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65" Vyper Discussion Thread

SnowDog

SnowDog

Moderator
rcbirk21 said:
what is the diameter of the standoffs? I didnt realize they were that tight of a fit
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well, dang, I didn't measure that! The diameter is close to the width of the mounting tab on the motor mount, if that helps.

If you epoxy up the original holes, then you wouldn't have such a tight fit...I just didn't feel like doing that.
 
ryan_m

ryan_m

100cc
Sorry to hear of your motor troubles... I killed a Scorp 4025-12 on my Vyper a couple years back too. I had it propped down to a 16x8 I believe, and the watts were around 1500 if memory serves. Definitely shouldn't have cooked it, but it did. Turned the back edges of them blue, and cracked a piece of one off. I didn't know all this, and wound up selling the motor. The new owner yanked it apart and let me know. I was ashamed and embarassed to have sold it like that. I reached a settlement with the person, and we tried contacting Lucien and got their famous (lack of) support. Last scorpion motor I ever bought...
 
SnowDog

SnowDog

Moderator
ryan_m said:
Sorry to hear of your motor troubles... I killed a Scorp 4025-12 on my Vyper a couple years back too. I had it propped down to a 16x8 I believe, and the watts were around 1500 if memory serves. Definitely shouldn't have cooked it, but it did. Turned the back edges of them blue, and cracked a piece of one off. I didn't know all this, and wound up selling the motor. The new owner yanked it apart and let me know. I was ashamed and embarassed to have sold it like that. I reached a settlement with the person, and we tried contacting Lucien and got their famous (lack of) support. Last scorpion motor I ever bought...
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Yeah, I cooked the Scorpion pretty good...won't even turn over now. I figure it is toast and it was my fault, so it was a lesson learned...so I was extra careful after installing the Motrolfly 4315 and hence the cooling baffles. I don't anticipate even trying to get the Scorpion fixed unless someone that reads this post has any ideas...it really was a nice motor....
 
Manta

Manta

70cc twin V2
Yea scorpion charges buttloads of money for nern support when they fry.
I dont understand how they can charge what they do for them.
 
gyro

gyro

GSN Contributor
SnowDog said:
Yeah, I cooked the Scorpion pretty good...won't even turn over now. I figure it is toast and it was my fault, so it was a lesson learned...so I was extra careful after installing the Motrolfly 4315 and hence the cooling baffles. I don't anticipate even trying to get the Scorpion fixed unless someone that reads this post has any ideas...it really was a nice motor....
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Manta said:
Yea scorpion charges buttloads of money for nern support when they fry.
I dont understand how they can charge what they do for them.
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Ken has fixed other brand motors for me in the past... I'm sure he could figure his way around a scorp!
 
Manta

Manta

70cc twin V2
hehe Kens fixed scorps for sure. Dan from MicroDan motors has too for me.Not sure Dan repairs many motors anymore tho
 
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