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Found a barnfind the lady owned it from 1978 and cause she never can change the clutch cable so the bike sleep for more then 20years, paid $30 and send it home Razz emoticon
Wow, nice deal!
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Found out I waited too long to get the cylinder out of my P to mail to Hot Rod Al - he's all booked through the end of the year and not taking any more scooter business.

I have two paths forward on the P - if I stay with the stock cylinder I need 0.75mm milled from it to get to 1.5mm squish. If I go this route I'll also toss on some new rings and get a fresh hone on the cylinder, cuz why not?

I installed the Pinasco kit to see what's required if I want to run that. 4mm squish!!! That sucks. The head has a huge standoff, about 1.75-2mm. I can probably get the whole thing down near 2mm if I run a MMW 0 standoff head from SIP and no base gasket, but I'm thinking the right way is to get the new head and get some taken off this cylinder so I can run a base gasket and also get closer to ideal squish.

So I'm now looking for someone to mill cylinders. I have one local recommendation, anyone know of something either (a) local to San Diego or (b) willing to take mail order and does good work like Hot Rod Al always has?
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Finished the windscreen for the GS. Came out better than I expected and the measurements are almost perfect. I should have brought the sides down a lot lower but it's hard to see how it will all fit till you have it on there.
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Finished the windscreen for the GS. Came out better than I expected and the measurements are almost perfect. I should have brought the sides down a lot lower but it's hard to see how it will all fit till you have it on there.
THUMBS UP!
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joshzingzing wrote:
Gotta be crazy too do the mille tomorrow. It's blowing a Gail, hailing and the old timber house is shaking from thunder.
Good luck lads. I'll get there one year when it's a bit closer to home.
Josh, Bob - we couldn't have been luckier with the weather. No rain to speak of and the wind wasn't bad either. Following days were different though!

As always the Mille was a hoot. Just love this kind of ride. Bring on QLD in 2017!
I'll be putting up some pics and maybe a video as soon as we drive back across the Nullabor...
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Glad you and the scoot made it Michael. Looking forward to pics.
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After ordering the Kytronik 2016 model and having them botch the run and refund our orders, I ordered a Kepher unit yesterday instead. Now their site says Sold Out and I see I have a refund from them in my Paypal account. Grrr.... Now what??
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After ordering the Kytronik 2016 model and having them botch the run and refund our orders, I ordered a Kepher unit yesterday instead. Now their site says Sold Out and I see I have a refund from them in my Paypal account. Grrr.... Now what??
Order one from douchelande.
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after spend 2 days at home now i am going back to work to sumatera but i am so excited now as i have some spare coins in case i found a nice project like the barn find that i took home Razz emoticon

have a nice day to you all and cheer
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It is a nice find e


Do you ever get up to near the mentawies ? I have family there.. Too scared to go there though
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Brought home 3 trophies from the Giro d'California.

Best Skills, Day 2 (cheating to take a scooter on the agility test)
First Place, 175 Class
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Right on Patrick! Well deserved..
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I really like that wind screen.
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Brought home 3 trophies from the Giro d'California.

Best Skills, Day 2 (cheating to take a scooter on the agility test)
First Place, 175 Class
First Place Over All
Outstanding and congratulations. Nice windscreen and plaque.
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After ordering the Kytronik 2016 model and having them botch the run and refund our orders, I ordered a Kepher unit yesterday instead. Now their site says Sold Out and I see I have a refund from them in my Paypal account. Grrr.... Now what??
Order one from douchelande.
So you DO have them in stock!??
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Brought home 3 trophies from the Giro d'California.

Best Skills, Day 2 (cheating to take a scooter on the agility test)
First Place, 175 Class
First Place Over All
Well done Patrick! Bet you made some folks look differently at a scooter!
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I really like that wind screen.
Would be pretty cool if the top half was clear plexi!
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Anyone else received threatening PM's from niz76?
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Brought home 3 trophies from the Giro d'California.

Best Skills, Day 2 (cheating to take a scooter on the agility test)
First Place, 175 Class
First Place Over All
What? No photos of the cardigan???
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Given these are 175cc max, most of the people on this ride know that scooters are just as capable and many also own scooters. I was just happy to be able to take the GS as my MotoBi still needs a new head.

More photos
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Ah. There is a similar event run here that is open to much bigger bikes, I was assuming it was like that.

