1987 SE50 naked scooter project
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
I was wondering about that. It only came with the side piece around the fan. It does blow air over the cylinder and head pretty good. I thought that since I didn't have body panels, I may be safe. Any opinions or FHE on this?
I found the fan shroud on my local dealer site:
SHROUD
19620-GR1-020 (replaces 19620-GR1-010) 001 $22.37 $20.13
I found the fan shroud on my local dealer site:
SHROUD
19620-GR1-020 (replaces 19620-GR1-010) 001 $22.37 $20.13
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
Greetings:
Over the past 3 years, I've followed a few threads where people got cute with going shroud-less. None of them ended well...
YMMV
Over the past 3 years, I've followed a few threads where people got cute with going shroud-less. None of them ended well...
YMMV
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
new best 1/8th mile time 9.647 seconds @67.155 mph 310lbs total weight
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
A couple posts back you digged it. Now you don't like it? Bad seat chop??Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:
Over the past 3 years, I've followed a few threads where people got cute with going shroud-less. None of them ended well...
YMMV
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Early head, exhaust port, intake manifold, intake pod filter, 2.75 rear tire, pulley mod.
Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
TiffanySpree wrote:A couple posts back you digged it. Now you don't like it? Bad seat chop??Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:
Over the past 3 years, I've followed a few threads where people got cute with going shroud-less. None of them ended well...
YMMV
I am pretty sure he was just backing me up on the top end shroud.
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
Oops! I read shroud as body panels. I have to read more thoroughly and carefully. My bad. Carry on...
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
I noticed in your flickr pics you had the metro brake on the exhaust side(looks alot cleeaner with brake line going back), did that mean your speedo gear spun backwards? basicly could you speedo still read?
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
Nice observation! I was hoping it was true. But no, the elite speedo was reading backwards. I flipped it back. It reads about 5mph slow. I'm not sure if that's from the metro front brake plate or just speedo error. But yeah I tried it in hopes of cleaning up the cable routing. Back to the drawing board!!
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
TiffanySpree wrote:Nice observation! I was hoping it was true. But no, the elite speedo was reading backwards. I flipped it back. It reads about 5mph slow. I'm not sure if that's from the metro front brake plate or just speedo error. But yeah I tried it in hopes of cleaning up the cable routing. Back to the drawing board!!
It probably reads slow because the met tire is way bigger than the stock front tire of an 87 elite.
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
Greetings:
On both '87 Aero and 2001 Elite models, the Met 90/90 tire nearly perfectly corrected the optimistic Honda speedometer error. GPS was within 1-2 percent of speedo reading, personally observed. The 3.50 tire caused about a 3 percent pessimistic reading. (31 MPH on GPS = 30 on the Speedo, my current setup - also personally verified.)
BTW I do like the naked look without frame covers. I was indeed referring to running the engine without the cooling shrouds. I still believe that to be a Very Bad Idea. YMMV...
On both '87 Aero and 2001 Elite models, the Met 90/90 tire nearly perfectly corrected the optimistic Honda speedometer error. GPS was within 1-2 percent of speedo reading, personally observed. The 3.50 tire caused about a 3 percent pessimistic reading. (31 MPH on GPS = 30 on the Speedo, my current setup - also personally verified.)
BTW I do like the naked look without frame covers. I was indeed referring to running the engine without the cooling shrouds. I still believe that to be a Very Bad Idea. YMMV...
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Most of my money is spent on scooterparts. The rest is just wasted.
"ISO": '03 Vespa ET4 Malossi187 74MPH
Flash 9: 2001 Elite SR Contesta 72 ZX Tran, 9:1 Gears, Stock Airbox/Carb/Pipe 58.8 MPH
Punkin: 2010 Vespa/Malossi S78, 61MPH
Most of my money is spent on scooterparts. The rest is just wasted.
"ISO": '03 Vespa ET4 Malossi187 74MPH
Flash 9: 2001 Elite SR Contesta 72 ZX Tran, 9:1 Gears, Stock Airbox/Carb/Pipe 58.8 MPH
Punkin: 2010 Vespa/Malossi S78, 61MPH
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
i like this build, been following it and just figured out what i think it needs.
paint the oil tank black. of course, leave a vertical strip so you can see the oil level.
i think it'd make it look more complete.
paint the oil tank black. of course, leave a vertical strip so you can see the oil level.
i think it'd make it look more complete.
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
Was you front end lifted when you put on the metro frontend or the same height as stock?
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
I measured it with my iPhone gps. Not sure of it's accurracy. Are all the brake plates the same gear ratio?Wheelman-111 wrote:Greetings:
On both '87 Aero and 2001 Elite models, the Met 90/90 tire nearly perfectly corrected the optimistic Honda speedometer error. GPS was within 1-2 percent of speedo reading, personally observed. The 3.50 tire caused about a 3 percent pessimistic reading. (31 MPH on GPS = 30 on the Speedo, my current setup - also personally verified.)
BTW I do like the naked look without frame covers. I was indeed referring to running the engine without the cooling shrouds. I still believe that to be a Very Bad Idea. YMMV...
About the fan shroud, it's already bolted on and I feel much better about it. Thanks for the tip and the shroud!
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
fightingplankton wrote:i like this build, been following it and just figured out what i think it needs.
paint the oil tank black. of course, leave a vertical strip so you can see the oil level.
i think it'd make it look more complete.
Yeah, good idea! I may just do that. I really like the exposed strip idea. Since I removed the wiring for the level, I'll need it. But right now, I'd rather go scoot around. The latest addition is a Canadian market Givi e230 23 liter hard case. I'll load pics later. Great accessory! I can lock my cable and helmet in it. It easily carries a few items for grocery run too. I can swap it between scooters or my Ducati Monster.
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Early head, exhaust port, intake manifold, intake pod filter, 2.75 rear tire, pulley mod.
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Re: 1987 SE50 naked scooter project
No it seems level. I was debating over putting an extension block for the shorter rear Ruckus shock. If I did, the rear tire will touch the ground when it's on the centerstand.sum-azn-kid wrote:Was you front end lifted when you put on the metro frontend or the same height as stock?
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1986 NQ50d Spree Tiffany green/white - wifeys. Currently modding to get more *!
Early head, exhaust port, intake manifold, intake pod filter, 2.75 rear tire, pulley mod.
1986 NQ50d Spree Tiffany green/white - wifeys. Currently modding to get more *!
Early head, exhaust port, intake manifold, intake pod filter, 2.75 rear tire, pulley mod.