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So the $400 Metro turned into $600. Front tire and all the parts for a tune-up. Hits 40mph now vs. the 34mph before the tune-up. Shim and bucket valves are weird but work, and they were in spec. Dealer only charged me $14 to mount the front tire-off the scooter. Tire (OEM IRC) was $35. Belt, rollers, OEM air filter and other small parts were not to much money. Battery was $90 from Batteries Plus. So its now ready for its new owner. Tuesday is the target day. Gonna ride it into work on a plate/tag that is registered to a pink Genuine Buddy. Need to do a final shake-down. The prior owners dumb step-son was doing burnouts in gravel on the Metro and his mom told him to "finish it off". Owner came out and took the keys from him. This step-son has murdered 2 cars already! Not even 18 yet! First was a truck he didnt like (blew the motor) and the 2nd car (Subaru WRX) had a crank position sensor fail so he begged mom for his inheritance money and bought a ugly Mercedes SUV. Letting him kill the Metro would have sent a terrible message, so it was rescued.
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