Really like your videos! Haven't been playing with moped for 20 years, and just bought myself an early ciao model that I'm going to renovate. Cheers from Skåne, Sweden!
my vespa ciao does not accelerate quickly and the springs at the starting clutch are worn out should i replace it? Does this make a difrence with acceleration ? Because i bought polini set blue green and metal color en the green doest work en the metal color doesnt accelerate quik
Super video. Tak for det. Har netop fået mig en Bravo. Der er lidt der skal fixes på den. Hvor stramt skal beltet være? Og jeg mangler lys i tomgang, kommer kun på omdrejninger?
Den skal være rimelig stram, hvis man kører tunet. Men ellers så løs som mulig, uden at den glider 😉 Ja lysstyrken følger motor omdrejninger. For store pærer eller dårlige forbindelser, gør problemet værre.
hello Caster Lorenzen. this video was very useful. I saw many Italian videos that talked about moped clutch but all of these aren't very Precise. For this reason it was not clear to me how to reassemble the moped clutch and therefore my piaggio ciao could not start. Thank you very much.
I have a single speed Ciao and I tried to use the Malossi clutch springs but my engine seems not strong enough to use even the weakest springs. It will just slip and take too long to grab. I'm still not sure why it does not spin up faster, weak revs in low end. So I want to know if these Malossi springs can work with a stock original engine? If they can, then I must have some sort of issue with my modified engine. But for now I am using the original springs with drilled lighter shoes and that works fairly well.
The Malossi springs are very stiff. The green Polinis are the hardest i would run on a stock cylinder and setup. The drilled holes plus malossi springs put you in the 5000 rpm range before it starts to grip.
@@CarstenLorenzen12V ok thanks for the info! I have a 43mm Malossi cylinder setup and even with that I can't get the lightest Malossi springs to grab quick enough. I have tried a lot of things already but it still has weak low end. I think it is an ignition issue so I'm going to try replacing the coil and magneto next, maybe the lighter late-model flywheel will help too. I'd also like to try electronic ignition, but there's no cheap option for that.
You mention that Newfren clutch segments are good quality and then you say something about Malossi, but I can't hear if you say that one should or should not buy Malossi segments. Could you specify please?
Don't buy the Malossi. Mine held up for 50 km. The newfren actually also died a few weeks ago. But managed to go over 500 km. I use it on a 46 mm Polini, it's great torque is hard on the segments.
Hello Carsten! I have a problem on my non-variomativ ciao where I can’t get my clutch bell/basket off. It slides around nicely on the crank but when I slide it towards the end it suddenly stops, like there is a jack or similar on the crank. I have tried using gentle force and filing quite a bit on the crank but no success, any idea? Thanks, Adam,
Hi, sadly no good idea. There must be something that holds the clutchplate in place. Maybe a worn ridge/edge on the crank. Have you tried with a puller?
Check the bearing behind te egnition-spools. When they leak, the moped wont drive. I just fixed that problem this week with exact the same problem as yours. When te clutch-shoes are not working, the moped wont start either.
Do you have an idea what can cause clutch vibrations at high revs? I tried to revv it on a side stand and touched it with a screwdriver it’s way too much. when I took the clutch apart, there no damage but starting clutch is missing 2mm off the pad on one side(crack). Could it be the bad weight distribution when rotating at high revs? I’ve got an old bravo variator version. Btw I like your videos big time!
