Re: King of the Clubman’s - Lambretta scooter - Taylor Tuned 33hp touring rally exhaust
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:37 pm
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I’ll gladly buy the gt240 of you. I’ve run a gt200 all over Europe and it never missed a beat !wintermod65 wrote:i do too , it was a close call new engine or new bike , as had my eye on a triumph street scrambler 1200 , but decided to give the scooter one last go in hope of getting things right .Adam_Winstone wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:30 pm ... sounds frustrating. I hope that you get on better with the SST.
you have to draw a line somewhere so im all in on this one ,failure is not an option as i will have spent just south of £30k since i started restoration in 2017 , thats parts paint an labour an cost of scooter ( £1800)
In the interests of ballance, I'd say that Wintermodel's experience with his GT240 is not typical. MIne has well over 6k miles on it now running with a BGM V3 and 4.8 gearing and never overheated even hacking along Italian motorways in onscene heat on the way to the Italian Euro. The only issue Ive had was needing a rebore and piston after 4k miles but that was down to me buying a used longrange tank that was absolutely full of rust and scale.Richard Taylor was amazingly supportive as was Eden. Richard had to order in a batch of plus .25 pistons in order to sell me one but then the machine shop informed me it would need a plus .5 bore to clean up the wear Richard was great, he had to order in a batch of 50 (minimum order) and gave me a full refund on the unused .25 piston.kejj wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:52 pmI’ll gladly buy the gt240 of you. I’ve run a gt200 all over Europe and it never missed a beat !wintermod65 wrote:i do too , it was a close call new engine or new bike , as had my eye on a triumph street scrambler 1200 , but decided to give the scooter one last go in hope of getting things right .Adam_Winstone wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:30 pm ... sounds frustrating. I hope that you get on better with the SST.
you have to draw a line somewhere so im all in on this one ,failure is not an option as i will have spent just south of £30k since i started restoration in 2017 , thats parts paint an labour an cost of scooter ( £1800)
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I have the v4 bgm fitted , others have told me these are different to the v3 an not just the improvement of brazed bracketry but the way they work .coaster wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:27 pmIn the interests of ballance, I'd say that Wintermodel's experience with his GT240 is not typical. MIne has well over 6k miles on it now running with a BGM V3 and 4.8 gearing and never overheated even hacking along Italian motorways in onscene heat on the way to the Italian Euro. The only issue Ive had was needing a rebore and piston after 4k miles but that was down to me buying a used longrange tank that was absolutely full of rust and scale.Richard Taylor was amazingly supportive as was Eden. Richard had to order in a batch of plus .25 pistons in order to sell me one but then the machine shop informed me it would need a plus .5 bore to clean up the wear Richard was great, he had to order in a batch of 50 (minimum order) and gave me a full refund on the unused .25 piston.kejj wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:52 pmI’ll gladly buy the gt240 of you. I’ve run a gt200 all over Europe and it never missed a beat !wintermod65 wrote:
i do too , it was a close call new engine or new bike , as had my eye on a triumph street scrambler 1200 , but decided to give the scooter one last go in hope of getting things right .
you have to draw a line somewhere so im all in on this one ,failure is not an option as i will have spent just south of £30k since i started restoration in 2017 , thats parts paint an labour an cost of scooter ( £1800)
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As for the BGM 'gassing up', my egt does read very high i.e. around 600 degrees plus but as I say, no indication of overheating even after prolonged running at 65plus mph loaded up on the motorway. I recently fitted a GT200 top end to my other scooter and that has a Fan Race pipe on it and also runs an egt temp in the mid 600 degree range. Both use a Scootronics Gamma gauge.
Eric's scooter in Dan's video sounds like a lovely and carefully set up bike, it is obviously at least 10 bhp over my 240 and the BGM doesnt rev on like Darrel's pipe but a properly set up GT240 has the same ability to plod in top gear at 20mph and then roll on up without having to change down.
kejj wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:52 pmI’ll gladly buy the gt240 of you. I’ve run a gt200 all over Europe and it never missed a beat !wintermod65 wrote:i do too , it was a close call new engine or new bike , as had my eye on a triumph street scrambler 1200 , but decided to give the scooter one last go in hope of getting things right .Adam_Winstone wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 6:30 pm ... sounds frustrating. I hope that you get on better with the SST.
you have to draw a line somewhere so im all in on this one ,failure is not an option as i will have spent just south of £30k since i started restoration in 2017 , thats parts paint an labour an cost of scooter ( £1800)
the scooter has been over at discodezs since last november i don’t know when i’ll get it back or whether the engine issues have been sorted .
the engine has cost just about £5k plus whatever they charge me for the recent work .
i’m not in the business of passing on problems so idea is to get new piston an cylinder hone .
remove carb , stator - flywheel, bgm clubman as suspicion has been cast on these as cause of issues the sell engine as a unit as every part excluding 3 of loose gears an cluster are new . i don’t have time tools or inclination to strip it any further
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I lied, just checked the visualiser and Im running 4.6 final drive using Li150 gears, 46 rear and 17 front sprockets. Ignition id a Scootronics DC stator with Scootronics external pickup. I have used a Scootronics High Power CDI but its currently running with a cheap ebay CDI set to 17 degrees btdc. I've also heard good things about the XBox and will probably but one.wintermod65 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:35 pm
I have the v4 bgm fitted , others have told me these are different to the v3 an not just the improvement of brazed bracketry but the way they work .
the avanti xbox has been recommended as a better option than the v4
what gearbox do you run to get the 4.8.1 ?
what ignition do you use too?