My Winter Project - Old School Scooter
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mad mike 212
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Sh*t thats some turnaround. theres an engine missing tho, might want to look into that before you try riding it. lol
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Aaah the engine is becoming a wee bit of a headache tbh. Hopefully Areofall has found or will find a 69cc barrell pretty soon and I'll use that. Once I've got it I can get a standard piston & rings and finish the engine build and get it fitted pretty quickly.
If that doesn't work I will have to try and find an oversized piston and rings and then get one of the existing cylinders bored, which will be a real pain in the ass, especially as I start travelling next week. I'm also struggling to find the rings but I've struggled for other parts and found them alright.
Third option is much more of a headache, which is to use the 49cc engine out of my donor scooter and do a complete rebuild on it using parts I've already sourced. The only issue that'll give me is that it's going to be pretty expensive and the carb will need sorting out. My current wagon has manual choke and the 50cc one doesn't so there may need to be some tinkering there, I haven't really looked into it. Plus I'd also need to register the bike as a 49cc and get it checked by a man. The one advantage to all this is that I'm going to rebuild this engine eventually anyway (just didn't want to do it right now) plus I can go ride it straight away and without L plates or CBT, though to be honest doing the CBT may not be the worst idea in the world.
The last option is to buy a running engine. I missed a low mileage one go on eBay for £50 there a few weeks back that would have been ideal. I'd spotted it long before the auction ended but didn't think I'd have any bother finding a barrell so just left it. Kind of wished I'd just bought it to get the scoot going at least.
For the moment I'll hold out for the 69cc barrell and keep my fingers crossed. Once I've the engine sorted I reckon I can have the bike built in a weekend and hopefully running a few weeks after that.
If that doesn't work I will have to try and find an oversized piston and rings and then get one of the existing cylinders bored, which will be a real pain in the ass, especially as I start travelling next week. I'm also struggling to find the rings but I've struggled for other parts and found them alright.
Third option is much more of a headache, which is to use the 49cc engine out of my donor scooter and do a complete rebuild on it using parts I've already sourced. The only issue that'll give me is that it's going to be pretty expensive and the carb will need sorting out. My current wagon has manual choke and the 50cc one doesn't so there may need to be some tinkering there, I haven't really looked into it. Plus I'd also need to register the bike as a 49cc and get it checked by a man. The one advantage to all this is that I'm going to rebuild this engine eventually anyway (just didn't want to do it right now) plus I can go ride it straight away and without L plates or CBT, though to be honest doing the CBT may not be the worst idea in the world.
The last option is to buy a running engine. I missed a low mileage one go on eBay for £50 there a few weeks back that would have been ideal. I'd spotted it long before the auction ended but didn't think I'd have any bother finding a barrell so just left it. Kind of wished I'd just bought it to get the scoot going at least.
For the moment I'll hold out for the 69cc barrell and keep my fingers crossed. Once I've the engine sorted I reckon I can have the bike built in a weekend and hopefully running a few weeks after that.
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Had this out and running yesterday and fitted a few we bits. Wee 50's and the like are some fun, can't understand why more people aren't into them?
I like that!
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Scooters are toilets on wheels
You'll love the FR. Can't wait to get out a run on it, my mate Nicky will come out as well with us.Woodcutter
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Scooters are toilets on wheels
It'll be like Harry & Lloyd in that scene from Dumb & Dumber!
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