d> In-Reply-To: 
 d> From: David Wei 
 d> Subject: Re: OT: Hi all...
 d> Reply-To: os2hardware{at}yahoogroups.com

 d> lifedata{at}vol.com wrote:

>>Could not really have imagined a night ride with 
>>only 12 HP to be that
>>pleasent. :D
>>    
>>
>
>My first experience with a scooter was in broad daylight with a 1.5 HP
>engine.  Even at that I found its floor mounted 
>accelerator pedal to be
>a major problem when I, at age 7, drove it into a very bumpy part of a
>cow pasture.  Every bump made my foot press harder on the pedal, which
>in turn made me hit the bumps harder which in turn...
>
>I hope they don't put floor pedals on them any more. 
>  
>

 d> Nah, I've found that they seem to only exist on very very old Vespa
 d> brand scooters... Mine and most other scooters I see have all the
 d> controls on the handles. 

 d> The only thing I'm not quite used to is the higher RPM of the
 d> scooter/bike engine. The CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission... It
 d> does not look as impressive as it sounds... If anyone is interested, I
 d> think I can find a few pics of the inards of it... ) seems to lock
 d> on and push the bike out at around 3500 to 4000 RPM. Being someone
 d> who've driven only cars all my life, the higher RPM makes me worry a
 d> bit, but just a bit... The fuel gauge didn't move 
 d> one bit yet... And the
 d> darn thing's full fuel capacity is only 11L... Costs like USD $5.00 to
 d> fill it up... Gotta love the fuel economey... :) With this kind of fuel
 d> economey, I simply drive out at night and enjoy the wind... 


 d> Now then, since this is a model year 1999 bike, I plan to do some mods
 d> and maintance on this thingy... :) Will be draining 
 d> out the coolent this
 d> weekend and later on, might even throw on a brand new cylinder header
 d> that will be hand polished while I'm bored... :) My current job have
 d> quite a few of those 24 hour watch shift, and it gets boring pretty
 d> quick when nothing is happening. So I think I should have enough spare
 d> time to break out the engine parts and polish it. The only thing I need
 d> to watch for is not getting all those stuff on the 
 d> computers at work. 

            All very interesting, but what does the above have to do with
os2 hardware???
 
   

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