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Wayne Miller
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Main scooter: Vespa 50 Special (Rotax Proto)
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holty wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:07 pm wow that is going to be quick, love the rear tyre, some good work there, keep the pics coming, where are you going to sprint it ?
My ACU licence arrived about a week ago and I”m just waiting for Straightliners to release the 2019 dates. They.ll be at the usual venues but apparently there’s also some new venues for 2019 too 👍👍
Stay tuned..............
Wayne Miller
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scooterslag wrote: Tue Dec 04, 2018 11:10 pm wow! spot on- love the pipe and back wheel set up 8-) . Paul
Cheers bud, it’s gonna sound awesome with that pipe should rev to around 14000 rpm :evil: :evil: :evil:

I”ll get a video up once I’ve dialled in the ignition and carb :ugeek:
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Wayne Miller
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The spacer arrived from Holland so I put that in place for now

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And with the engingine in the correct place I could mount my pump and a few electrics

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Getting there, one step nearer to start up :evil: :evil:
Stay tuned..............
Wayne Miller
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Trying to sort out my loom and solder things. Anyone got any tips on soldering wire to wire. I keep ending up with F@cking huge blobs of solder. I burnt my fingers three times last night too :)
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holty
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when I solder wires together, flux them, tin both bits first, then more flux, hold them together and heat up with the soldering iron and they should join, add a little flux cored solder at the joining stage to help them flow, works for me, good luck.
Wayne Miller
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Cheers mate, I’ll give it a go tomorrow night 👍🏻👍🏻
Stay tuned..............
Wayne Miller
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New Bars arrived

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Mounting brackets for different type of handlebars to be utilised as mounts for a dashboard

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Temporary Dashboard Template

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Alteration to the frame required to allow coolant pipe to fit

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All good fun and nearly there now :)
Stay tuned..............
Wayne Miller
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Main scooter: Vespa 50 Special (Rotax Proto)
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PS Does anyone else have issues when trying to view pics with internet explore 11 ? If I use IE11 I cant see the pics, If I use Firefox I can. Why is that?
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Wayne Miller
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A friend of mine "Alex" AKA "The Car Kitchen" that also has an interest in Sprinting is doing some ally work for me, pics to follow
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Wayne Miller
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Dashboard Mount sorted by Alex,
Serves a purpose and I think it looks quite trick too

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