Aj Scooters Of Singapore

[isk1983]

helloooo peeps ....

[fluffpuff]

hellloo everyone!!

[fluffpuff]

oooh even teddy's in da hse today! haha

[fluffpuff]

whoa isk ur avatar sooo big sia haha i even spot bas in there

[WhiteOryx]

ya lorr...had to clean-up the house etc etc etc

had our scooter crazies over yesterday and all

great time, we had!

Yeah i heard about it... like how u had ur hands full of grease and stuffs

[WhiteOryx]

whoa isk ur avatar sooo big sia haha i even spot bas in there

Hey candy floss, you're early today ... yeah i'm in there alright... kept telling him to change the picture but he dun wan

[madiqal]

gd morning all!!.. whoa, first time posting in the revamped site.. everything so dark.. hahah

[leyland]

hi morning everyone! alumak i read the aj portal tot the DIY session is nx wk, somemore i lost my fone then didnt get any sms.. jus found out from aziz it was ytd =(

[WhiteOryx]

hi morning everyone! alumak i read the aj portal tot the DIY session is nx wk, somemore i lost my fone then didnt get any sms.. jus found out from aziz it was ytd =(

Hi leyland, nice seeing u and ur bro just now I'm the yellow shirt guy..

[madiqal]

hi morning everyone! alumak i read the aj portal tot the DIY session is nx wk, somemore i lost my fone then didnt get any sms.. jus found out from aziz it was ytd =(

 

alumak leylaanndd.. wasted maaann..

[leyland]

white : yes bro, nice meeting u !

 

madiqal : yeah wasted,somemore the forum was down also.. u went ytd? how's ur pract going on, ok?

[tazzy_jnr]

hello my lalings!

wah! so happy...many many aj's in the house....woohoo!

[WhiteOryx]

gd morning all!!.. whoa, first time posting in the revamped site.. everything so dark.. hahah

Hey mad...

[tazzy_jnr]

hello ladies!

[WhiteOryx]

hello ladies!

Wah all offline liao.. guess i gtg ZZzzz also... good nite my frens... hope we'll meet again...

[tazzy_jnr]

Wah all offline liao.. guess i gtg ZZzzz also... good nite my frens... hope we'll meet again...

 

nite nite

[madiqal]

white : yes bro, nice meeting u !

 

madiqal : yeah wasted,somemore the forum was down also.. u went ytd? how's ur pract going on, ok?

 

yeah i did, learnt abit here n there how to change the cables.. hahaha.. was cool.. yup! prac is goin well.. prac3 this fri!.. weeeee!.. heheh

 

k all, gotsta go! work in the morn tmr

 

NYTE!!..

[tazzy_jnr]

yeah i did, learnt abit here n there how to change the cables.. hahaha.. was cool.. yup! prac is goin well.. prac3 this fri!.. weeeee!.. heheh

 

k all, gotsta go! work in the morn tmr

 

NYTE!!..

 

nites mad women!

[tazzy_jnr]

k guys...have a good rest!

chat with you guys later k

nights all!

[tazzy_jnr]

Post contributed by edge-t.

 

Maintenance intervals for classic vespa

 

Daily

-Headlamp, taillight, brakelights, signal lights working

-Brakes working

 

Weekly

-Tire Pressure (165 front, 210 rear)

-Tightness of the bolts and nuts (2 stroke bikes tend to vibrate everything to pieces)

 

Monthly/800km (which ever comes first)

-Throttle cable adjustment

-clutch and brake cable adjustment

-idle and fuel mixture adjustment

 

Every 3 months/4000km (which ever comes first)

- sparkplug inspection (erosion, healthy chocolate brown colour)

- de-coke piston and cylinder head (removing built-up carbon from the engine)

- top up gearbox oil (SAE 30 motor oil or SAE 80 transmission oil)

- clean air-filter in gasoline

- lubricate parts like (gear selector box, cables, speedo gear, levers)

 

Every 6 months/8000km (which ever comes first)

- Change the gearbox oil

 

Two-stroke oil(2T oil) and grade of petrol to use

There's probably some debate going on right now, in Singapore or some other parts of the world on whether more expensive petrol and 2T oil will properly maintain your classic vespa or not. My theory is, there really are no such thing as pin size gnomes in any petrol cleaning your piston or cylinders. Don't believe the caltex advertisement. Proper care of engine will have to be under taken by you, the rider yourself. Sounds tough? Get a low maintenance 4 stroker.

