Scooterotica

Hi all,

Does anyone know if these need running in or if they're "good to go" straight away?

Cheers

Rob

I should imagine any new piston or cylinder should be run in as its new metal..

you should always run in new top end, cranks bearings, by the way nice bit of kit casa 185

Just wondered as thought as was Nicasil it might be different.

If you compare the 1000 miles you would have to do on a cast iron barrel its far better.
200 miles easy but giving it short blats away from lights but no prolonged loads, then work it up for another 2 or 300. Lots of short trips round town is what I did with mine.
Doing the same with a Muggello at the moment.

someone i know has a 185 kit and has nothing but problems with it main one is ring wear as in there shagged after 3000 miles and he uses an air filter the rings are £40 a set as well

Dealer advice is to run in for first 100miles at no more than 50mph max and ease up to 70mph for second 200miles at 4% then run at 3% which is what I've done on my 210 kit. 900miles covered so far no problems. Compression is still good. Still pulls SX150 gears + 19x47 cogs easily...................

Is two up to be avoided also then for a bit?

My Casa had close to 4K on it when the buggers stole it. Never missed a beat. Pulled like a train with a 125 box on a 19x46 After enlarging the inlet and exhaust port it reved better than ever. As a replacement for a standard 125 or 150 you wont go wrong. It will give good reliable low reving grunt for years. If you want a whiner go for something else, how far do some of the others go before blowing a piston?

Is there a recommended exhaust to use on this kit?