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My old man's got a 1973 MG Midget, he reckons that's a scream to drive. It's off the road at the mo so I havn't tried it yet.
You used to be able to get some brackets which pushed the seat back, my dad's mate was about 6'4'' and he drove an old Mini Cooper fitted with them.
When mine was a 50 I ran it with the pro rep and the pollini variator, I think it was running with 5g rollers, but I didn't touch the contra...
The pro rep is good at high revs I have one which I found good when my bike was still running as a 50cc. As a 70cc I run a Leo Vince exhaust cos I...
I know a guy iwho owns a motorcycle parts business and he regularly visits China to have parts made, He told me that they are now getting better...
The Pollini variator is okay, the gianelli exhaust is not so good but better than a standard exhaust. The 17.5 carb is good but keep the standard...
Also France good (MBK = Yamaha)
Yup, Piaggio are now built in China. But there's a difference in quality between bikes built in China for Piaggio and bikes built with Chinese...
Actually it's the other way around MBK make the bikes in France then badge them as Yamaha..
My father had the same problem when he had his Lambretta rebored, he took it back to the engineers and they gave it another run on the borer, he...
Sounds like someons has fitted the wrong piston or cocked up the rebore with too tight a tolerance.
Firstly check that that the 2 stroke oil/fuel ratio is correct as these old bikes are premix . If some work has been done find out what, has it...
There's been previous posts about boost bottles, all agreed their a waste of money.
