Tao Tao 50 scooty puff jr

[Eye of the Tiger]

Done did some carburetor work ...
Changed main jet from 0.75mm to 0.80mm.
Moved the metering rod up one notch.

This should, maybe, add enough fuel to keep the mixture just on the rich side after I add a pod air filter and modify the muffler.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Gonna chop off the end cap of the muffler and do ... something. Piss off the neighbors, I guess.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I need to make a temporary air filter to strap over the carb intake. Sock? T-shirt? 1000 thread count egyptian cotton bed sheet?

[FoMoJo]

I need to make a temporary air filter to strap over the carb intake. Sock? T-shirt? 1000 thread count egyptian cotton bed sheet?

Something fire retardant, just in case it backfires.  You are sitting over the engine after all.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Something fire retardant, just in case it backfires.  You are sitting over the engine after all.

Wool sock?

[shp4man]

So is the drivetrain just a centrifugal clutch or are there actual speeds? 

[Eye of the Tiger]

So is the drivetrain just a centrifugal clutch or are there actual speeds?

CVT with a centrifugal clutch. Infinite speeds.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Got a new keychain for the scooty

[Payman]

 

[r0tor]

Some scoots can certainly be fast.
For my commute, the 50cc scoot just does the trick. Of course, it is basically WOT all the time.
Now that I have it fine tuned, it will do 35-40 MPH on flat ground, climb the steepest hills at 20-25, and hit 50+ down hills.

You mean KPH right?

[Eye of the Tiger]

You mean KPH right?

Knots per hour would be a rate of acceleration

[Soup DeVille]

Knots per hour would be a rate of acceleration

Dammit- I was going to correct you until I realized you were right.

[RomanChariot]

Dammit- I was going to correct you until I realized you were right.

And under that premise Rotor could be right also.

[CaminoRacer]

Now I need a breakdown on the acceleration potential of a scooter and a Camry (for comparison purposes) to see if 20-50 knots per hour is a realistic acceleration number.

[MX793]

Now I need a breakdown on the acceleration potential of a scooter and a Camry (for comparison purposes) to see if 20-50 knots per hour is a realistic acceleration number.

Well within the capability of either.

[r0tor]

What happens if the knots are garlic knots?

[Eye of the Tiger]

What happens if the knots are garlic knots?

It will keep the vampires out of the road

[CaminoRacer]

Well within the capability of either.

Now I wanna know the max knots per mile of the scooter though


Nick, what's the 1/4 mile time for this Tao Tao 50? Or 1/8 milr

[shp4man]

Now I wanna know the max knots per mile of the scooter though


Nick, what's the 1/4 mile time for this Tao Tao 50? Or 1/8 milr

33.5 seconds at 48MPH. Blazingly fast. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Now I wanna know the max knots per mile of the scooter though


Nick, what's the 1/4 mile time for this Tao Tao 50? Or 1/8 milr

I'll have to download one of those apps and try it out.

[Soup DeVille]

Now I wanna know the max knots per mile of the scooter though


Nick, what's the 1/4 mile time for this Tao Tao 50? Or 1/8 milr

What's a knot per mile? A nautical mile per hour per mile? 

[Eye of the Tiger]

What's a knot per mile? A nautical mile per hour per mile? 

We've been over this

[Soup DeVille]

Now I need a breakdown on the acceleration potential of a scooter and a Camry (for comparison purposes) to see if 20-50 knots per hour is a realistic acceleration number.

Well of course; 50 knots per hour would be taking an hour to accelerate to 50 knots.

[Soup DeVille]

We've been over this

no.

[CaminoRacer]

What's a knot per mile? A nautical mile per hour per mile? 

lol I meant knot per hour.

But now I also want to know the scooter's max knot per mile ability too.

[Soup DeVille]

lol I meant knot per hour.

But now I also want to know the scooter's max knot per mile ability too.

1.15t, where t is time elapsed.

[CaminoRacer]

1.15t, where t is time elapsed.

More land speed racing than drag racing, if land speed racing required sustained speed for some amount of time.

[RomanChariot]

Knots refers to nautical miles per hour and 1 nautical mile is roughly 1.15 miles.

Nautical miles is not probably technically correct but that works in my head.

[Soup DeVille]

Knots refers to nautical miles per hour and 1 nautical mile is roughly 1.15 miles.

Nautical miles is not probably technically correct but that works in my head.

You are correct.

A knot is a knot; specifically a knot in a log line that's 7 fathoms from the next knot. You throw the log in, and count how many knots are unspooled in 28 seconds; and that's how fast you're
going.

[CaminoRacer]

You are correct.

A knot is a knot; specifically a knot in a log line that's 7 fathoms from the next knot. You throw the log in, and count how many knots are unspooled in 28 seconds; and that's how fast you're going.

A video of Nick throwing a log & knotted rope off the back of his scooter would be an acceptable substitute for 1/4 mile data.