 

RON 92, 95 or 98?

Use which ever you can afford and if there no anomaly, carry on. why do I say that? Higher Octane fuel has additives in it, thus a higher price for it. Petrol is petrol, they hold the same amount of energy, it's just that with additives, they can make the petrol burn at a higher temperature. Unless you have a high compression racing engine or you hear 'pinging' sounds(it sounds like ball bearings in your cylinder) from your engine, you don't really need the 'good' stuff. it's not going to make your machine fly like they say in the commercials. So, if it runs good, no odd sound, stick with it.

 

Semi-synthetic or fully synthetic?

Stick with fully synthetic, if you can shell out the extras for it. Else, it's alright to be using cooking oil if you're stuck in a deserted part of the world. It's all a matter of if you can afford it. I was using the lowest-grade 2T($5?) for a few years before I'm able to spend $17 on a litre R2. My verdict? No difference, except the smell. Still, for the peace of the mind, use fully-synthetic.

 

If you own a premix machine, use a measuring cup for premixing. You can get it at tong aik, or If you?re a cheap b*stard, use the old cough medicine bottle you got from your GP. The mixture is at 2% for stock machines. Of course, paranoid KS Singaporeans always want to play safe, go for 3%(that?s the max I?ll mix) then. Even when I was using a pinasco kit(able to rev to 9000 rpm), I was mixing at 2%. Nothing happened, no seizure, or anything. Yeah, I?m cynical and cheap, but if you want to mix 5%, go ahead, there?ll be a layer of thicker carbon on the top of your piston, that robs performance.

 

Running in a new cylinder/piston/piston rings

Installed new piston and rings, time to open up the throttle till your baby starts screaming at 100km/h right? Wrong. Run it in before it seizes. Trust me, I had that experience doing 90km/h on the expressway with new piston. When your rear wheel locks up, fishtails next to an 18 wheeler is not fun at all. So pretty please, for your safety and other motorists? safety, run it in, no matter how tempting it is to open that throttle of yours.

 

After two tanks of petrol, I?ll usually change the gearbox oil. Why? Cause running in is not an appropriate term. It should be wearing in. Yes, wearing the piston, piston rings and cylinder down to fit. Guess what? Metal bits are shred from the piston, rings and cylinder, especially during the first 200 km. It?s best to change the engine oil after the first 200 km; you wouldn?t want bits of metal crunched up by your gears do you?

 

After the first 1000km, change your engine oil again. And it?s all gravy.

 

PX200, PX150 (First 2000km)

First gear 25 km/h

Second gear 38 km/h

Third gear 52 km/h

Fouth gear 70 km/h

 

I don?t have data for the rest of the models; maybe someone might want to add to this area. Anyway, a little disclaimer, I?m not an expert on vespa. I?ve made some mistakes and did some irreparable damages to my scooter, just passing on some information I?ve learned from experience. So, don?t sue me cause your vespa doesn?t run as well as you thought it?ll be. Of course, I?ve past on some wisdom I got from other scooterist on BBS. Things that I?ve tried out myself of course.

 

If there is anyone who wants to dispute certain points with me, send me a PM, I?ll change the post accordingly if you can make me see the light. I?m trying to help new fellow classic scooterists, so don?t flame me aitez? Best.

 

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Here's a picture chart to healthy and unhealthy sparkplug condition, compare with your sparkplug and see if your scooter is running healthy.

 

Sparkplug Colour Chart

 

Post contributed by: edge-t

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With every good wishes

 

Mark C.

 

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Good Stuff!

[Sharpey]

Hey Tazzy...

 

Care to contribute this to the wiki?

[Wildswans]

Good stuff....

 

Useful info...

[ADH]

Good morning AJs in da house!

 

good news for those who will be making a trip (to where i shant say) soon.

I have sent in the designs to the tee printing, now waiting for a quotation

and hopefully, alls well...the riders give me their sizings by this week and we could maybe collect the tees on the 8th or even earlier

 

sorry Aziz bro, been busy recently with the Guzzi event, no time to catch up.

those who are in the grey area about the timing of the focus group, please do call Piaggio Asia Pac at 6547 466 and clarify with Denise.

 

Thanks brothers and sisters!

[Normaxz]

Is there any qualifying criteria for the Thailand trip(other than getting the bike in gd condition)

[Wildswans]

Cool.... who's going?