Leo Vinci: Another Exhausted Aero

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Mein Gott in Himmel! It's here! Ordered only last week, all the way from der Fatherland, those Germans are nothing if not efficient. FedEx too! Here 't'is:




Werx's had 6g rollers included, none in mine. What's up with that? I demand my Roller Rights!! But mine had no headpipe restrictor either, maybe that's a wash. Installation was easy thanks to skinny stock 2.75 tires. I can see where those fat 100/90s made for some clearance issues. No shimming necessary on mine but the bracket's wacky: the rubber bushings are rendered useless because the only way it fit was with the flats adjacent.




My pictures suck legendarily, but you can always look at BT's and pretend they're mine.

Anyway, it's on and airtight. Sound is the sharp crackle of a Chamber, far far away. MUCH quieter than drilled stock muffler, probably marginally louder than stock.

There is a definite stumble just off idle that wasn't there before - no tach, but about 3000 RPM by ear. Then it just RIPs! 40 MPH appeared quickly in a short stretch of street where I'd never seen over 35 before. Then it started raining here in Deepinnaharta, curtailing further evaluation for now.

Some tuning yet to do: located a K&N that has a 20-degree angled inlet which should fit. Also have lighter than my current 9-gram rollers on the way plus 1000+ clutch springs coming. Will watch the CHT gauge closely but my current jet is rich, if anything.

Once the power is confirmed, I have the Malossi 7.83~:1 gears to install. Maybe 50 is in reach - It's already done 47+ - with a stock carb! See Carbonized Reed thread...

[scooterwerx]

yeah! kick *! the stumble is definitely the rollers being too heavy...it kinda bogs down, then takes off after a bit, right? i have a malossi center spring thatll work great for sale! it does the same thing as lighter rollers! stiffer clutch springs are a must too...

[burnt_toast]

great! pics are a definite must

stumble likely to slight lean, richen A/F half a turn and it should go away. I've seen this on many of my builds that were just 50cc and pipe

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

I can't beat Werx's pics. No, really I can't... BB doesn't seem to be able to email to my computer at the moment.

I may need that stiffer center spring when the gears go on. PM me with details.

BT I felt it was rich and so I went to 2.25 turns out. It didn't make a lot of difference so I'll try 1.75 and see. 2.0 seemed perfect with drilled stocker...

It's not a crippling type of stumble in any case, and not a "bog" from over-gearing, just a burbling hesitation.

Thanks for the encouragement, Aero fans.

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

Pictures, such as they are with BB and poor light, were added to the original post. Just look at BurntToast's for clarity.

[burnt_toast]

lol but I have a different pipe cant compare

I like the mount on that SP3, looks stout much better than some tecnigas mounts I've used

I guess this is pic you're referring to? stooterwerx has some nice shots of the leo

[Dac]

what an odd mouting system.

Still, a totally awesome pipe. Looks good man, glad you could find one.

[z50r-ghost]

Congrats on the exhaust, Wheelman111... i know you had some sleepless nights on the computer that only resulted in some bloodshot eyes... been there, done that, countless times. Awesome score on the exhaust, man, simply awesome.

Hey 'Toast... dam dude, you have me thinking about getting my PG done up in flatty - black. Did you paint it yourself? i have had quite a few motorcycle pipes ceramic-coated... but man, your PG looks dam good, dude. Very nice indeed.

later guys, jc

[burnt_toast]

thanks z50r, means a lot coming from you after seeing the quality stuff you build

I painted the pipe myself with some Rustoleum flat black high temp BBQ paint and it turned out well, much more of a sleeper look this way

sorry for goin off topic on ya wheelman, your exhaust find is still the main attraction here

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

No worries about derailed thread. I enjoy reading about others' adventures, especially when such eye-candy tasty pics are included.

The muffler score was long in coming, but I'm glad to share:

http://scooter-center.com/catalog/defau ... h=4_16_191

They still showed available the last time I looked. Now every Aerophile (with $155. to burn...) can ride Vinci-style.

Now if only someone* would Werx up a batch of SE-SA adaptor plates for the reed inlet so we could fit the many aftermarket manifolds... not that it's any particular Scooter owner's responsibility to help others, mind you.

[scooterwerx]

you want i should make some ehhh? if anybody wants one ill make em! my buddy has a CNC mini mill, ill try to go cut out a few of them. geez nice guilt trip...

[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

I got $15. that says you can't make one and ship it to me...

[scooterwerx]

20$ and your on. youll receive a finely handcrafted dio/nb50 adapter in a timely fashion. guaranteed for life.

[Dac]

20$ and your on. youll receive a finely handcrafted dio/nb50 adapter in a timely fashion. guaranteed for life.

where the * where you when i was building up my 92 elite????

i couldnt find anything. but now that i moved onto dio's everyone is coming out of the woods making the SE50's kick *.

[scooterwerx]

hey hey hey, i donno about woods, i live in an orange grove, k???
i guess i just cant resist foolin around with any sort of motorized vehicle, so when i was given an aero, i went nuts. used to have a jog, pre-horizontal, but cool nonetheless, i wasnt into scooters back then, so i didnt really know what i had!