don't want to do. If you drill the air filter it will just mean increasing the jet size even more. I hope that's clear.
New exhaust successfully installed. No upjetting or air filter drilling yet. Is either one necessary? More importantly: is it safe? This Vespa is my only ride (no car!) and I use it a lot. I don't want to run into any mechanical issues if there's any chance upjetting or drilling the air filter can cause that.
The drilled filter is far from necessary, but the upjetting goes hand in hand with the exhaust upgrade and most certainly is. Please do it soon if you want to avoid those mechanical issues you talk of.
EDIT: To answer whether it's safe, and to emphasise the need to upjet, if you don't, you run the risk of locking up the engine/back wheel when travelling at speed which you really don't want to do. If you drill the air filter it will just mean increasing the jet size even more. I hope that's clear.
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Honestly, that is the most important post on this page. Read it very carefully. While you are testing your new Vespa, be prepared for a soft seize or a lock up. Most of us try to be prepared and still they surprise us. Soft seize often is when too much heat or not enough T2 oil, or both occur and the piston ring stops traveling against the piston wall. This stops the bike slowly, "soft seize" or very quickly..like instant fricken lock up at 40 miles per hour. Pulling the clutch as fast as you can and slowing down will hopefully save you.
This happened to me last Monday Night with out warning at 40 mph. Fortunately there had been a tiny amount of rain on the empty road and the solid lockup squealed as I controlled my speed. Really thought I was going to dump it. Squealing rear tire, mint bike wobbled hard and dived to the left as the weight and inertia of the 200 cc motor inside the right cowl celebrated its kinetic energy abundance over the mass of the battery and the spare tire under the left cowl. I know the P200 is much like the Rally, I don't know how different the PX is.
I have not posted about this yet as I need to do some investigating on this Rally 200 that followed me home.
After it cooled down for about 1 minute it started up first kick. Let it cool for a bit longer and road it the last 1/2 mile home. It had no issue. It's parked and waiting for me to check autolube and jets. Everything is original. 1600 miles on the clock. The fuel and oil lines were replaced with black opaque lines.
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I'll start a new post when I have information. I want to stress the engine seize issue, as if this is your only transportation, you will likely be riding in traffic. Had I had that hard seize in busy traffic, I would not be writing this and no one would EVER have known why I suddenly locked up and slid under the truck speeding behind me.
Good post Halijaro!!
This happened to me last Monday Night with out warning at 40 mph. Fortunately there had been a tiny amount of rain on the empty road and the solid lockup squealed as I controlled my speed. Really thought I was going to dump it. Squealing rear tire, mint bike wobbled hard and dived to the left as the weight and inertia of the 200 cc motor inside the right cowl celebrated its kinetic energy abundance over the mass of the battery and the spare tire under the left cowl. I know the P200 is much like the Rally, I don't know how different the PX is.
I have not posted about this yet as I need to do some investigating on this Rally 200 that followed me home.
After it cooled down for about 1 minute it started up first kick. Let it cool for a bit longer and road it the last 1/2 mile home. It had no issue. It's parked and waiting for me to check autolube and jets. Everything is original. 1600 miles on the clock. The fuel and oil lines were replaced with black opaque lines.
( Interesting )
I'll start a new post when I have information. I want to stress the engine seize issue, as if this is your only transportation, you will likely be riding in traffic. Had I had that hard seize in busy traffic, I would not be writing this and no one would EVER have known why I suddenly locked up and slid under the truck speeding behind me.
Good post Halijaro!!