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Old 11-16-2016, 07:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Nice ride.

I bet there are some things you can do to get the revs down. I know that lots of smaller scooters have a limiting spacer to prevent the driving pulley from closing all the way, that may exist on yours, too.

Heavier weights in the CVT will allow the driving pulley to start closing earlier in the rev range, and will keep the engine at lower revs in general. You'll need to do some research to find where your engine's peak torque is and, if possible, tune its CVT to start moving at that speed.

I'm absolutely not an expert at this at all. I'm mostly guessing. But I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of guys on the forums who ARE experts and will be able to really give you a bunch of ideas.
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