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Old 05-29-2013, 04:59 PM   #162 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kurzer View Post
is this on going? next summer is up to come...

what about a free-wheel in the gearing of the burgmann? i drive a uc125 now, and the coasting sux. engine is reving endlessly while coasting and it sounds like second gear.
I have thought about free wheeling a scooter but it is a safety issue : one could be led to a crash if free wheeling should happen in a tight turn.

The way I see it, it would be safer to get free wheeling on demand (just as a clutch on a bike).
But then it would no longer be automatic.
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