My Winter Project - Old School Scooter

[Doovde]

Theres something awesome about cracking into a box full of new stainless bolts

 

[StephenMcC]

i got a load of bolts for a minimoto off ebay same as them pretty cheap if i remember correctly.

 

[DaddyCC]

whered you get all the bolts ebay? i need some too

How many do you need? I have an unopened bag of M4 versions (i think) of them lying in my da's house. (think its 100 bolts?)

 

[forde]

dunno i was going to probably get a set of all different sizes so i would be able to take out of it as i needed!

have seen them on ebay just wondering if he picked them up local tho

 

[Coog]

Boltmeup on eBay. They do 'kits' for each bike but it's just a generic kit that he supplies for all makes/models. It was about £20 for the lot. Includes nylock nuts, nuts, washers and bolts.

 

[Cartunes]

Excellent project.
Where can you get citric acid?

from Lemons perhaps? Another Citrus fruit? just a stab though!!!!!!

 

[forde]

on ebay you buy a tub of powder that you mix with water to make up the acid

 

[Coog]

One of the jobs I'd been dreading was repairing these chain guards. Dented, rusted through, bent. Complete nightmare:

Areofall managed to source me a couple of solid ones (thanks again)

First layer of colour on this evening:

Thankfully I've very little left to paint now. Mostly all engine bits, air box, etc which I'll do later (much later).

 

[mckeown]

looks a lot like building up a bicycle up until now
(headset etc). Nice project. love the colour!

 

[Coog]

It's very similar. Was chuckling to myself yesterday when I realised that the brakes on my push bike (hydraulic, vented discs) are better than the ones on my motorbike (cable, drums) PMSL

 

[Coog]

Spent a while thinking about what to do with the wheels. They're far from perfect but they're still solid and perfectly useable. Unfortunately new spokes and rims would have blown the budget a bit so for now I'm going to paint with an eye to a full rebuild in the future. I'm pretty set on doing the spokes and hubs black, leaving the rims chrome.

I also ended up with another for parts and a possible future modified project... Just need to get her back to N.I.

 

[areofall]

Put an ad on shiply.

 

[Coog]

Got two great quotes from anyvan so going to use them

 

[RMS_CLK]

Make sure you put plenty of tape inside the rims, when the spokes are old they have a habbit of puncturing the tubes.

 

[Coog]

Thanks for the advice. By tape do you mean the rubber strip? Replace and/or add more tape?

 

[RMS_CLK]

Yeah well have a check underneath it and see how bad it is, but those tubes are real easy punctured. I'd just fire a load of gaffer tape round to be sure.

 

[Coog]

Wheels complete, just need rubber sorted. Going to really start building this thing on Sunday

My new bike was lifted today so whould have it by the end of the month all being well!

 

[areofall]

Tried my parts guy but no luck, give Crooks Suzuki a call, loads of NOS.

 

[Coog]

No worries Maurice, thanks for asking. Will probably pull it off the donor bike for now.

 

[Coog]

Slow progress today. Parts nor haynes manuals shows everything so there's a fair bit of guess work. Working out how the throttle cable connected was good fun. Panel fitment is also quite interesting!

Handlebars and ignition switch in:

Throttle and front brake cable on as well as some of the plastics, speedo and light (trial fit)

 

[Twain]

Is Paulie Senior in the background shouting at you whilst your building this?

 

[corsacj]

Coming allong well mate, turned out a nice winter project !

 

[forde]

you're putting me to shame lol i need to get mine worked on... i drained the tank on it today then i was feared of going to work on it tonite in the shed and using my superser cos its petrol fume city in there lol been busy building my speedfight back up for commuting duty though.

paint finish looks really good tbh did you do it yourself and what with?

wheels came out nice too

 

[Coog]

I've a wee parafin heater that's really good for the cold but I find that once I start into it I keep pretty warm anyway. Rattle can painted it in the garage and brought the parts inside to the warmth to dry. Majority of the time was spent sanding tbh, the painting bit was done in about a week.

Been mostly working on the engine this week, couple of hours a night got it sorted. It was in really good shape so I decided to replace a few seals and gaskets and go with it as-is for now.

Reed valve was a little dirty but measured and working fine so quick clean and re-installed after this pic was taken

The two outer casings for the engine are painted from the factory so I gave these a coat. Still to be finished. Main block of the engine is plain aluminium so all I've done with it is clean it up.

I hope to get the engine fitted this weekend. I've also about 3million new parts on the way to get it completed. Should be done for spring time

 

[Coog]

Got the front end pretty much completed today