"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
09/20/2018 at 12:19 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good, gambler 500
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
09/20/2018 at 12:19 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good, gambler 500 | 6
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Kinja on Android doesn’t seem to understand how 24 hour clocks work . 12:15 on a 24 clock means 12:15 pm, not 12:15 am (as in I didn’t choose 00:15). Ugh, but I digress..
I started it up this morning and it fired without starting fluid and not even a full second on the starter. After adjusting the idle on the new carb we should be ready to run!
I’ll definitely need to replace the taillight housing, handlebars, tyres, and whatever bearing’s gone bad in the back before we’ll be truly road ready.
Well, my biggest obstacle has been taken care of. On Tuesday night I got the scooter running, however it wouldn’t run at low throttle without dying. If you tried to coast or let off the throttle? Dead.
I had a feeling that the scoot sitting for a year (two years if the license plate is to be believed) probably messed up the carb. So I did what any responsible villain would do, overnight one from Amazon
Sure enough, after a carb swap and a half-arsed spraying of starting fluid into the air box, it fired right up!
Took on a 30 minute test ride and everything seems fine. Now the next things I need to fix are the comically bad tyres and the loose handlebars. In the meantime, I’ve already started doing my “Cafe adventure racer” mods...
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After
The idea for this one will be to fix the rust and restore the paint, then add accents and a repainted, reshaped front fender, then black wheels and a Cafe Racer seat. I’ll then drop the bars and the huge mirrors. On the adventure side there will be a 5 gal jerry can and LED spotlights. And I’ll throw in RGB because screw you, that’s why.
Decay buys too many beaters
> Mercedes Streeter
09/20/2018 at 00:20 |
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Are the wheels really skinny too? Any issues with finding off road compound tires in that size?
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Mercedes Streeter
09/20/2018 at 00:23 |
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I sure hope you get more coverage from the reshaped front fender. The foot rest you removed used to provide water/mud/dirt protection for your feet. I also think it needs a proper set of foot pegs or foot rest or something. I’d be worried about my feet slipping off because there isn’t a good place to keep them firmly planted.
shop-teacher
> Mercedes Streeter
09/20/2018 at 07:20 |
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A week to go!
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Mercedes Streeter
> TheRealBicycleBuck
09/20/2018 at 08:41 |
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I’m going to add back the bottom splash guard, however I need to slice it in half first. It'll resemble a mud flap/skid plate. lol As for the tank area, in my test rides me feet feel fine (they’re small lol), I just need to screw on the tank and put on one of the those Ruckus tank cover mods.
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Mercedes Streeter
> Decay buys too many beaters
09/20/2018 at 08:42 |
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90/90-12. Not too hard finding rubber, just now I'm not trying to pay the price I paid for the scooter in tires lol.
Just Jeepin'
> Mercedes Streeter
09/20/2018 at 13:29 |
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A little clock geekery, not really related but while we’re almost on the topic anyway... it wasn’t until fairly recently that 12pm was (mostly) universally recognized as noon instead of midnight.
I was quite surprised to discover that was a recent standardization , and some still argue noon and midnight should be neither AM nor PM (and while they’re right, for once I’d tell the pedants to stuff it).