Pictures of the scooter
Well – the speedfight starts and runs now. I’ve spent another day or day and a half on the bike, and here is what I’ve been up to:
- Clean and refit carb
- Replace reed valve block (including adjusting length of reeds, they wouldn’t open..
- Weld up a new exhaust mounting bracket, and fit exhaust
- Disassemble transmission, clean cones, check belt, check rollers
- Rollers were heavily worn, so ordered replacment rollers
- Replace oil filler cap
- Determined that the rear tyre needed repairing/replacing, it kept leaking air every time I pumped it up
Here are some pictures, you’ll notice the rear wheel is off at the moment, as the tyre needs looking at. You can also see the new/old exhaust now. From the side:
And here is the bike from the front:
And finally, the bracket I made for the exhaust, the original lugs had snapped off, so I filed a flat on the casing, tapped a couple of metric holes, and welded up a steel bracket to hold the exhaust:
As I said, the bike starts nicely now, with the kickstarter only at the moment.