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I can vouch for the oil thing. I mistakenly ran marine oil in one for about 5-10 miles. Made a complete mess out of the topend and plug. Switched to 2T injection oil.

No, not normal. Are your lines for fuel, vacuum and oil hooked up right?

Manual recommends nothing over idle for bleeding the oil system. I guess the engine is fine for the short duration, a few minutes at most. You want to disconnect it to verify oil flow. Better idle a few minutes w/o oil than drive it around at WOT without it.

James,

You only need to post questions once.

Manual lists 10-30W, Jerry recommends using 2-stroke oil. I defer to his experience.

Jerry, Old post from you from old board. These guys still around, and if so what brand tires do they sell? ------------------- Tires are $12 each, tubes are $5 each, shipping for two tires & two tubes to mi. is $9 total of $43. you can send your m.o. to; gearworks mfg. 50w620 ramm rd. maple park...

It's just how they work. The oil catches the dirt and crud. Lawn mowers use a version of this. They're a cheap filter, and cleanable. Make sure to wring out the excess oil.

Hey Jim, how are those patches coming?

Pull out the starter gear assembly (not the starter) and make sure that the gear to the starter ring is moving in/out.

Only restrictor is in the exhaust, and this only on Iowa models. If you want ideas on exhausts, look at other performance pipes on the market for 50cc mopeds. You would rather have an expansion pipe with a pass-through silencer than a baffled exhaust as in stock. It's arguable whether you would go f...

No, countersteering means that you push away from you on the right side grip to turn right (as opposed to pulling it towards you, like you do on a bicycle at low speed.) This takes effect at about 15-20 MPH, and is a bigger deal on larger bikes than smaller. I've never "countersteered" a S...

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Dojo,

Asking a lot of questions is fine, crossposting is not. Refer back to tech help for the same question. I'm locking this post.

Dojo, An 80cc pipe will likely be too large, an 50cc enduro pipe should be sized closer. Problem is that these engines aren't highly tuned. An exhaust of 19mm diam for the initial downpipe is about the right size for these given the current porting. That happens to be the same size as the current ex...

How's the float? Why are you having to clean it weekly?

Restrictor is in the exhuast PIPE, not port. Look inside the pipe inlet, if it's there you'll see it. Only exists on Iowa models.