Scooter horror stories

OK so lets here those horror stories about what you found when you started to strip your ped or the bodges you have done to keep you running.

I got the idea as my belt has arrived finaly from local dealer over 2weeks waiting, will take minors advice and fuck off local dealers and use online ordering from now on.

when i took off the variator, the disk on the outside had not been threadlocked on at some point and had been slipping this had worn a 25mm wide 3mm deep countersink on the inside of disk, i will get some pics when i take it off as i now need a new one(SR125) but for now its filled with washers as i need to be able to get about. i am sure some of you must have done worse to get you home let me know i am not the only hillbilly mechanic out there :drool:

 

Somehow didnt fit my fucking polini variator properly arc: . Causing me to break down a mile from home and i only just had my cast off a day or two before (broken foot) wasnt happy,thought my belt had snapped,i was wrong the fucking vario nut had come off and the white fan had been spinning in there like cunt so thats nice and rough now. I must not of fitted it flush etc,wont make the same mistake again. Im a twat. imp: :up:

 

ht cap broke in milton keynes , it wouldnt fit on properly so i had to stick it on the plug with chewing gum to get home imp:

 

When it was one of the hottest days of the year in 2006, get about 10 miles from my house to watch the World Cup and about 5 mins ride from the pub my bike cuts out. Wouldn't start or nothing. So pushing it about 15 mins to a friends house then leaving it there and watched the game. Came back to it after the game, tryed everything to get it going. Turns out to be the stator so had to push it home 10 miles in the bleeding hot sun. Not a good day.

Another one was, went to a dealer on the Saturday to get the rear tyre changed. All went well apart from on the way home I got a massive nail in it! It could be repaired because it was in the middle but I didn't have time on the Saturday and needed it Monday. So I had to go to London on the Sunday (only place open) and get it sorted there!

Another one was I was about 5 mins away from my house when my Runner just skidded for no reason. It must of been something to do with the transmission. The rear wheel was so close to being locked it was like pushing it up a hill. Get it home, took off the case to find this:

 

Had the exact same problem and did the exact same thing as you lol Never sorted it, still on there with super glue..... :emb:

 

I bought a vespa from ebay..
stripped the engine to find the main bolt that keeps the casings together was a 9 inch nail that someone had threaded, then bent it over lol

 

when i got djclass' zip. found the coolant bottlle justt hanging down below the radiator. all the coolant pipes on the wrong way and kinked at every bend...

worst bike building ive ever seen in my life.

 

LOOOOL :w00t:

 

when i bought my area51 the variator was glued on with araldite.

 

the hose going to my oil tank was hot glue gunned on . only found out when it fell of and seized my engine

 

Opened a mates variator to find this :


:wtf:

He'd rode his ped to mine complaining of speed issues. Even though he only lives 30secs away the transmission casing was scorching hot when he pulled up!

The rollers were completely destroyed, and had melted onto the variator. couldn't get the remains off either, even tried scraping, blowtorching, chemcials etc etc



Also had a few snapped belts in my time

 

it looks like it has been chewwed there by not sitting central on the crank and the central hole on the disk is way to big for the crank i will post some pics when i take it off.

 

cheers mate will take a pic theis week

 

once me and my m8 were riding to hatfield down the a406 and at brent cross there is a big flyover... so were just cruising over the flyover, we get to the top and my ped just cuts out lol we had to push it and a big fuckin sr down a piece of pavement that was about 2 foot wide, backwards (yes backwards because there wasnt time to turn around without being killed) whilst being skimmed by 7.5 ton lorries.
happy days

 

ive got a twig holding my headlights to the floor :emb:

been there about 2 months now, never budged after wheelies and lots of hardcore ragging unk:

 

I bought a runner from London.

 

snapped throttle cable on dr350 5 miles from home, wrapped bare cable round right hand and yanked it to accelerate and drove using one hand and back break lol. should have patened it as a suicide throttle and sold it to the harly lot lol

 

is that what your trying to say ben?