First time ive been so disappointed with North London Motorcycles based in Edgware. I took my scooter in for its 12,000 service where it needed new belt,engine rollers and brake pads and oil topped up which they did. And i spoke to one of the mechanics asking whats the best way of getting abit more torque and not throwing cash at the bike he said remove the washer from the variator even though mine is a 125 4 stroke and not restricted i didnt think anything of it and when i collected the bike and rode home and when i cornered i would here a rattle from my engine case. Upon doing research with other scooter owners turned out they have removed a spacer from the variator and my engine doesnt have a restrictor on the variator so now i have to ride back to them monday carefully to get them to correct their mistake and hoping not to damage the internals of my engine. Not impressed at all you would think mechanics who work at a piaggio dealer would be clued about the engines they work with.
will update you all after monday once i know they have corrected their mistake.
i know bud. yeah very disapointed as the variator is so loose now there is high risk of it damaging my crank and the inside part of my engine casing which is a costly job to repair.
Kishan - get them to pick it up if you think you might damage the engine by riding it back. If you do, you’d probably have a hell of a job trying to get them to repair it for free.
I can’t see why the mods have let him post this? we all know that scooter boys are not real bikers…Now run along to chelsea bridge with the rest of the lambretta massive :P:laugh:
quite alot of peds do have a restriction there and the 2 stroke typhs do.
the damage it gets from the wrong spacer being removed is only that the belt is offset slightly and wears out at a faster rate get them to check the belt and show you any fraying and ask for a new one.
i knew a lad who did this to his gillera runner and well the mean lot we are left him to it for a week and 2 belts later we told him runners do not have this restriction and its just a spacer and he put it back and problem sorted.
btw about more torque only thing you can really do is play with the rollers, there like sprokets on real bikes
the heavier you go the better top end you get and the lighter you go the faster bottom you get but if you gain top you lose bottom and gain bottom lose top. this might be the wrong way around not played with peds for a wile but that’s the principle
jsut got back from garage they put the spacer back in variator bike feels better and no noise result and all sorted for free cheers Barry at North London motorcycles
really because your post was snobby and you came across like your so much superior than anyone who doesnt have a motorcycle, your post was not helpful nor required regarding the topic of this post if you got nout helpful to say in my posts then dont waste your time and my time in your crap i dont need it thankyoupleaseokbyebye
