Sorry.

I have been meaning to catch everyone up on what's been going on. It's been a long period of silence and I'm sorry.
I have had a few problems with the 200 and ended up putting the 177 back in to go on a ride out, I have finally run out of patience with the 200, I've tried everything with no joy. So now I'm going through a process of elimination, firstly after I dropped the engine I cleaned it up, found that the stator was rubbing the flywheel, I made good the connections in the wiring to be certain, redid the earth from the CDI was solid and I put it back together and in the scoot, same result, checked the timing again, it was fine., Plug was still fouling....fuck it, plan B is to try the ignition from the Veloce, points but hey they've been using them for a hundred years, I'm comfortable with them. Anyone that hasn't followed from the start won't know that my "Veloce" had a P125 set up on it as the 12v conversion, um yeah whatever, so it will fit the 200 crank fine, that's happening tonight, should that fail, Plan C is I have a borrowed a known to be working CDI, stator and flywheel. I'll just have to wait and see. Last option is rebuild the 177 parts into the set of Veloce cases I have.

State of affairs

Since I pulled the 200 out, I have found that the flywheel had been rubbing on one of the stator coils, evident from the scuff in the thin yellow paint on the inside of the flywheel and a slight polishing on the coil in mention. I hit the flywheel with some fine wet and dry and gave it another dusting of paint, I gave the coil the slightest buff as well. I read that I should check for play in the flywheel and the crank, the crank moves only slightly, I haven't put the flywheel back on yet, but will soon. I checked all the stator wiring for any signs of wire damage that may have earthed out at higher revs, all seems well there too, I double checked the earth from the CDI to make sure it was the best it could be. I've given the carb and jets another clean, I plan to lap the base of the air box as well, replace the gaskets and fit the carb off the running engine straight to it when I swap them out. If this doesn't get results. the next plan is to take off the electronic ignition flywheel, stator and CDI and try a new 12v points stator I have waiting to go into the Sprint V and I have got hold of a Veloce flywheel to match it, big thanks to K at Kickstart Scooters for that. If THAT doesn't work I'm going to rebuild the Sprint V cases with all the parts I have already in the bodgey, yet very reliable, engine and I know the Sprint V will have a matched case Veloce engine with a DR177 upgrade.
Looking back, I've learnt a bit from when I first replaced the clutch arm o ring to stop the oil leaking and felt like I accomplished something big........got me stuffed what I'm going to do when I'm finished, hold the phone I forgot the 75cc smallframe engine I'm yet to put back together, good.
On another note, this Blog will soon pass 15000 hits, I hope by stuffing things up and figuring it out, I have helped someone somewhere get their scoot back on the road, spreading the love. Cheers.

Back in the saddle

It was foggy and cold but riding to work was the best start to the day, the 200 is on the bench at least for the next three weeks, I'll have a good look to see if I can find any reason for it not to work, it's gotta be electrical, anyway....so it continues.

P200E - 1, Me - 0

Dropped the engine, defeated for now, time is running out before I need to ride it to events, no time to run it in properly before riding 200 kms on the open road on consecutive weekends. 177 is clean, fresh oil, I'll get that back in today and get it going, then I'll go over the 200, I've got a list if potential causes from good folks across the globe trying to help. Hopefully it will be an obvious fix with the block up on the bench.

Last chance

Between work and family commitments, the weather and the shorter days I just can't get longer than an hour with it to get the new engine right. Tomorrow is the day, I'll get it right because I have to, I have a run in two weeks or so and would love to be on the 200 to help with the run in, OR I'll be dropping the engine and putting the DR177 back in, I'm missing what nice days we have had and some upcoming runs to consider as well. I feel trapped using a car, I miss scooting, so D day is tomorrow, Stand by for an update after that.