So commuting in the 3.0 LWB Shogun we use for camping can only be described as a complete waste of money averaging about 16-17mpg round town, as the Capri is still not ready for MOT a new plan was for formulated on the way back from Santa Pod last weekend - a moped!
Unfortunately I got my licence 2 months after the cut off date for riding a moped with a car licence so Ill need to take my CBT test so this was added into the possible budget and off I went to ebay! Found a few knocking about on there but any that I actually liked where way over budget - Id been warned against chinese makes and so the search was still on!
This brings me to an ad I spotted on Retro Rides and as of the weekend me and my girlfriend and 'Shogy Bear' (the Shogun...) went on the trip to collect my 'buy one get one free' bargains
I know naff all about bikes - I really mean nothing, I have no experience (apart from riding my mates one about off road for a laugh) and I'm gonna need some advice me thinks!
Anyways here they are when I got them home, Ill do a separate thread for the other one - its a 1971 Mobylette in need of some extensive rejuvination so thats gonna wait in the corner while I concentrate on the Puch as its complete and seems like a more 'sensible' daily.
So here it is pulled out of his garden, shoved in the Shogun and resting on its new driveway with the beast
With its stable mate
As you can see covered on curse word and leaves and with a flat back tyre but deffo looking hella cool
some cool details on it
seems quite a chunky motor for a small bike? I havent a clue how it works at the mo the engine looks like a wizards pouch of magic and dragons to me
So.. I fixed the 'decompressor' cable (thanks google) and mounted the lever back on the bars with a small nut and bolt and then spent a good few hours cleaning all the curse word off it, giving it a good wash, cracking open the brasso on all the metal work and the t-cut on the paintwork before giving it a full on Mer waxing session and she's come up pretty well!!
Nice and glossy paint under all the crud
Shiny...
Cleaner wizardry
So this is how she sits at the mo
Just gotta work out how to get it runnin and put a new inner tube in the back tyre for now. I'm not looking forward to taking the back wheel off to do this as even when I do this on push bikes it seems to be as bad as sigining the death warrant as I always dash em up trying to put them back on so any advice on safely removing the rear wheel to do the inner tube and also getting it runnin (replacing servicable parts etc..) will be HUGELY appreciated!! 50cc's of confusion - but at least she's shiny
;D
Unfortunately I got my licence 2 months after the cut off date for riding a moped with a car licence so Ill need to take my CBT test so this was added into the possible budget and off I went to ebay! Found a few knocking about on there but any that I actually liked where way over budget - Id been warned against chinese makes and so the search was still on!
This brings me to an ad I spotted on Retro Rides and as of the weekend me and my girlfriend and 'Shogy Bear' (the Shogun...) went on the trip to collect my 'buy one get one free' bargains
I know naff all about bikes - I really mean nothing, I have no experience (apart from riding my mates one about off road for a laugh) and I'm gonna need some advice me thinks!
Anyways here they are when I got them home, Ill do a separate thread for the other one - its a 1971 Mobylette in need of some extensive rejuvination so thats gonna wait in the corner while I concentrate on the Puch as its complete and seems like a more 'sensible' daily.
So here it is pulled out of his garden, shoved in the Shogun and resting on its new driveway with the beast
With its stable mate
As you can see covered on curse word and leaves and with a flat back tyre but deffo looking hella cool
some cool details on it
seems quite a chunky motor for a small bike? I havent a clue how it works at the mo the engine looks like a wizards pouch of magic and dragons to me
So.. I fixed the 'decompressor' cable (thanks google) and mounted the lever back on the bars with a small nut and bolt and then spent a good few hours cleaning all the curse word off it, giving it a good wash, cracking open the brasso on all the metal work and the t-cut on the paintwork before giving it a full on Mer waxing session and she's come up pretty well!!
Nice and glossy paint under all the crud
Shiny...
Cleaner wizardry
So this is how she sits at the mo
Just gotta work out how to get it runnin and put a new inner tube in the back tyre for now. I'm not looking forward to taking the back wheel off to do this as even when I do this on push bikes it seems to be as bad as sigining the death warrant as I always dash em up trying to put them back on so any advice on safely removing the rear wheel to do the inner tube and also getting it runnin (replacing servicable parts etc..) will be HUGELY appreciated!! 50cc's of confusion - but at least she's shiny
;D
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in a garden flat for years so I took the plunge and ordered a new inner tube instead
also the exhuast was loose as it only had 1 nut holding it on, I bolted the head down and replaced the missing nut as well as secured the exhuast so all good but it does have me wondering why the heads been off, unless they have just vibrated themselves loose over time and the previous owner didnt check much? Maybe it lost compression due to the lack of nuts on the head and he abandoned it? Who knows... 
;D