A scooter for my daughter (now with video pg 2)

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A scooter for my daughter (now with video pg 2)

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My six year old wants a scooter of her own.

But she is too small to fit on a spree.

So I am customizing a Honda express to fit her.

This is what I have so far.

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:imo: Even the NQ50 goes too fast for a six year old :nervous:
How can I limit the top speed to about 15 mph or so?
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Just adjust the throttle cable so she can't get WOT. Then you could always do the IOWA thing to it on top of the throttle limiting.
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Bear45-70 wrote:Just adjust the throttle cable so she can't get WOT. Then you could always do the IOWA thing to it on top of the throttle limiting.

I thought about that......but I can reach top speed on my spree with only half throttle :confused:

What is the IOWA thing? Is it the gears?
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Trafficjamz wrote:
Bear45-70 wrote:Just adjust the throttle cable so she can't get WOT. Then you could always do the IOWA thing to it on top of the throttle limiting.

I thought about that......but I can reach top speed on my spree with only half throttle :confused:

What is the IOWA thing? Is it the gears?
Weld a washer in the exhaust head pipe as a restricter and down jet the main to a 65, I believe.
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how cool is that! just imagine if that had a hopped up dio in it and took it to the drag strip.! :surprise: :nervous: :shock:
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odinxxix wrote:how cool is that! just imagine if that had a hopped up dio in it and took it to the drag strip.! :surprise: :nervous: :shock:

That is what this is for :twisted: 72cc polini with 8.4:1 gears did a 13sec pass at the track. I have no doubt that if it had 9.8:1 gears it could be in the 12's easy.
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The only First Grader with her own chopper. :smile:

I am going to start painting it next week.
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Put on a thumb throttle... small kids keep the twist throttle pulled open when they panic... been there before.
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ottoman wrote:Put on a thumb throttle... small kids keep the twist throttle pulled open when they panic... been there before.
that is probably a good idea. :thumbwink:
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Thats really Awesome dude. She looks soo happy, kinda reminds me of being a young boy and riding around on my Spree thru the neighborhood.

I agree with ottoman as well, I paniced one time as a kid and kept the throttle pinned. Long story short I hit a parked car, flew over the hood and busted my lip pretty bad. 20 minutes later I was back on the Spree :smile:
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ottoman wrote:Put on a thumb throttle... small kids keep the twist throttle pulled open when they panic... been there before.
And they are easier to limit, just thread in a screw with a nut. Like this one.
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Bear45-70 wrote:Weld a washer in the exhaust head pipe as a restricter and down jet the main to a 65, I believe.
or just an old school restrictor plate.
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eliteguy50 wrote:
Bear45-70 wrote:Weld a washer in the exhaust head pipe as a restricter and down jet the main to a 65, I believe.
or just an old school restrictor plate.
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traffic is in search of the floor right now lol so you should see some soon
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