sure! I just gotta learn to ride it better haha. lmk if you need help throwing a wrench, at least i'm good at that.

Quote from: psyber_0ptix on August 12, 2009, 07:14:39 AM
sure! I just gotta learn to ride it better haha. lmk if you need help throwing a wrench, at least i'm good at that.

Hey, I was thinking about trying the tire swap myself, plus an oil change. Are you honestly down to help? I have tools, but I'm not savvy, and I don't have a tire bead breaker. I might just take mine to the stealership for the work... If nothing else, I'd like to come by and see your bike! I'll PM you my email address and we can set a date.

gaspy

i took my wheel down to razee in N.Kingston and had them mount/balance the tire onto the wheel cost 25-30 but turn around was within 30 minutes if you go there when they open. I'll definitely help but Sept8 is when my school begins. Would have to be on a weekend or friday evening. I'll be due for some maintenance then as well.

hopefully i'll have my new riser-clipons installed so we can go ride some backroads in south county 

Quote from: psyber_0ptix on August 12, 2009, 02:12:59 PM
i took my wheel down to razee in N.Kingston and had them mount/balance the tire onto the wheel cost 25-30 but turn around was within 30 minutes if you go there when they open. I'll definitely help but Sept8 is when my school begins. Would have to be on a weekend or friday evening. I'll be due for some maintenance then as well.

hopefully i'll have my new riser-clipons installed so we can go ride some backroads in south county 

Alright, I'll ask the shop to swap the tires on. Let me know when you've got the bike ready after Sept 8 and we can go riding.    

also, razee price matches on tires and if  you buy them there, they mount them for free (the tire, not the wheel)

giving this a nice bump.....

need to ride with some people to get better  

My bike is out of commission for at least a week. I'm having fuel system problems and losing out on some of the best riding days of the year! 

what problems, and are you in Warwick?

No, I'm in the east side (Mt. Hope). The bike starts and idles for 5-10 seconds, then dies as though it's out of fuel. It takes a while before it'll start again and only starts with the choke on. If I open the throttle it dies right away, and the same goes for if I close the choke. RPMs are steady at 1-1.5k for the 10 seconds that it runs, but won't climb above that despite the choke being on. My guess is it's grit, debris, or something in the hoses, shutoff valve, petcock, or carbs. The fuel is old, but I put seafoam in the tank before I winterized; if the sole problem was bad fuel it would probably run longer, but misfire. The first time I started the engine it popped/misfired, but since then it hasn't. My air filter could probably be replaced, too. I'm getting spark, even though the plugs looked slightly oil-fouled after winterization (I put some oil in the cylinders before storing in December 2008).

Regardless, I'm a guest where I'm living and don't really want to tear the bike down in their driveway, apart from the fact that I've never done it before and might make it worse. I'm trying to see if I can get help from a friend's friend before I take it to the North Providence Vespa/Aprilia shop. Really disappointing. I'm in no position to be paying a lot of money for repairs right now, especially just two months before it starts getting so cold and I have to store the bike again.  sad.

If your hosts have a lawnmower, contribute some lawnmower gas to their supply from your tank. Put at least some fresh gas in your tank. Bad gas can have weird effects.

Does setting the frame petcock on prime have any effect on the problem?

What do you get if you open the drains on the bottom of the carb bowls? - you might just have a lot of water/crud collected there that you could easily remove.

I'm about as far from the Boston area as I can be and still be in Mass, so I'm also nowhere near RI. Not too far from pastrami(sic), I guess, though we have not met in person.

Quote from: gaspy on September 18, 2009, 04:26:55 PM
No, I'm in the east side (Mt. Hope). The bike starts and idles for 5-10 seconds, then dies as though it's out of fuel. It takes a while before it'll start again and only starts with the choke on. If I open the throttle it dies right away, and the same goes for if I close the choke. RPMs are steady at 1-1.5k for the 10 seconds that it runs, but won't climb above that despite the choke being on. My guess is it's grit, debris, or something in the hoses, shutoff valve, petcock, or carbs. The fuel is old, but I put seafoam in the tank before I winterized; if the sole problem was bad fuel it would probably run longer, but misfire. The first time I started the engine it popped/misfired, but since then it hasn't. My air filter could probably be replaced, too. I'm getting spark, even though the plugs looked slightly oil-fouled after winterization (I put some oil in the cylinders before storing in December 2008).

Regardless, I'm a guest where I'm living and don't really want to tear the bike down in their driveway, apart from the fact that I've never done it before and might make it worse. I'm trying to see if I can get help from a friend's friend before I take it to the North Providence Vespa/Aprilia shop. Really disappointing. I'm in no position to be paying a lot of money for repairs right now, especially just two months before it starts getting so cold and I have to store the bike again.  sad.

i'm on the east side as well....right next to 7 stars bakery in fact (by the CVS on hope st) if you are anywhere near the YMCA/Ladd observatory then thats about a mile from me.


i have a spare garage spot (until someone moves into the second floor) and plenty of tools. LMK if you want to bring it by, i've taken my bike apart a couple times. Couldn't imagine it being any different.

we can shake down your carbs, replace the hoses and filter and dump the gas and refill w/ new. I have a spare gas can or two standing by empty if i recall.

OK OK my bike's problems have been resolved (the source of problems was me - hooray for new spark plugs and a revised fuel tank shutoff valve setting) and psyber optix officially has the coolest GS I've ever seen.  Fellow New Englanders, consider this a call to ride before the fall season ends. We have few nice days left before the region ices over.

WHO IN THE PROVIDENCE - EASTERN CT - BOSTON - SOUTHERN MASS AREA WANTS TO GO FOR A GROUP GS RIDE???

Depending on interest and locations, we could do a southern Mass ride. Respond to this post with your location and we can put a mapped ride together.

-gaspy

i'm in as you know, will have to pack water and snacks this time lol...

and wear thermals