Yellow fever

Once upon a time early this summer I promised a new Roughnecks member to help him with his yellow smallframe. The scooter had been standing in his basement for quite some time, having problems with staying alive when warm. Typically capacitor problems, so I'd already sourced a new capacitor and spark gap for the scooter. The owner himself had a new coil. 

My "scooter trailer" is very versatile... 

 Ok, surgery...

 Dismantle and exit old capacitor and spark gap...

 Inserting DRT capacitor and new spark gap... 

The coil was also replaced with a new one.

The motor now works, but I am not totally satisfied with full throttle response. I might have to adjust the ignition timing a bit.

 

 Again, 5 scooters in the garage... 

But the yellow fever will soon be gone. 

Autumn is here

For the first time ever, my 180SS failed me this morning. We've been on holidays for two weeks, and the weather back home has been cold and wet. The scooters are stored in my garage, but obviously, two weeks of neglect was too much for Regine, my 180SS. Running back and forth a couple of times in the driveway only helped working up a sweat.


Then it was pretty convenient to have Yosephine standing by, my 1973 Vespa 50S. Made it to work on a scooter today too... :-)