Variator Weights Misconception QUICK TIP - Somewhat Daily Stuffing

More weight, more top speed.
Less weight, better acceleration.
Or...?

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[luzsol]

I would like to live in a planet with more gentlemen with this kind of posture and less haters .

[MRTuning]

"Try not to Become a man of success, but a man of value"





That's the truth
Thank you for that random motivation

[miket.]

So basically, the rollers perform the same function in a cvt that sprockets perform on a chain-driven bike. Lowering or raising the tooth count of the sprockets on the bike won't give you "more" top speed or acceleration, it will simply work differently with the engine/rpm band and you'll trade one for the other, depending on gearing. Different weight rollers will keep you in a certain 'gear' longer or shorter as your engine revs. Which is 'better' is dependent on how you ride the bike and where your engine likes to operate.

[josepeixoto]

A MAN OF VALUE!!! very well said!!! thank you for your videos, keep'm coming.

[johnmcconnell]

Very informative, well explained and love the quote at the end. Excellent

[levitezoe]

Finally thank you so simple yet people make it so damn sophisticated

[rustyboy]

I installed some sliders 11g with a racing variator, i found i accelerated much quicker and got to 46mph pretty fast, however i do now find that i struggle to get to 57mph which is what i got on stock, but i think it is because i have a lighter weighted variator and the rollers are now sliders producing better acceleration at the cost of top end speed.

[williamvolkmann]

15, 000rpm if your turning those kind of numbers your not gonna watch this for advise you are spot on as to light weights shift at high rpm and heavy shift quicker what makes the decision is how much weight are you hauling off the line

[oela.suriname]

I have a jog90 variator on my Keeway scooter with a 70 cc malossi set up. The clutch is original. Malossi wild Lion exhaust. I had tried 4 gram and 5 grams weights. also a mix of 3.5 gram with 4 gram. still the scooter had a slow take off. When I switched to full 3, 5 gram weights everything changed. fast take off. Good speed. 80km/h. I think i can higher topspeed. So, lighter weights with a heavy variator can mae a difference

[inveimer]

good explaination.. people forget that the variator spin on the crankle.. modifing weights and change with a more performance variator is equal to lightening a flywheel. higher rpm without a correct calculation isn't a good choice, risk of overspeed is dangerous. remember.. at high rpm the torque.. decrease.

[Dwainpipe]

the roller weights that are put in as stock are a compromise , you don't necessarily want a scoot that instantly shoots up to 8k rpm ( peak power) as soon as you fart on the throttle when trying to cruise along At 50 mph an a straight road or through town on a slightly open throttle lol.Its fine if you want that sort of performance ( I know some will)but most that think they do probably don't when they are trying to commute into work in the rain !. Not meaning to be a killjoy just saying think about what you want to achieve before you go fiddling and end up with undoubtedly a faster scoot but maybe one thats crap for day to day use. I can never understand why people think putting heavier weights in the variator gives better top speed it can only ever close up so far and unless you put stupidity low weights in it or you fit a spring that is way too strong it will always close up as far as it will go giving the same top speed.

[ruudiutsenikov]

thank you so much i was gonna buy lighter weights (im actually a biker never ridden a scooter) but i just wanted to check if you had any videos and you did and i figured out i need heavier weights

[danguy]

I see this all too often in a few Facebook groups I use. I get sick of explaining it haha.

[ElEspecialistaAr]

great video, very clear and easy to understand.

[peteschannel]

I had lighter weights in mine and prefer the heavier 5 gram weights with my sons set up. 3gram weights just made it rev and snap like crazy.

[AadmiAurInsaan]

I appreciate your concluding statement.

[gmindgjerd]

Also important is clutch spring tension if available. Not for speed but for when/how it engages.

[kalliope]

Hi @2stroke stuffing, I hope you read this. Would you recommend keeping the variator at peak horse power rpm, at peak torque rpm, or perhaps somewhere in the middle? Love the video by the way. No blabla, but short and to the point. Cheers!

[jjack]

"become a man of value": much commented already. Thank you for showing the way

[chethankumarh]

well said. most of them apply grease to variator weights. is it recommended to apply grease or oil to variator weights ?