Hello
I finally got to 600 miles on my scoot after owning it for 1 year. Bad back and eye cancer will limit seat time.
I'm thinking that I used to do my own maintenance so my plan is to make a work platform for the scoot as it will be easier to work on.
Plans are made and some reality is setting in. How am I going to get the scoot up the ramp and secure it to the platform?
Forging ahead I feel I'll make a simple wheel chock out of wood. Prototype 1 didn't work, back to Lowe's and a a placed a call to my buddy. He said just get some 3/8" eye bolts and screw it into the studs.
Okay. Got my scoot secured. Slide the oil catching pan under the scoot, NOPE. It hits on the pipe and I need to raise the rear tire. Screwed 2, 2x4's together and now I can access the oil drain plug and filter. Oil change is horrible as no funnel can fit the tiny holes for the engine and hub oil. Figured that out with redneck engineering.
Spark plug time. I was able to unscrew that easily but it slipped off the socket and fell behind the cover where you plug the spark plug wire in. Got my flashlight aka iPhone and sure enough, I can see the tip of the plug laying sideways. How the frick does that happen. I didn't have a needle nose pliers skinny enough so a trip to Ace was made. I got it out right away and the new plug went right in. Dang.
The money I spent is what I call I needed the tools anyway learning experience.
Y'all have a great weekend and I'll be riding tomorrow.