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TGB r50x wont start

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TGB rider1

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hey guys, my scooter hasnt been firing up using the electric start the past 2 months, i have been kick starting it and it doesnt seem to work untill a good 5 minutes of kickstarting. i have a brand new battery that is good, but it just doesnt seem to give enough to make it fire up. also i was riding the other day and i stopped to get fuel and it wouldnt start again, i looked at the spark plug and it was boiling hot (only after 5 minutes of riding?) and i couldnt get it out for another 10 minutes, it finally cooled down enough for me to remove it, and the spark plug was a bit wet and had oil on the head. i dont know if it is a coil problem because i have a scrap TGB aswell and the coil works fine on both. so i cleaned the spark plug and put it back in, when i kickstarted it, it ran for about 3 seconds and then cut out. its been doing this for a while now. help?


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FYI; the explosion(s)  we call firing  heats the plug to around
1000F ,  that will boil the flesh right off your fingers!!

can you clean the carb?
also it sounds like a fuel flow problem....
bad filter or bad vacuum hose 

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de-reged stock variator w/8g sliding weights.
1.5k rpm  springs
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