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Thanks for your comments. Yes I could probably have shortened the time of the trip by going a bit slower, but not a lot. However, it was an interesting and educative trip, learning by doing. The car also behaved well on snow, predictable and easy to handle, maybe the footage looks more scary than it was. I like the Leaf for commuting, it is an excellent daily driver. Long trips, no thanks, then I take another car. But as shown in the video, one can at least "move" a Leaf from one area to the other, if needed.

Hi. Something that could be skipped? I think not, this is what it takes I would say. If you have a sense for attention to detail and are a bit careful with that long coax cable, this can be done at home just like we did. Good luck.

@@hoojiesgarage1542 thank you so much for your response!

Hi. Are there "A-traktors" that are legal to drive with AM-license in Norway? In Sweden there are plenty, and I think they exist in Finland too. But what about Norway? In Germany I have never seen one but there 16 year old kids with A1-license can drive an "Ellenator" (a "three"-wheeled and 15 kW restricted car).

@@hoojiesgarage1542 im not sure just buying a tesla for a teenager seems like a very norweigan thing to do

And Swedish :-) corsamicke.se/aktuellt/varldens-forsta-tesla-atraktor-byggde-vi-i-paarp/

The bike has been running flawlessly ever since the update was made. And this is CZcams, not an official video from Honda or Polini :-)

Key locked in under the seat? That's a tricky one. Life without a spare key is risky. You need to break or destroy something to get in there. I would try to peel off the "saddle skin" by trying to get the small clamps at the inner edge to come loose. If you succeed with that, then try cutting off the foam in a way so that you can glue it back later. When you find the upper area of the metal "striker", grind that away. Like this you should be able to get the seat to unfold. And then you have quite a bit of work to rebuild it. Good luck!

Hi Joseph. If you mean that little cogged steel plate that stops the variator at the end of the crankshaft from rotating, I made it my self. Draw the outline of the cogs of the variator on a piece of paper card board first, then copy it over to a 4 or 5 mm thick steel plate. It takes a bit of cutting and grinding but in the end that tool was very handy to have. Regarding the torque, I do not know. Was there a spec on a paper in the kit? I think not and if I'm not mistaken, I tightened it to a torque that I felt was good/reasonable based on my experience. If you have not worked on a lot with things like this, try calling the nearest Honda workshop. Or, measure the diameter and pitch of the threads and try to find a torque recommendation for something similar. Or, undertighten it somewhat but apply thread lock liquid on the threads. If the nut would start to come loose, I would think that the variator would separate and you would loose speed.

@@hoojiesgarage1542 Yes,, have had mopeds and have tightened the nuts with a nut driver, thought maybe you should still tighten with torque, I have a nut driver so I will use it and at the same time use loctite, so it will probably be fine, thanks for the answer

Hi Joseph. If the dimensions are the same then top speed should remain the same too. How a non original drive belt will wear and age is not easy to know.

Hi Esa. Fair comment, oils are always good to drain while being warm and as short time after driving as possible. Still I would say that it is way better to service, compared to not to service at all, unless screwing up completely and getting sand into the gearbox for instance :-) On my Audi A2 I replaced the transmission about every second year / 60 000 km. After 540 000 km the gearbox was still silent and shifted better than some new cars do.

@@hoojiesgarage1542 yeah, you are 100% right but, what i meant was: fillplug to gearbox first because you have to be sure that you get it open BEFORE you drain old oil. Seen couple that had wrong size tools and rounded bolt. Then you are screwed😁

Eco-mode, yes. Heating on 16 deg C. Did not feel cold.

Hi Viktor. The kit from Polini I bought second hand. The previous owner said that the speed increase was almost not noticeable but I still wanted to give it a try. As I went along with the installation I noted that the spring for the rear discs appeared virgin. I think this is the reason why the first owner did not notice much of a speed improvement. If the rear spring is not replaced, the new variator will not manage to pull the rear discs apart to reach the needed gear ratio. The front diameter of the turn that the belt makes needs to be as big as possible, and the rear diameter needs to be as small as possible, then the best change in gear ratio is achieved.

@@hoojiesgarage1542 thank you for your answer. I see. Its just such a hassle to remove the parts and screws are pretty stuck, was thinking about avoiding it, but I am gonna have to go for it.

Hi Aden. The service intervals you note above are fine, engine oil intervals are even better than needed but that can of course vary depending on oil quality and drive cycle. Power steering fluid I did change partly every second year, I used a lawn mower vacuum oil service "pump" to suck up as much as possible and then I refilled with VAG power steering fluid. What I missed was to replace the crank case ventilation oil separator (every 60 000 km) at rear end of the engine. It is also wise to clear up the crank case ventilation tubes at the same time.

At the rear area of the "helmet bin", under the seat, there is a plastic lid. Poke that lid open and you will se the "VIN"-number on the frame.

A lot of parts are the same but not everything. If you with "cover" mean the painted plastic parts, it looks so, but haven't taken the bikes apart into every little detail. When in doubt, just call a Honda dealer that sells spares. If the part number goes for both bikes, then they are of course the same. You can also find part number lists with exploded views here and there on internet. Please note that a few years ago when the 50 cc version was discontinued (at least around here), the 110 cc version got a bit of a face lift and some updates to the engine etc.

@@hoojiesgarage1542 okay. Thanks for the information. I will do some more research. Have a great day.

Hi Steven. Suggest that you get a basic OBD2 wifi or bluetooth transmitter, and a car scanner app. Then you can read the error codes.

To laugh a bit over the fantastic and fake sound :-) I think there has been a genuine Leaf "Nismo Edition" made, but I have never seen one. Please also note the date when this video was published.

Hi Stefan. The type of oils used was both according to VAG and Mobil specifications. This car still runs with over 550 000 km on the odo, so the oil is for sure not "bad". The high oil consumption was probably due to a clogged crank case ventilation, hoses and oil separator. The later is a service part (every 60 000 km) and I did not know that at the time of doing the video.

Good to know those details. Thank you!

Hi Putte. A bit sad indeed. It must be possible to re-register it to a normal car again but the obstacle to solve is probably to prove that the car still meets the emission requirements. In Sweden I think that if you make an Ethanol conversion, it might be possible to avoid the emission requirements. Worth investigating.

Hi Martin. Just took a look at the Circle K app and understood that the trip should work out fine, which it almost did except that I misjudged the first stint a bit. 50 km/h was about what I averaged in the winter. With the 40 kWh Leaf, it should average a bit higher speed in the summer but it is not really designed for long distance travel, it is more about Slow Turismo than Grand Turismo :-)

Yes, of course. Shell was used just because Hertz at that point in time had teamed up with Hertz. The charge networks of all brands/energy providers are expanding and slowly charging gets less and less complicated.

Hi Mauricio. If you look at the Kia Rio playlist you can find a service video. It covers engine, transmission and some other things. Regarding brake fluid, there are some other videos on my channel here. In the Honda NSC50 brake pad video you can at least conceptually see how a brake fluid is replaced.

Hi. Injector or coil, as can be seen the coil is easy to replace. When an injector goes, sometimes the misfire can be a bit random before the misfire gets permanent.

@@hoojiesgarage1542I replaced my coil and injectors and I’m still misfiring on cylinder 2 what else could the issue be ? Maybe crank sensor I heard possibly ?

​@@J9227O2 sensor maybe?

Hi Owen. Pick up was swift, might depend on day and time etc. No Hertz did not put any apps into my phone. The car has google maps in it so whatever you can find there, the car will show you. That could have been an option to search for the Shell charge station, but I happened to locate it at Shells website on my computer before heading up to Heathrow again.