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Any go fast secrets for the pw 50?
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[QUOTE="Patman, post: 308259, member: 16962"] Not much to take off a bike the size of a microwave that is going to make much difference. Depending how serious you are there are mods such as replacing the pipe (Cobra made one for a while) which doesn't really add much juice to milling the head and adding base gaskets or a spacer to the base of the cylinder to move the ports up to expose more of the port opening that adds a bit of snap. On the high end you could find the scooter that uses the same engine base with a larger displacement and swap out the piston and cylinder for a real sleeper. Gearing is more difficult because it's closed shaft drive but there again there is a Yamaha scooter or ATV that can retro fit. The problem will be that the suspension and frame are not going to handle serious use. The forsks are very basic and the shocks are just spring holders. Heck the lower bearing race on the frame head cracks with aggresive 4 year olds. I sure somebody will say pull the silencer core but all that's going to do is make it annoyingly loud. Opening the air box will just get the air filter dirtier because the carb bore is about as big as your thumb. Yamaha has been making this bike for like 20 years so it's pretty much as good as it's going to get. If you want to race get one of the minis setup for racing. The PW50 is a great learning tool for little folks just not much more. [/QUOTE]
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