Put up some photos and video from the trip and Mille here - The Australian Classic Scooter Mille 2016
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Anyone else received threatening PM's from niz76?
HaHa. Hardly. Get a life man. Get some pills. Do whatever it is that you do, but just quit with the nasty comments. This forum could really do without that crap, yet here we are again. Classy.
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Kudos to Scooter-Speed.com for the super fast shipping!
After getting a Paypal refund from Kytronik and another from Kepher, finally tracked down the older version. Thanks again Scooter-Speed!

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Given these are 175cc max, most of the people on this ride know that scooters are just as capable and many also own scooters. I was just happy to be able to take the GS as my MotoBi still needs a new head.

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De-bodgery debauchery! After all the structural and mechanical checks and fixes, I'm getting to the fun stuff. The bike's story is detailed in another post. Installed a new SIP Road 2.0, tires, wheels, floor mat, fender and cowls, trim, fork...and my new Vietnamese license plate! I don't want to fully hide it's old life! Have a great weekend.
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De-bodgery debauchery! After all the structural and mechanical checks and fixes, I'm getting to the fun stuff. The bike's story is detailed in another post. Installed a new SIP Road 2.0, tires, wheels, floor mat, fender and cowls, trim, fork...and my new Vietnamese license plate! I don't want to fully hide it's old life! Have a great weekend.
I'm glad you changed the center mat!
That plastic one that was on there was killing me!
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Did 90 miles today in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, with my wife...
Leaf peeping...

Saw hundreds of Harleys, but not any other scooters...



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Amazing bridge, why does it have a roof on it?
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Excellent rally today.. thanks to the Blacksheep SC for putting on an awesome ride.
Gas stop on the way home PCH... 120 miles of twisties and higways... couldn't have been a nicer day to stretch my Super's legs.
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Amazing bridge, why does it have a roof on it?
To keep you dry while riding in the rain.

Or

Something about snow.
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Excellent rally today.. thanks to the Blacksheep SC for putting on an awesome ride.
Gas stop on the way home PCH... 120 miles of twisties and higways... couldn't have been a nicer day to stretch my Super's legs.

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Wheeeoooo! 150km/h!!!

I mean, stop mucking about and change into 4th already....



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Vader19: Your scooter looks tough in that picture...love the lean. A side stand is on the list for mine.

October: Great pics. Reminds me of growing up in the Adirondacks in upstate NY. I loved the changing leaves, and the town I lived in also had an historic covered bridge. Looks like you had a great ride!
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Covered bridges had roofs to protect the beam support structure and planks from the elements.
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Vader19: Your scooter looks tough in that picture...love the lean. A side stand is on the list for mine.

Thanks adam.... unfortunately the side stand let me down at the same rally 2 years ago.. the wind blew my bike over.. into the bathroom wall and then back the other way into a boulder.. it wasn't pretty! Razz emoticon
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October: Great pics. Reminds me of growing up in the Adirondacks in upstate NY. I loved the changing leaves, and the town I lived in also had an historic covered bridge. Looks like you had a great ride!
We visited upstate New York a couple of years ago, went to Paradox Lake, Lake George, Lake Placid, Adirondacks etc.

The ride yesterday was surreal, like driving through a dream.
The colors were especially vibrant in the mountains.

We actually got a lot of thumbs up from the Harley guys. It's hilarious...

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And here's a quick clip of us riding through a couple of them...
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Lake Placid is the area I grew up in, Jay to be precise. There was an old covered bridge that we used to jump off into the Ausable River. It got washed away after a cold winter and the ice flow took it out! They replaced it with a walking bridge.
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Love the videos, by the way. I can almost feel the air!
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We visited upstate New York a couple of years ago, went to Paradox Lake, Lake George, Lake Placid, Adirondacks etc.
that looks like beautiful riding! Bridges of Maddison County comes to mind.

Nice Chris.

... today I continued.. :/ took apart my tankless water heater to try and clean the "flame sensors".. makes any vespa work look like a walk in the park.. what a PITA.. I've lost 2 screws down behind the washer and/or dryer.. out here in the garage to fetch my extending magnet to try and pick 'em up..

Cold water shower in the AM is no fun... Thanks to Youtube for some tips! f' me. Razz emoticon
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Finished the windscreen for the GS. Came out better than I expected and the measurements are almost perfect. I should have brought the sides down a lot lower but it's hard to see how it will all fit till you have it on there.
thats quality, do you have pictures of it, not on the scooter. I would be interested in one of these.
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