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1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration

nomad Posted a lot Posts: 2,948	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration nomad @nomad
	Mar 11, 2012 10:45:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Inspired by this thread, decided to start a thread for my sparetime project ;D Currently it's a scruffy, incomplete non-runner. Will hopefully be up, running, and slightly-less-scruffy in time for a BBQ at mates farm at Easter. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=othrmod&action=display&thread=125072 I'll be looking for a petrol cap + other bits soon, let me know if you have any spares
	Random picdump for your entertainment forum.retro-rides.org/thread/197691/womble-ing-improvising-photo-diary?page=8 Selling up - Italjet 50cc Minibike and more : retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=othrmod&action=display&thread=125072 Working without broadband - replies may take a while.

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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 11, 2012 21:07:23 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cheers nomad, left a message on your thread. Cool bike by the way, endless hours of fun to be had there
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 11, 2012 21:34:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	On the first start up of the bike it suffered from a bit of an oil leak coming from the kick start oh well, shouldn't have been a cheap skate... So was tidying my garage today and decided to drop the oil and get it done Casing off along witch kick gear and shaft... Looks like a bit of a flat O-ring to me Fresh O-ring donated from my pa's stockpile, what a diamond geezer ;D Out with the old in with the new as they say... Much more pronounced! Gasket sealant on, bolts in, jobs a gooden! Need to do another start-up to test it but I think it should be fine ;D Going to re-furb the wheels asap now then get the tyres on and whaaaheeey, could be rolling like a child
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 13, 2012 19:59:24 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Found a spare few hours after work while my gfriend was doing the weekly shop so I decided to get one of my wheels sorted Gave it a good scrub and a light sand Dried and masked up... Hung on an old wire coat hanger and off we go.... Result! Finished in time for tea Shall examine the result tomo, ahhh satisfying. ;D
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Rusted Pistons Posted a lot Posts: 3,726	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration Rusted Pistons @daveyboy20
	Mar 15, 2012 8:36:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Awesome! Tested the leak yet? Wheel looks good
	The artist formerly known as Daveyboy20 ****RUSTED PISTONS**** www.youtube.com/c/RustedPistons?sub_confirmation=1 + 2

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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 15, 2012 13:01:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Not tested the leak as yet, pretty damn confident that I have stopped it from that area. Will be somewhere else leaking next most prob Excited about getting some decals sorted, tyres and decided to get some new brake cables. The ones I have made have failed apart from the throttle one
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 15, 2012 19:59:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Had a bit of an inspection my wheels this evening and started putting them back together, don't look to bad Before & after...
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 18, 2012 22:13:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Have had a good weekend on the bike had a productive weekend in general really. Started the weekend off with a trip to Halford's picked up some brake cable and grease to do the wheel bearings Stripped my other remaining wheel apart... Gave it a good scrub and a light sand Hung for spraying Left it for the day to dry and then decided to just get it assembled Looks pretty clean, glad I didn't get grease all over the paint After getting that done ended up cutting the grass front and back an thought why stop there. I ended up back in the garage Decided to make a new heat shield for the exhaust. Bit of old plate from work marked up It's 4mm thick aluminium plate, wanted to get a nice bend in it so this was my solution Sure the neighbours were happy Managed to smack my hand in the process, Doh! Spotted the holes in the plate ended up being about 1mm off some how, think it's because I was rushing a little bit. Ended up slotting the hole, not a bad solution and it doesn't look to rough! Think it looks pretty cool, going to take it into work tomo and give it a good buffing, should do the job
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Rusted Pistons Posted a lot Posts: 3,726	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration Rusted Pistons @daveyboy20
	Mar 20, 2012 21:53:00 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Nice heat shield dude, looks well smart! Wheels look ace too - with fresh boots and the minty paint its gonna look great! ;D
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Mar 29, 2012 22:11:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hello chaps, Managed to get some time in work to get my heat shield sorted and also order my tyres ;D Here is my heat shield before sanding... After sanding for a good hour, going from 800-2000 grit And this is the result after some G6 and a good polish on the buffing wheel in work think it looks pretty cool. Here it is on the bike... So I decided to order my tyres from a scooter company in Germany who seemed to be the only people I could get some nice cool road tyres to fit the bike. Been waiting for a couple of weeks but today they came through A pig to fit but I think they were the right choice, even though they are a bit snug Fresh out the box... After some serious struggling Need to get some air in them, with a bit of fiddling I'm sure I can get away with such a tight fit. Here is the finished result...
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muddymoke Part of things Posts: 24	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration muddymoke @muddymoke
	Mar 29, 2012 22:57:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Apr 2, 2012 20:52:52 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Got a bit of time at the weekend to get the wheels properly on the bike and have a good look at it. Still have a few problems to iron out but it starts runs and moves which are the main things, just not very well needs a bit of fine tuning. I think it needs re-jetting or the inlet manifold is not right for the bike, sounds smothered when I rip the revs back.
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Apr 11, 2012 11:53:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Well I have had a few running issues recently and i think it may be down to the inlet manifold. looks far to big for the port when i look at closely, need to take pic really. Never spec'd a new carb inlet, was half tempted to make one? anyone have any ideas or go to places on 50cc inlets?
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	May 21, 2012 13:02:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oh Yeah, Forgot to add some daylight pics of the bike, need to source a new inlet manifold, mod the chain guard as the tyre's are pretty wide. approx 2mm away from the chain
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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	1970's Italjet Mini Bike Restoration meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Jun 20, 2012 11:46:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Right has been a while since I last touched the bike, I was having fueling issues with it so decided to have a break from it and with doing up the house and my daily didn't leave me much time for this So anyway, the fueling issues. On closer inspection of carb the inlet manifold that was attached to it was ridiculously over size, must have been a bright idea of the last owner who was suitably leathered when I arrived to originally collect the bike Anyhow to solve the problem I started hunting for the correct manifold, where I had no such luck. I ended up purchasing a modern one that fits to the more modern trials. The angle of this one was to acute to fit the carb on properly gay! I had no such luck of finding an original so in the end I decided to draw one up and have it made, mates rates in work done a much nicer job than I could of, he beauty of having a lathe at home So thats all that has happened recently, shall get a pic of the finished machined inlet tonight and see how the old girl behaves with it on
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