After about 15 miles I was seeing no change in the reservoir for the coolant so I was thinking the thermostat was defective. (purple coolant)
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loginAfter a 25 mile run she finally broke loose and is working properly.
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loginI flushed the radiator 7 times, no real gunk coming out, just murky looking water. I've put in fresh coolant and buttoned that up. The last thing to do is change the final drive fluid but I need a syringe to suck out the old and I don't have one at this time. I'll take this scoot up to my nephew's and drop it off, I want him to put 100 or 200 miles on her and we'll (with him) do another oil change and change the final drive oil at that time. This ones done and the gray ghost needs to get back on the lift to reassemble.
So here's the story of my nephew and this kind of ties into the "
Why millennial's don't buy motorcycles" thread. Skeeter, my nephew is 19 and has no driver's licence, he doesn't want to get one because it opens the door to more responsibility. He and most of his friends view the world through this lens... So they bounce through life mooching rides or just not going anywhere. He has shown an interest in scooters over the years as his weird uncle keep rolling up on one.
After several discussion with him I discussed a 49cc scoot, no license needed, no insurance needed, just a VA walking ID (every state is different). He seemed to gravitate to this concept, so I'm financing this scoot and will keep it mechanically sound. We have agreed on a payment plan and spoke in depth about the repercussions if you don't pay. Simply put, miss a payment I will call and you have xxx amount of time to make good, if that doesn't happen I'm on my way to repossess the scoot and it will be sold and all proceeds go to hip Nat'l Bank of Uncle Eric.
So this is my attempt to get this young man to stand on one leg at least and we shall see how this plays out. Tomorrow I drive up to drop it off with some minimal gear to get him started. With a little luck it will take hold and motivate him to a better quality of life being mobile.
Thanks for stopping by and reading!
Eric