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Thanks Wheelman.

Does the top-end limitation lead you to reserve a recommendation, or do you think its a good pipe?

Me too.

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I assume you changed out the gas? Old gas makes whitish smoke. Smoke could also could be a dirty exhaust or maybe the oil pump is letting past too much. You could pull the oil line and calibrate it (best to use premix while doing so) or maybe its running too rich at idle due to stuck or unplugged by...

I've come across a number of exhausts for the Dio engine that are available in Taiwan. They have a plethora of Elite stuff over there for such a small country. Anyway, I have seen a number of exhausts that I don't recognize. Can anyone comment on these if you have heard of/had experience with with a...

I don't believe that's the Bear.

I think he got the nice guy from town who plays Santa to stand in for him.

Could be that the bearings have gone bad on the starter motor. More drag = more amps required to spin the motor up enough to engage the starter gear through centrifugal force. If it turns out the terminals and connections are OK, its possible to replace the the ball bearing at the front of the start...

Fine with me. The more I can help the better

Also, this page links model code numbers to various names used in different countries:

http://www.scooterpartsauction.com/hond ... odes.xhtml

Mousewheels: I have a fairly extensive list of Japanese models at my website: http://www.scooterpartsauction.com/honda/Honda%20Scooter%20Model%20Codes.htm Its translated to "Japanenglish" and has links to Honda's Japanese official acooter model pages that are also tranlated. Could be a use...

How about doing away with the manifold vacuum completely and just hook up a small low pressure electric vacuum pump to the petcock? Wire the pump up to something that's live when the ignition is on. Of course, both the vacuum reservoir and pump idea may be slightly less safer than stock for a tipped...

Depends on what form of "bad". There are usually 2 situations. Stuck in extended position - bike will be hard to start until warm as described above. Unable to extend - (the wax has leaked, the element shorted/discontinuous, or wiring issue) the bike starts easily but runs like crap when w...

The timing is pretty much fixed on these things - unless the cam chain was installed incorrectly. Much more likely to be a valve clearance issue.

Looks like a very good deal. If its titled I'd buy it!

Try spraying starter fluid around the rubber manifold while the scoot is running. If the engine speed changes its leaking. The chinese rubber manifolds (if it is rubber on that bike) have a tendency to crack. Next I'd check the valve clearances to make sure they didn't change with the high speed and...

Excellent Mousewheels. Thanks for sharing this.

Even the rubber on the aftermarket needle looks grainier. You certainly have to give credit to Honda (or is it Keihin?) on the quality.

Did you hone the bore before fitting the new rings? Do a compression test, then add a teaspoon of 2-stroke oil through the spark plug hole. Retest the compression. If it goes up you probably have a poor piston ring seal. Try to re-hone the bore if not done before. If the compression reading does not...