Advice Thread

Stranaton · Post by **Stranaton** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:55 pm

Sleauxbreaux wrote:Four stroke.

cool, what's the problem?

Sleauxbreaux · Post by **Sleauxbreaux** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:08 pm

If I haven't ridden it in a few hours (every day while at work), the next time I turn it on, there's this strange... almost gurgling sound. It sounds almost like it's filtering air out of a tube and filling it with liquid... I dunno, it's hard to explain, but it happens when the key hits "on", not when the engine starts.
If the gurgling happens, it's always a sure sign that it'll take a really long time to catch when I try to start the engine, and it will either take forever to shift gears, or shift straight to a really high gear and try to throw me into a wall or sidewalk or something.
Also, a few times when I've stopped at a stop sign or slowed down to take a turn, the engine has just cut off completely and I've had to stop and start it up again.
Oh, and the exhaust pipe sputters when I press the brakes as though it were an old... jalopy or something. Note that I've had it for just over a year and I bought it brand new.

(Wall of text, sorry)

Stranaton · Post by **Stranaton** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:16 pm

Sleauxbreaux wrote:(Wall of text, sorry)

So, from what I got, it's automatic tranny right? if so, clutch engagment is happening too soon. That explains the sputtering and bike throwing/not starting. Also could be too much air in the tranny case. I have that problem in my car.

Sleauxbreaux · Post by **Sleauxbreaux** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:24 pm

It is automatic, yeah. Just a little Vespa 150.

Any advice? Anything I can do to fix it? Or am I just gonna have to wait 'til I have a couple hundred extra bucks to take it to a shop?

Stranaton · Post by **Stranaton** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:31 pm

Sleauxbreaux wrote:It is automatic, yeah. Just a little Vespa 150.

Any advice? Anything I can do to fix it? Or am I just gonna have to wait 'til I have a couple hundred extra bucks to take it to a shop?

try bleeding and refilling the tranny. Use new fluid while you're at it. and be sure to fill it completely and check for leaks.

boq · Post by **boq** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:32 pm

Does anyone have tips for dealing with irrational worrying?

Sleauxbreaux · Post by **Sleauxbreaux** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:38 pm

Stranaton wrote:
Sleauxbreaux wrote:It is automatic, yeah. Just a little Vespa 150.

Any advice? Anything I can do to fix it? Or am I just gonna have to wait 'til I have a couple hundred extra bucks to take it to a shop?
try bleeding and refilling the tranny. Use new fluid while you're at it. and be sure to fill it completely and check for leaks.

Thank you much, sir. I'll give it a shot.

@boq: What's the worry?

boq · Post by **boq** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:43 pm

It is something really stupid. I know it isn't possible, but it is bugging the crap out of me.

I'd rather not discuss it, just know that it is something really, really stupid.

Sleauxbreaux · Post by **Sleauxbreaux** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:59 pm

boq, I am terrified of bodies of water. Deathly terrified. I felt both pride and shame a few weeks ago when I was able to take my shoes off and step into a stream no more than two, maybe three inches tall.
I once climbed a cliff near my house and looked out onto the valley where I live only to see the lake a few miles away. MILES. The sun glinted off the water in such a way that I got dizzy and couldn't stand straight. I had to put my arms around a tree just to steady myself enough not to fall off the mountain.
I know it's not going to hurt me. I have every confidence that I'd be a good swimmer if I were able to try. But just thinking about being in it raises my heart rate and makes me nervous and jittery.
Honestly, I don't think I'll ever get over it, and I'm going to miss a lot of fun because I can't go swimming with my friends, but on the other hand, I was in a river a few weeks ago, so who knows?
I guess I can't really offer you any good, solid advice, so I just hope that, regardless of what your fear is, it'll be nice to know that there's someone else out there with a stupid phobia. If I can help, though, I'll help in whatever way I can. Just let me know.

boq · Post by **boq** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:55 pm

I think you just helped me in more ways than you know. Thank you for sharing with me, the idea that someone else feels even remotely close to the way I do lifts a burden off of me. Thanks for offering to help, btw.

Sleauxbreaux · Post by **Sleauxbreaux** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:57 pm

Any time, my friend. If you ever need anything, just toss me a PM.

Stranaton · Post by **Stranaton** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:33 am

boq wrote:Does anyone have tips for dealing with irrational worrying?

It's called anxiety. I have have a severe case and just got over an Anxiety attack last week. The best tip I can give you is think of somthing (other than the issue at hand) you have intense emotional reation to. Wether or not it's positive, the emotional responce should blunt the effects of Anxiety. Anxiety is unexplainable by simple logic, so don't think it out, it will only frustrate you or increase the worry/fear. That's all I got short of meds... good luck, or at least better than mine.

Explotaro · Post by **Explotaro** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:37 am

Lemme just say from personal experience: Anxiety is not good. I had a chemistry class that I was worried I wasn't going to pass. I constantlt threw up, worried the hell out of my loved ones, and had trouble breathing (the breathing part turned out to be all in my head.)

Whatever your situation is, boq just try and make the best of it.

Stranaton · Post by **Stranaton** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:39 am

oh yes, I forgot. look up breathing exersizes on youtube. This does wonders for clearing and calming your mind.

Explotaro · Post by **Explotaro** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:44 am

I....I wish I had known that. Sleep was the only escape from a worry that big.