Adv / Disadv of Locking a scoot?

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_James_

Member
What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of locking the folding mechanism on a scooter? Thinking about doing it tomorrow when i have some free time.

Sorry for the newby question.
Cheers, James.
 
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_James_

Member
Cameron Mahon said:
no head shake none of that shitty annoying foldy mech crap
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Yea i did notice that the bars were slowly gaining more and more movement. Really started to annoy me.
 
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JDBen

BST Moderator
Staff member
positives:

makes scooter alot stronger
alot more comfertable to ride
it's the norm

negatives:

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DO IT!
 
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brownie

Member
_James_ said:
Cameron Mahon said:
no head shake none of that shitty annoying foldy mech crap
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Yea i did notice that the bars were slowly gaining more and more movement. Really started to annoy me.
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you're going to want to lock that a.s.a.p. then, the foldy will eventually just snap back on a hard landing and
 
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_James_

Member
Thats alright then.
Just been looking at a few vids on Youtube and it seems really complicated...

What do i need to do it? ie, bolts.
 
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gerkin of honour

Member
go to your local hardware store and buy two 5/16 inch wide by 2 1/2 inch long bolts and one 3/8 inch wide by 2 1/2 inch long bolt. next. get a flat head screw driver and pop off all of the little pins that go around those bolts that you see. now make sure once you have popped off those little pins ring things, pull out the bolt it was holding in and replace it with one of the bolts you have bought from the hardware store. also make sure that you take out that little lever that lets the scooter ford down because that will just add unwanted weight.
 
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Brian Boston

I got myself banned.
It isn't hard... you can't mess it up. You just take everything out of it then put bolts in the holes. You can take the thing apart however you want as long as you don't fuck up the rails or headtube which i doubt you can do.
 
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mitchwashere53

Mitch Baldry
theres 2 negatives for me..
1-if you do need to fold it up you need to undo your clamps and take your bars off..
2- tat is about all of them lol
 
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JoshToy

Member
There aren't any disadvantages to bolting a folding system.

If you can't fit your scooter in your suitcase while traveling, buy a bigger one that will work. That's what I've done.
 
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