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07-25-2014, 09:01 AM | #1 | |
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I find that I almost always use my center stand. Once in a while I'll use the side stand, but that's usually when I'm at home. It just seems "tippy" to me. I always imagine a good stiff breeze or a shopping cart laying it over while I'm in the store. I don't know if this is true for scooters, but growing up working on air-cooled VWs it was always a rule of thumb to let it warm up a little before making the engine push you down the road. I start it on the center stand and it revs high enough to spin the back wheel for a minute. Then, when the choke opens up, the idle spools down and evens out. The CVT stops spinning the wheel at that point, and I feel like I'm good to go. Not only does this allow the oil to splash around everywhere it's supposed to, but it also lets all the metal bits warm up and snuggle in. John Muir's "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive" taught me a lot about air cooled engines and how to (and not to) take care of them. Happy riding!
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07-25-2014, 02:22 PM | #2 | |
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Thanks for your thoughts...did you see my post about speedometer issues?
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07-28-2014, 09:43 AM | #3 | |
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We have a summer car. It's a Porsche 928. The difference between driving that and the scoot is that I will never, ever, ever drive that car the way it is built to be driven. On the scooter, I can ride WOT and push it as hard as it will let me and still not get a speeding ticket! I love living on the edge. BTW, I had two copies of that book. One was in really nice shape and all color tabbed for chapters. That's the one I showed people. The one I kept in the van had holes and tears and tape, and the tune-up chapter was almost unreadable from oil and grease stains. Good times, man.
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