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coaster
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Devlam wrote:.... bit worried about the amount of smoke I'm getting out the exhaust...... :|
How much oil are you putting in? 3% will be enough but use a fully or semi-synthetic low smoke variety. On the other hand though, some scooters do seem to smoke whatever you do :? It could also just be burning off excess oil from the rebuild.
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Thanks - was a bit worried because it wouldn't stall when I blocked the exhaust. Quite a bit of black stuff coming out of exhaust slip joints, so I've re-assembled the exhaust with copper silicon. Engine now stalls when i block the exhaust, so I think I now need just to burn off the assembly oil and play with oil mix and carb settings etc and off we go. Waiting on documents from DVLA before I can do much more.

Anyway final pics - appeciate all the advice I've had off site members. Invaluable.

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Very nice indeed! You've done a stunning job, well done.
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Lol it looks a bit different to when you started ! Well done pal you've. Done a great job


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Just rediscovered this thread, it has been a long time in gestation. Great work, some very subtle modern touches. It's looking really good.

Cheers

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And the good news toay is I got a new V5C back from DVLA. Although it was off the road for nigh on 30 years they still recognised the registration as assigned to my scooter. So change of colour, cc, address and all is good. Upwards and onwards. Thanks for the kind words.
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Stunning and inspirational really good resto. Must get cracking on mine now...gulp!
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Love these threads , great work.
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