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02-05-2012, 04:03 PM
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It ain't a moped.
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Location: Bennington, NH
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After looking at those photos, I'm gonna say she likely dropped a valve... am I right? This is the second low-mile Aprilia on this forum to have engine trouble. This does not bode well for the I-Talians...
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02-06-2012, 07:45 AM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2011
Location: Central Arizona
Oddometer: 195
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Try to find another one with some major crash damage and salvage the engine.
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02-06-2012, 09:53 AM
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It ain't a moped.
Joined: May 2010
Location: Bennington, NH
Oddometer: 662
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My bad... the other one was a Kymco.
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02-06-2012, 05:41 PM
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Air cooled runnin' mon
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: NorCal
Oddometer: 6,112
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I've been searching for a used engine and have been asking on the Aprilia Forum and the Scarabeo Group. I've got time, so I'm not in a hurry.
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02-07-2012, 04:56 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Morgan Hill CA
Oddometer: 2,835
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Yea thats about the best you can do for now. A salvaged bike would be ideal. However, they ain't as easy to come around, as say a Honda, I'd recon. You'll have to look hard. A used engine is possible though.
Since you ain't in no hurry, it'll probably come sooner or later. Or if you or you know someone than can fabricate an engine to fit it that'd be good. But then again, with that much work its not worth it.
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11-11-2012, 07:16 PM
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Air cooled runnin' mon
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: NorCal
Oddometer: 6,112
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I threw in the towel.
 It's off to it's new owner.
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11-11-2012, 10:36 PM
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Let me take this duck off
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: BC
Oddometer: 2,038
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any chance it's a clone of japen engine? if so maybe you could find one .
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11-11-2012, 11:11 PM
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Scooter Boy
Joined: Mar 2011
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Oddometer: 43
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Quote:
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11-12-2012, 08:09 AM
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Two-Bit Throttle Bum
Joined: Sep 2003
Location: Between Scylla and Charybdis.
Oddometer: 4,942
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Contact inmate El Dangeroso. He bought and successfully revived my project Beo 150. It came to me as a non-running roller. I ignored it for several years and then sold it to him in the same condition. I don't remember what he said was wrong with it, but the carb side ingestion is a known issue with some model years, so that certainly could have been it.
Anyway, he may have some words of wisdom or resources that make it unnecessary to throw in the towel. Good luck! Quote:
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11-13-2012, 05:32 PM
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Air cooled runnin' mon
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: NorCal
Oddometer: 6,112
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 I sold it to a guy that needed good body and chassis to replace a rusty low mileage runner. Win-win.
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