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Originally Posted by cat0020
how much do you weigh?
what is the most common speed range that you travel on your scooter?
When you say "big hill", do you mean sustained hill that are long in distance or steep in gradien.. maybe both?
Do you ride in higher altitude? is the carb jetting setup to compensate?
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I weigh about 163 lbs. The speed range is all over the place because of the hills. It can be 20 mph uphill, and 45 downhill. Average speed was 35 mph pretty consistently. There are hills that are both steep and sustained on the route I most commonly drove, although most were longer and shallower. I never was able to drive it someplace flat to measure how it did. In fact when I had the ScanGuage II in my car it was very difficult to tell what the ideal level speed for my vehicle was around here! Well, it's Vermont. I had a different brand when I lived in Mass. (old sucker with a single gear ratio - that sucked up hills). I don't think the altitude here is high enough to warrant carb adjustment. What sort of heights would matter for that?
Since the scooter is now dead, I can't really do any experiments on it unfortunately. It needed a repair that it wasn't worth performing given it's low initial price.
I once had a bicyclist from Canada try and pass me (they come here to train on the hills). She almost made it when we were on a slight decline, but then it became a slight incline and she couldn't sustain her speed. It was really impressive to see what she could do!
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Main Entry: co de pen dence - see codependency
co de pen den cy
Pronunciation: \kō-di-ˈpen-dən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Date: 1979
: a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as an addiction to alcohol or heroin) ; broadly : dependence on the needs of or control by another
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