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Thursday, August 24, 2006

flywheel

The scoot is almost complete bar the annoyingly basic problem of an aftermarket flywheel not fitting on the crank. I purchased a 12v CDI kit thinking that the electronic ignition route would be the way to go, and would also aid the addition of 12v bits. However, the brains at ScootRS that sold me the kit figure that all VBC 150s are the same. So now im chasing a solution that might conclude with a butchered frankenwheel using the old centre on the new outer. Bar that, does anyone know how to get the outside legshield beading on without destroying it?

Friday, August 04, 2006

crud, its august

Scooter cables can be a pain to set up and adjust, especially if you dont know what your doing - not that this has stopped me before. All the cables bar the gear changing pair are in and are awaiting final adjustment, and the wiring is nearly all sorted out. I'll have to properly wire the small battery to the system to run all the custom tricky bits - such as the compressor and twin air horns I nabbed from an old Fiat coupe (guaranteed to alert anyone with 100 metres of my presence), but overall its nearly usable. Lack of time has been the biggest hurdle to getting this sucker finished, but the finish line is nearly in sight.