...and - I forgot - the gearchange-problem.
There were/are some tricks to improve gearchange on the scooter.
Two that I know of:
ONE: the "Schalthilfe" sold by the club for about 40 €.
A, as I find, rather obscure, "gearchange-help", confined in a small tin box.
Dismanteled, it consists of some rods, carved and put together in a fashion that helps to define the engagement of the cogs on the outside by keeping the cables on spot. It is put between the cables and the gearchange-lever on the outside of the engine.
Not too many satisfied customers as I found out over two years.
TWO: much better, quiet a lot of work and thus not too cheap to have done - rework of the gearbox axles and shafts as well as the engine/gearbox housing.
Only fully functional when "Schaltgabeln" (gearbox forks ??) are reworked, i.e. re-grided or "hinterschliffen" (derived from hinter=behind and schleifen=grind).
Please search
http://www.hainkel.de and
http://www.heinkel-ei.de (tipps/Schaltraste) for details of the latter.
Both sites were made by people that know their craft, as you will see.
The intend is to re-create part of the gearbox-features that preceeded the 103 A-1 - and A-2 - settings.
The earlier types did not have the driving comfort, but had a very different setup with cables AND levers AND the worked-on axles and shafts AND slightly different engine housing.
This was made impossible when the engine was rubber-mounted (sic !)
Thus few people get "early-type", i.e. "pre-103-A-1"- engines or engine housings and gear box contents that, combined with the later cable-setup, will still improve changing of gears - or finding and keeping in "second".... .
It seems to be necessary to keep the entire gearchange-mechanism as gap/play-free and smooth-running as possible in every way.
Reconsider teflon-lined cables, tune everything very carefully, check cables - I have not only read about fawlty inners but experienced one that I did not notice at first. EVERYTHING has to be flawless, but still everybody knows what you are talking about when mentioning gearchange difficulty....
Questions ?
Bye !
stefan
Hey: the cooling aids are cool (...!...). I never thought they really do something !!!
