dchevygod
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- Mar 7, 2011
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Im posting from a phone but im in the process of converting a schwinn CD-500 electric scooter in to an all gas powered scooter. Im using a 31cc 4stroke motor kit I got on E-bay for $210 shipped. I believe its a honda but its "upgraded" I really wanted the robin subaru eho 35 but I couldn't find a kit for anywhere close to the price I got on the 31cc. All I found were in the $5-6 hundred range. Boo. Oh well we will see if it works out. I've been planning this for over a year now and the scooter already has some upgrades from factory. I was riding it as an a electric and bent a rear rim so the set was upgraded to some beefier ones, as we'll as a larger rear brake and a freewheel rear sprocket. There wasn't a front brake at all so a set of old bmx front brakes went on. The rims are 12.5 in and I painted them black the tires are hard to find in that size but I got some with the new/used rims I picked up at a local scooter store. They we're a great find at $15 for the front and $25 for the rear. The rear came complete with new brake and a freewheel. The deck was girly colors so I put on some griptape from a skateboard shop $5. The scooter was free cause my mom gave it to me. She used it untill she killed the batteries completely. It totally works it just dies after 5 minutes of use. So not even gonna try to just replace batteries it didn't have the range I want even with new batteries. Gas baby 2 hp of screaming (well squealing ) power that will go as long as there is gas in the tank. No more 15 miles of riding and then 4 hours of charging. Yeah that's all I want. I have pics of it as it sits ill post them all at once after I get some progress on it. The motor is gonna be here in two days