DIy cheap thumb choke conversion

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Eibar
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its a hunk of alloy i had my mate machined and tapped 4 holes for grub screws. My old one was made from a block of wood araldited to reservior lid. You cant beat a bit of hillbilly scootering
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Lol iam a joiner just didn't visualise a bit of 4x2 on me scoot hahahaha
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Is this so you can richen the Scooter when gong full gas on the motorway?
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[quote="Leo"]Is this so you can richen the Scooter when gong full gas on the motorway?[/quote As far as I can tell,its to cool the top end down,its used if you've got a fast scooter.
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Thought so, we used to fit them to 2 stroke MX bikes for the long straights in beach races.

I just hold it flat out and press the kill button on the lamby if I think it needs cooling off a bit!

I can see its a good idea,
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