In the garage while my engine is in Colorado being diagnosed and hopefully cured of its overheating problems, I've been forced to ride this for "fun"
Lol. You are looking at a pair of '01 Indian Kenetic mopeds. One has 51 miles on it, the other had 57. These belong to a friend who has had them sitting in the garage not running since '03. The fuel had turned into a nasty smelling mess with the consistency of honey or syrup. I pulled the carbs off, cleaned them all out, and was able to get them running. I also had to fabricate a couple of parts which were missing, but they are actually running pretty well now.
The fun is in quotations because I'm not really sure to describe the experience of riding these things lol a couple of words that DO NOT come to mind are fast, exciting, and cool. Hahaha they have little acceleration , but will do between 25-30 if the speedometer can be trusted. Talk about a totally different machine than the Elite. It vibrates at makes all sorts of interesting noises that come and go when you are ripping along. The pedals will kill you if you don't have them at the proper rotation angle while making turns, and if you need some power on tap for some reason, it just isn't happening.
On the plus side it does have an engine which makes it move. That is pretty cool. The ride really isn't too bad over bumps and whatnot. Brakes work pretty well.
My friend asked about doing some performance mod's which I looked into, and it appears that a lot of the perofrmance parts designed for a Vespa will work since it is essentially a clone of that engine. I just don't think this I a very good foundation to build from. Although there are some high speed clutches , and affordable exhaust etc, it just seems like one would be much better off spending a few hundred $ on a scooter or something like a hobbit and going from there.
Scooter withdraw brings on some desperation where you look for any sort of fix that is around. Lol god I hope I can get some good news on my scooter soon ha-ha.
