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  1. Marcarl
    Well you best off telling us what you know about painting, or maybe better I'll just tell you what I know and how I would do it. Squidleys right, of course, as he always is, the spray cans can be cheap and the air sprayer is the best. Maybe you could rent a sprayer for a while, that would be better. Don't use an airless sprayer, you'll have to do a lot of sanding and cleaning to get the mess off again. With spray bombs, spend the money to get good quality car paint, not just enammel for household use, although it is a lot cheaper. See what you can find at a local autoparts store. The cheap stuff will wear off quite quickly. Do all your sanding and such before you start to paint, once you have the first paint down, you don't want to make any more dust. Once you are ready to paint you will be ready to do a complete cleanup of the paint room and then let it set for an hour or two so that all the dust settles, Wet the floor before you start, because your walking around will kick up dust. Set out all the items you want to paint so that there will little or no movement during the process. With a lint free cloth (J-Cloth) wipe all the paint areas with some paint thinner, or get some tackcloth which is better for the job. Now walk around all your items checking to make sure that you don't have to lean over something to get at what you need to, or that you'll bump into something on your way around. Make sure you have air circulation so that the oversray can go somewhere and wear a face mask. OK now you can start spraying. Shake the can well, the more the better and shake it continually during use. The first layer goes on very thin and start with the hard parts, not the middles. Do all the corners and folds and high areas first. You should be able to see the primer\old coat through the first layer. Wait about 20 minutes before putting down the second coat, which goes on the same way as the first, hard areas first. Use a continual motion from side to side. Start painting before you sweep onto the part and keep the paint going until you're off the part again. Second coat goes on a little heavier than the first but not too heavy, better too light than to heavy. Now wait half an hour and put down the third coat which goes on the same again as the first, but you can go a little heavier. As you apply the third coat the first two coats will have got rid of most of their thinners and now will suck the thinners out of the third coat, so making an thicker paint that won't run. The third coat maybe your last, it's up to you what it looks like, if you have it all covered and looking good, carefully close up shop so not to disturb any dust and take the rest of the day off. Don't even go in there to take a peek. All coats must be put on in succession so that you have good bonding and end up with a smooth finish, Better more coats thinner than fewer coats thicker, but all must be laid down before they dry completely, so you can't start one day and finish a week later. Hope this helps and explains somewhat. Maybe more info than needed, and maybe you know it all already, but hey I like typing. Carl
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    Man that was fast,,,,,now let me see,,,,was that a halffast job???????? Oh never mind boss, just hope you still have some humor left at the end of the day. God Bless and mind your missus once now.
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    If you plan to pull the switch apart, watch out for the spring inside and the parts that come before it (little plastic round thing in the end) These tend to become supper for the scoot and then it's a new switch, like it or not. Actually, I'd advise to save yourself some time and frustration buy the new switch, I played with mine for a year and never was really happy with the results until a new one was installed.
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    Darn,,,, they said it all already. Good luck, you'll be happy.
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    Pasted mine down behind the seat with double sided tape, drilled a hole through it to put a cable tie through to keep the end from leaving it's place. Now when I hook in the curly cord it stays behind the seat until my partner wants to ride, then it comes out and she plugs in with the short cord from the helmet, also she doesn't have to walk around with a long cord hanging from her neck.
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    I wired my trailer from the back where I could get at the harness, under the trunk area. I glued my modulite inside the back rail and then taped the wires together and run them down the little pipe that holds the fender at the bottom. Hope this helps. Carl
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    When you take your wheels off, remove the pads, but mark them so they go back to the same side, and campher the leading edge slightly with a file. You'll find that the squeel is gone.
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    Sounds like it will be a real nice ride, might run into you when you're around Brantford. Going to worship first thing in the morning, as always, so we're never ready 'til 1pm anyways. Have a good ride.
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    We're still working on putting on another set of tires, should be any day now. We'll let you know. What we're experincing is not a front end wobble, it's more like a fish squirm from the bike itself.
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    Good to hear, and we'll continue to ask for healing. Carl
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    They will only let me have soo many Saturdays off so I'm stuck this weekend but hope to have some fun next weekend, don't know where or how but the plan is there.
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    Man, I feel for you JT, will keep asking for divine intervention, could be He will listen, we won't give up.
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    Follow the link in my signature, big boy.
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    Ok we're gonna need more info here.....?????
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    I don't believe that soooo many of you actually read this thread and then responded:think:
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    So are you saying that I'm the real attraction???????
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    A little late maybe, but the the plate on #2 is governed by the throttle stop screw. Took me a while to figure that one out, but solved my problem once it came to my brain. Good Luck.
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    Don't know how much noise you are looking for, but I just drilled mine out with a 7\8 spade drill bit. From both ends. Gives a bit of a rumble, not anything loud but enough to show that work is being done. Easy to do, all you need is a long extension, the metal is really quite easy to drill out.
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    A new way to get around

    Marcarl replied to a topic in Videos

    Think I'll get me one of those. Traffic here is horendous sometimes, maybe even 3 cars a day going by. Hey Lou, want to make a loan??
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    Don't really know the answer, but on the 1st gens there are 2 power wires going to the audio, one for constsant power and one for switched power. If that is the case with yours, could be something flukie with that. That being said, members have had other problems with the ignition switch, so you might look at that.
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    Thanks Lou, that was GOOD
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    Hey, We don't want to ignore you so I posted here, don't know the answer just yet, but will post again when I know, most likely next time I turn 18, then I'll know everything. Thanks this will be handie, I know of what you speak.
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    Well there is my daughter Andrea, she's doing all the fuunie stuff, then there's Jacquie, and Nikky and Joanne, all friends of Andrea and all of them old enough to know better, but still tooo young to resist, 'course with a 'magnet' and a first gen, who wouldn't wanta?????
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    She's not my mother, I'm waiting for 'wifeday', then maybe,,,,, Now why did I say that???????
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    Started at 5 pm and finished at 10 pm ferrying these girls around, and didn't even take my Missus for a ride today, man I might be plump wore out if it easn't soooo much fun.
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