Spent time on Tuesday trying to iron out the issues.
I think I had success with the front wheel. I took it all apart again and checked the speedo cable. Its working, I got the wheel to spin enough to watch the needle go up and down. I re cleaned the spacer and greased it more. After looking at how it goes together, I think my issue may have been that I was not lining up the notches on the wheel with the white speedo thing. Its possible that last time I just put the wheel back on the hub not realizing that the notches need to line up with/inset with the white speedo wheel thing. When done right I think the wheel seats better.
I was playing with the front break and adjusted the nut so that there is no chaffing of the pad when the wheel spins. When adjusted correctly I feel like the break lever can be pulled too close to the hand grip. I need to check the wear indicator to see if new pads are needed.
Onto the carb... so last time I fired the scooter up and it turned on but it bogged at throttle, so I thought this time I will take the carb apart for another cleaning. I took it off and cleaned it again and put it back on making sure to set the screws to stock before adjusting anything. Note for the '86 the manual says 1.5 screws out for the air screw. I put it all back together and rolled it outside for some testing. It would not start at first and I realized I had left the drain screw open, woops. Screwed it back in after priming the carb and it started right up. I let it idle for a little then increased the revs some and let it run. Then I tried to go for a slow ride on the drive way. I think pulled okay right at first but then the power dies out, with higher throttle it starts to stall out.
I did a little research before starting, noting my issue last time. What I read indicated that it could be still a carb not quite clean, vacuum leak around the airbox, poor compression or ...? I cleaned the carb, fitted the hoses but have not checked compression yet as I need to borrow a tester.
Any other ideas of what it could be or remedies? I know I need to check the compression and I guess clean the carb again?
One thing I was a little paranoid about was if the oil pump was working. I had taken it out to clean it when I first started this project and it looked good. For these first few starts I have used a light premix because I was not 100% sure the pump was doing its thing and did not want to be screwed! When I put the carb back on on Tuesday I put a little air in the oil line(first shot top right of the hose you can see the difference in color where the bubble is) to watch if the bubble would be pushed out by the pump, check out the photo series, it speaks for it's self.
Turnsignals... Tried switching the original relay in and still only solid light, no flashing. I have to track down the ground issue in the front.
Jerome
