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Arctic Wolf · Post by **Arctic Wolf** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:18 pm

Well she was talking about going riding with me.. We never pursued it any further cause of difference of opinion. She had said that she kinda learned to ride a spree when she was a teen.
So like I say hopefully some one can tell me what kinda dio I have and what not. It does say 18 E are these the ones that are modifiable??

Arctic Wolf · Post by **Arctic Wolf** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:28 pm

All I can say to luny is watch yer butt man. Theres alot and I mean alot of scammers out there. Did you already pay for the bike?? Id sure go over it before I paid anything. I did when I bought my dio and took it out for a test ride as well.
But also on a side note my scoots an awesome piece o machinery. Also theres a dude on you tube that talks and shows how to do different things to your elite / dio. I find his vids very educational

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:08 pm

dio sp me thinks

Lunytune · Post by **Lunytune** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:18 pm

Wolf, there's always the chance to get burned. I bought my first Elite (E) on ebay, paid deposit by PayPal and balance on transaction. Deal turned out okay. Second one (SA50) was Craigslist, no money up front, I road tested and still got burned. It ran okay on roadtest, but died after I got it home, broken ring and scored cylinder, and he lied about a couple of things too, claiming he had replaced certain parts. He took advantage of my inexperience with scooters. So you can't always tell. This one now was advertised as a project/parts scoot, so I'm not necessarily expecting much. All I care is that it's all there. I bought it cheap enough to have some room to spare. I'm learning.

I bought a one ton dually a few years ago, came out okay, and then bought a vintage Winnebago and it came out okay. Yes, I get nervous buying vehicles on eBay, but sometimes they work out just as good as that local used dealer who can also put the screws to you.

Arctic Wolf · Post by **Arctic Wolf** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:19 pm

So there Burnt would you be able to tell me what the differences are between them or is it just different build dates?? Or they put different motors in ?? OR ????

Yeah Luny Ive got to agree with ya. My inexperience has steered me wrong on different occasions. Most of the time with vehicles Im right. But then thats from working at the auto wreckers and helping my Dad which at the time was a mechanic. So my Cars & Trucks I know. As for Bikes Ive never really worked on em. Sure I took the carb off my spree and cleaned it all up put it back on but now it doesn't seem quite right. I may have to take it to a shop to get them to tune the carb for me if I cant do it. It is running but it just doesn't seem proper.
As for my Dio what I want to try and do is change the variator weights and see if that makes the bike have a better top speed and not rev the * outa it.
But I guess thats what we do best... Tinker and when were finished tinkering we tinker more. And hope and prey that we dont mess anything up to bad... LOL

Lunytune · Post by **Lunytune** » Sat May 23, 2009 8:46 pm

We're in sync Wolf. I grew up around a mechanic too, and did it myself for several years. But when it comes to scoots, we tinker. I had to take the attitude of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" with the first one. Second one was broke but still I've been restricted to doing just what I have to, as I've got too much money invested in it. But this Dio will be a different story. I'm into it cheap enough, I can play with it, and that I will.

I guess it's time to learn about variators. Everybody talks about them, but I'm lost as a goose on the subject.

Arctic Wolf · Post by **Arctic Wolf** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:21 pm

I find this guys videos very educational. I dont know if youve seen them but his dio is WOW DIOSpeedDemon is what he goes by on you tube look up some of his videos they sure helped me