Born again!!

Hi all,

I've had a full bike licence for some years now but had to give up riding due to a neck problem. It absolutely broke my heart at the time and I thought that was that until my neighbour pulled an old Speedfight out of the shed to sell.

Then I thought what the heck why not?

100 quid later and I'm the proud owner of "Vera". A new tyre on the back, a new battery, a new starter motor and a fresh MOT and I'm back!!!!

Going out for my first proper ride on her later. Wish me luck.

All the best.

P.S. I have no manufacturers manual for it. Can anyone tell me how to start it properly from cold?

 

Hi and welcome got any pics thy speak a thousand words

 

Will get some pics on here when I find my phone cable.

 

Thanks for that. It starts but cuts out straight away. After a couple of attempts it keeps running.

Just had my first proper ride. What a disaster. She was all over the road like a snake and holding back. Pulled over to find I've got a puncture on my brand new tyre and the rear brake is grabbing.

Oh well.

 

Oh, I've just discovered that I've got a fuel leak too.

 

Just below where the idle/mixture screw is. I assume it's the float chamber? I'll take the air filter box off later and have a look. Might account for why she was hesitating. Fuel starvation due to it all leaking out maybe.

 

She has been sitting for a bit. I'll take it off and check it out. Gonna order some bits later anyway so if I need anything it's not a problem. Thanks for the advice.

 

Thanks Mark. Haven't had chance today. Just finishing tiling a floor. Will hopefully have a look one evening. I'll keep you posted.

 

I've got a speedfight manual I can email to you,
As for the starting when it's cold thing, not too sure, mines manual choke so I just pull it up, leave it for a few minutes, return it and away we go, you'll probably find more problems along the way, best to check the whole bike over, start with the most needed things then work your way through

 

Hi Conver93, mine's a 2000 speedfight, just before they changed it to the speedfight 2. If you've got a manual that covers it then yes please I would really appreciate a copy. I think this scooter will most certainly keep me busy for a while.

 

Mehhhh speedfight 1.... Speedfight 2, they're both the same, that's why when you but parts it says speedfight 1&2

 

Post your email address and ill send it to you

 

My email is athertonrich@tiscali.co.uk

Thanks.

 

Sent it, let me know if you get it okay