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Post by vegagirl on May 28, 2008 8:34:38 GMT
Hello, My mate cezeta told me about this forum, i think he hangs out here sometimes...nick, this inbuilt spellchecker means these people will be able to understand you ;D just got a cutdown V100 sport with a malossi kit. the leo vinci exhaust is touching the hub - i've been advised to get hammer happy on the exhaust, but that seems a bit drastic  has anyone got any better ideas? i am sure this wil be the 1st of many questions...any advice would be much appreciated  thanks |
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Post by tony on May 28, 2008 11:38:17 GMT
POLL-is a VEGA a smallframe? ;D.. cos Vegagirl has just popped up and well i dunno if we should help!!  Hi ya and welcome! I would check the manifold first. I think that the leovinci downpipe has large holes and you may be able to lift it up slightly to enable the pipe to clear-then do the nuts up again. So loosen the two nuts on the barrel and see if you can reangle it. |
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Post by hank on May 28, 2008 11:51:34 GMT
but "vega" may refer to: V ega (pronounced /ˈviːɡə/ or /ˈveɪɡə/; also known as α Lyr / α Lyrae / Alpha Lyrae) is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus. It is a relatively nearby star at only 25.3 light-years from Earth, and, together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the most luminous stars in the Sun's neighborhood. rather than the lambretta vega |
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Post by tony on May 28, 2008 12:17:04 GMT
So, what you are saying hank is that we dont need the poll after all?
;D
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Post by hank on May 28, 2008 13:11:20 GMT
So, what you are saying hank is that we dont need the poll after all? ;D i you like, but they probably are smallframes anyway: i like those vega/luna things, best lambretta's about IMHO ;D |
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Post by breezer on May 28, 2008 17:19:38 GMT
Or Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction  |
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Post by tony on May 28, 2008 17:30:03 GMT
I love vega's..(ooops sorry ) quite like starstreams too... maybe its a height thing |
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Post by stewart on May 30, 2008 0:45:43 GMT
vega-tarian  |
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Post by vegagirl on Jun 3, 2008 11:18:39 GMT
POLL-is a VEGA a smallframe? ;D.. cos Vegagirl has just popped up and well i dunno if we should help!! Hi ya and welcome! I would check the manifold first. I think that the leovinci downpipe has large holes and you may be able to lift it up slightly to enable the pipe to clear-then do the nuts up again. So loosen the two nuts on the barrel and see if you can reangle it. vegas and j-ranges are lammy smallframes of course...  the exhaust bolts on in 2 places..at the barrel and another bracket - see wobbly arrow on pic below. So i am not sure how i can realign just by loosening the nuts & reangling...  maybe a new bracket added to help the exhaust clear the hub...then the exhaust will need to be reshaped (bashed about a bit with a hammer ) so it still fits at the top... i'll take a pic this eve. |
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Post by tony on Jun 3, 2008 11:55:38 GMT
I think the bottom fixing is a slot? Leave the bottom bolt out of the slot. loosen off the manifold nuts and see if you can rotate the whole system slightly to clear hub. If you can then all you may have to do is to file the slot for the bolt to fit. Only consideration is that the manifold aperture is fairlyflush with outlet on the barrel
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Post by breezer on Jun 3, 2008 13:41:28 GMT
my leo pipe needed to have the bracket that fixes to the swingarm cut & re welded
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Post by vegagirl on Jun 3, 2008 14:41:53 GMT
thanks tony..but when I looked at it yesterday - it looked like the whole set up would need to be swung/re-angled upwards or downwards by about 10cm to totally clear the hub....so I don't think loosening the nuts & rotating it just slightly would do the trick so maybe bracket needs to be cut & rewelded like breezer's. breezer - was yours the same leo pipe on exactly the same size frame? mine's a V100 frame (the frame isn't a V100 sport, though the engine & headset are). got an evening meeting but will take a pic later if i get out before it's dark...hellish day @work today   |
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Post by hank on Jun 3, 2008 16:03:45 GMT
my leo pipe needed to have the bracket that fixes to the swingarm cut & re welded i presume that's the exhaust that hanging up in my shed looking mighty fine after a through going over with some BBQ paint? |
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Post by breezer on Jun 3, 2008 16:54:10 GMT
That will be the very same one...
It was on a Primavera with a pk engine, although the pipe suits the frame not the engine on a samlly so it should be the same as yours
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Post by tony on Jun 3, 2008 23:59:05 GMT
thanks tony..but when I looked at it yesterday - it looked like the whole set up would need to be swung/re-angled upwards or downwards by about 10cm to totally clear the hub....so I don't think loosening the nuts & rotating it just slightly would do the trick so maybe bracket needs to be cut & rewelded like breezer's. breezer - was yours the same leo pipe on exactly the same size frame? mine's a V100 frame (the frame isn't a V100 sport, though the engine & headset are). got an evening meeting but will take a pic later if i get out before it's dark...hellish day @work today oh dear-its that bad Crap these pipes then. Even that m1r pipe of ste's had to be moved to fit and thats a dear one and supplied with the kit! |
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Post by vegagirl on Jun 4, 2008 1:01:13 GMT
oK had a look this eve - loosened the bottom fixing nut, and you were right, it is on a slot. didn't touch the manifold nuts, but moved the big nut out of the slot a bit, and retightened...it now clears the hub cap by about 2-4mm at the closest pint..sorry point! which is better than it was....pics here, sorry taken with phone so not great, not sure you can really see much... what do you think - should it be OK now or do you think it needs any more fettling?   then cleaned up points and polished scabby floor runner end caps - what a great tool the polishing wheel is, better to refurb and get the satisfaction than chuck away the old & buy everything new also i don't like the look of the cable & wire by the flywheel cover - is there a better way of routing them on a cutdown?  |
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Post by tony on Jun 4, 2008 1:05:32 GMT
Hiya. I think that will be fine.. you'll soon hear it if it touches.
Solution for the wiring.. move the whole coil unit to inside the frame. The little plate it mounts on can be bent at 90 degrees and used that way, or simply use two spacers for the bolts. Drill hole inside body above head for ht lead-fit grommet-sorted.
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Post by vegagirl on Jun 4, 2008 1:34:23 GMT
Hiya. I think that will be fine.. you'll soon hear it if it touches. errr, couldn't hear anything before  cheers for help and the wiring solution sounds good..will definitely do that soon |
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Post by hank on Jun 4, 2008 9:50:18 GMT
 this your scoot vegagirl? |
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Post by vegagirl on Jun 4, 2008 11:03:49 GMT
yes, that's my pride & joy!! ;D...my current favourite anyway. bought it off ted in bexhill a few weeks ago & have hardly been off it. took the P range horncast off which left 2 big holes which i covered up with chromed 'bullet nuts' ;D but i prefer it that to the boxy horncast also haven't got round to changing huge no. plate yet, but that's gotta go! |
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has anyone got any better ideas?
