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[Down&Out]

With the engine stuff youve orderedm how fast do you recon you can go on one of these things?

From what people on retro rides have told me, we recon about 50.

Ive had people say "is that it?", but to be honest, they've never had to travel everywhere at 25 and if im honest, 50 is damn fast.

I might be able to squeeze 55 out of it with fine tuning, but it'll certainly mean i can travel the entire way to college on it instead of having to get the train.

Edited by Down&Out, 21 January 2011 - 10:15 PM.

[Down&Out]

Well I fitted a tyre today with tyre levers, I must say that if every tyre fitter in the world had to use levers rather than a machine they'd all be at eachothers throats with rage.

Got the tyre on, reassembled the freewheel so that I could put the wheel back on and I was gunna freewheel it down the hill and see if I could get it started. But for some reason, miraculously the pedals worked. they're tempremental so sometimes you have to push the bike forward to engage the pedals but its a start at least.

Span the wheels with the pedals to try and check for a spark, but no spark and the engine wasnt kicking out compression, which means it wasnt turning over.

I took the left side cover off and found what I believe to be the centrifugal clutch, so I tried spinning that by hand and low and behold it kicked out compression, checked for a spark and it sparked fine, so for some reason the pedals arent turning the engine.

I'm also not familiar with the proper starting technique, theres a small black lever underneath the left brake lever, my dad thought it was something called a 'decompressor' no idea what that is though.

[Down&Out]

Well it seems ive sorted it.

Moped army were completely unhelpful in basically just telling me to go away and learn how a moped works before I ask a question.

I dismantled the clutch to find out how it worked and found that despite the lever moving, it wasnt pushing on the clutch hard enough. So it just took some major adjusting of the cable for it to work.

I followed by attempting to change the tyre but I managed to puncture the inner tube with a tyre lever, so a puncture repair kit should be on the cards

Pretty pleased ive got the starting lever working at least!

[Alex_grease_monkey]

awesome im so tempted to get on and i have a car and pitbike lol just looks fun and 50mph is plenty of speed for round towns and stuff

[josh.goddard]

i want one started looking

[Down&Out]

Just some pictures for you all. Excuse the quality, they were taken on my phone.

Here's the rather nice new headlamp.



Heres the new lockable gas cap (which may as well not have been ironically because it seals so well its a right job to pull out again) and the keyring I had to have.


This is the front stabiliser not fitting


And this is the center plate not fitting


Apart from the fitting problems, alls good so far.

[Down&Out]

Now sold.