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Top Speed 27mph
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:47 pm
by jroyse
i have an 1987 Elite 50, no mods. I can only get it up to 27mph. Down hill 29mph.
Did the factory put some kind of speed restriction on it?
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:56 pm
by gobucks
check inside the head pipe of the exhaust, there should be a metal washer in there reducing the size of the pipe for a while, grind that out with a dremel, and if you take off the side cover on the bike and pull off the front vartiator/ crankshaft pulley there should be a plate on the back of the pulley which is held on by three bolts take the plate off and throw it away.
http://www.scootertherapy.com/Eliteclutchpage.html
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:53 pm
by jroyse
I pulled that plate off, drove and no difference. Didnt mess with exhaust yet.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:04 am
by gobucks
the whole point of pulling the plate off is that it will allow the two pulley halves to come closer together allowing the belt to ride up higher making the gear ratio to be better for high speeds.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:28 am
by maddog
next time own some real speed
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:26 pm
by ALOW1
jroyse wrote:I pulled that plate off, drove and no difference. Didnt mess with exhaust yet.
Is the belt wore? If the belts wore that will slow you down.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:29 pm
by Base4life
you cant really do mods to an 87 elite. If you want to do good mods get a 94-01 elite.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:49 pm
by Kenny_McCormic
Base4life wrote:you cant really do mods to an 87 elite. If you want to do good mods get a 94-01 elite.
You can but parts are rare, pipes can be made, it accepts DIO gears with some supporting parts from the DIO, bore kits are still findable, rollers and variator(im pretty sure) are dio.