Hi De Hi campers. im just getting back into scootering after finding this in my mates garden under some ivy you can see from the last pick the ivy mating with the loom :grin: its t reg, de restricted 50 LC speedfight 1 it hasnt been moved, ran or even touched for 6 years or more. but after half an hour of re placing the 2 fuel hoses, coz it had neither and i wasnt sure which one was which, burning my finger on the plug,a little brake cleaner, and using a drill on the from pulley cos the starter mech is somewhere else in the garden, pop pop pop. and it was off in a cloud of smoke. ticked over no problem for half an hour on the old fuel and plug. so now need to strip and sort everything from the ground up so if any one has any spares, they`ll go to a good home :good: it`ll be nice to get it back on the road coz i havent rode it since i was 17 when i last had a ped
i spent an hour today striping the rest of the wild life out and tried to clean up the starter and kick start mech, which, unfortunately is pretty goosed. the casing was taken off because neither was working and then left off on the floor. this has mutated the teeth on other stuff onto a ... well mess. so thats something that will probably need replacing, but will have a go at tomorrow. i reacon it will cost about 100 quid to get it mot ready, as one tyre is not worthy for a start. so just weighing up weather to just buy a bigger engine and make a sub frame etc or buy the engine bits and tune this engine. it's done 26K, beliveve it or not cratch: and not yet been written off :rotfl: i'm well able to do anything mechanically, but not really too much financhially. will post pics tomorrow of it stripped a bit
speedy engines are everywhere for cheap.. im sure somone on here has one lying about. better off restoring it to wat it use to be ad selling it if you want another engine.. conversions seem cheap but ed up costin more tha an original ike with theengie you want
ive got a AC engine out an 05 speedy 2 tht only needs a couple of parts going i jsut converted my speedy to LC so dont need it lemmie know if u want one mate might be able to make ua complete one if u dont want it complete it will only need clutch varitor and woodruff key
sorry for the dely. thanks minor and lee for your interest. im planning 100 quid(my bord is in american mode so cant find the pound sign :cray: ), to get it mot worthy. im after the starter mechs(kick and motor), as mine are beyound repair, and one bolt off the actual starter motor have snapped in removal, but no suprise heres my update so far - i got it home and grabbed WD40, Graphite penitrator, vinegar, ect - stripped whist running againts my fence :yahoo: looked at the slight problem and found some thing else to do and put it back after a mucky clean and carried on stripping. luckily i only had to drill one bolt half an houe after i started some bad spots elabaratted things then the missus said she was coming round she left ... 10 mins later 10 mins later an hour later sorry for the bad pic. but now i have stripped and painted the frame. im now concentrating on the fornt swing arm and bits
sorry for the delay, phones playing up. heres my update- cleaned up my wheel bought this for 30 quid :yahoo: which has a exhaust, oil pump, starter, tyre and spare wheel, which i happen to need :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: i was thinkin of a trike :grin: i found the bits i needed :cheers: :yahoo: and realised that an exhaust bolt bracket thingy had snapped on my original engine, so split the ac engine in 2, so i could get the side that had both bracket`s intact and put it on my lc engine coz they nicley have the same bottom ends :good: will update soon
looks good and fuckin hell wat happend to that engine looks like its seen better days...about 20 years ago hock:
this is the better half, not to mention the missus, lol i`ve gone for the engine split coz its got both exhaust brakets, and the original i had didn`t. i might aswell before i build them both back up. but it was getting expensive, i snapped 3 drill bit`s getting out the old bolts, its another trip to the pound shop lol
pound shop drill bits are made out of hardend dog shit mate theyd snap if u wer drillin into bread with them ur better off buying a decent drill bit
yeah i got a set of hardened dewalt bits which are bang on for drilling locks out etc so if taken straight and easy should munch the ally up ?
the 2 engine sides (the casings) are cast then machined as a pair, you should replace them as a pair. if you dont the bearings wont last long, the seals deffinatly wont last long and simtple things like the reedblock area wont be flush, the cylinder deck wont be flat and in some cases a cylinder plain wont go in. new bearing's when you put it back together, every time regardless of condition.
i did use proper drill bits, it was only a joke thats a fair point minor, what do you reacon about the exhaust bracket though as the top one has snapped and its alot of leverage over the length of the exhaust and strain on the single bracket and cylinder ale: i have painted the casing before i came back here, so it might be a wasted effort, but it look`s better and is better in the long run
hi, im still alive. just a quick update - done sod all really, just polished stuff, not alot though, lol cheers lee, lol. i think they may different, mine`s an old retro ped, lol. and yours is alot nicer than mine will be :good:
what minor said is not only correct its what WILL happen my garage replaced one side of my engine casing on a speedfight 100 years ago. the bike was fine before after long it started vibrating then vibrating more until i couldnt take the vibes anymore even ticking over it was a nightmare. find a way to secure the exhaust with the original engine casings. the speedy 100 i have as a propject had the bottom of the exhaust bolted to the stand hock: i thought wtf but when i looked it was actually a perfect solution and the exhaust was solid as hell
i made a bracket on a speedfight i had a while ago due to the whole casting snapping, both mounts,.. this is the best picture i still have and ive tried to outline it as to where it is, Heres a guide on how to do it, thanks to BigJim.T32 on Pug Club, http://www.pug-club.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16912
