eddie15b wrote:coaster i am interested in your reed valve conversion
can you tell me what inlet you used?
did you cut an arch in the piston skirt?
and can you finger port the barrel?
as im looking for a project to tinker with
done all the above to my 225 mugello and it runs nice
still need to dial in the carb though as its not quite there yet
a dyno session is required to get it right
I used an Atomic Ultimate but with the extra size of the Avanti barrel I had issues with frame clearance. I ground quite a bit off the top of the manifold but still had to resort to offset cones. This was the only manifold I could lay my hands on quickly, I already have an MB shorty but I would have needed to take 1/2" out of the frame for that to clear. I took a 'tracing' off a TS1 piston and filed an arch on the bottom of the inlet side skirt and I also cut 2 windows as per the TS1 piston but I didn't try cutting a finger port due to fear of chipping the ceramic. I've only covered a gentle 60 miles and still taking it gently but I'm very impressed so far, it pulls cleanly from 20 mph in top with no bogginess whatsoever. I haven't changed the carb or jetting from the TS1 that was in the scooter until very recently and th eplug is quite black so will be even better when I get it dyno'd
