Vintage Grumble Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Good day, I decided I need yet another project thread on OS. It will no doubt be like accidently sleeping with a thai lady boy prostitute, leaving you feeling dirty and unfulfilled, but hey, these things happen. I purchased a 2000 Suzuki AZ50X (same as a LetsII I think) from a girl I know, it had been lightly crashed a couple of times, but was in pretty good nick, still runs like a kitten dreaming about purrs. Any who, i've taken all the plastics off, and plan to cut off everything I dont need (like mounts for stuff im removing) and basicly only running what I need for it to be road legal/able to run. What I need some advice on is, wheres the best places to import scooter parts from? Anyone know of any sites in the US or japan that are good to get bits from? To start with I want a tune pipe and CDI, I will make up my own intake and filter to suit, and then re-jet it. Any advice or help would be great! Will post up some pics once i've done something interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 try http://www.scootling.co.nz/ they have lots of scoot performance parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 try http://www.scootling.co.nz/ they have lots of scoot performance parts Chur, knew about them, but im pretty sure you can bring in gear yourself for much cheaper. This place has some of the same stuff as scootling for half the price http://japan.webike.co.nz/ but want to be super sure about what im getting, their descriptions are pretty odd due to translation, was hoping there was a good US site to geeze at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Im about to order some shit for this bad ass mother fucker, but need some advice. Im going to be running a tune pipe, and want to know what weight rollers I should get. A few places that sell the pipes supply the rollers with them, and I believe they are lighter than standard. Is the idea that by running lighter rollers the scoots will accelerate faster, and get the motor up in the revs where the tune pipe will do its thang? Any idea on what weight rollers I should get? Or how much lighter than standard is a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegoose Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 pipe manufacturer should have a suggestion, unless its a generic cheapo pipe? it could be anywhere from 6 to 15 grams on a suzuki from memory they are a 17x12 roller factory is 6.6 grams you can experiment your self by filling the holes with bluetac (temporary testing only) and by drilling them out borrow some decent scales of your friendly neighbourhood drug dealer to balance them all to 0.1g make sure there are no flat spots on them otherwise this will mess with your testing going too light (3.5g>) may mean it never hits its top drive ratio and you will be screaming all the time 4.5g is the lightest ive ever put in a suzuki and that was tuned to the tits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Chur, thanks for the info, bloody rippa. I pulled the drive off last night and found it only had three rollers in it? Has room for the std six, im thinking someone has pulled three out at some point? The ones that are in there are pretty worn, one was fucked, like 2g had worn off it. They are indeed 17x12 rollers, but are about 15g. I guess I should find out what it was meant to have in it and go from there? The tune pipe I was going to get is just a dirty old tecnigas, they aren't completely shit are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegoose Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 oh noes! ive ran out of 6.6 gram rollers.HMMMM? ill use half as many but about twice as heavy i should know i have done it, personaly get a set of 6.6g and 6 of them and see how it goes, if it feels like it only starts to go all VTEC just before you run out of 'gears' then go down a weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Ordered some parts from Japan I did, they showed up today, so I now have, New CDI: Chameleon Factory Performance Pulley Kit: KN "Ride till die!" drive belt: I also got this as I will no doubt need a 300kmh speedo, a Trail tech Vapor stealth: And one of these is on its way from the U.S. of A: Will slap up pics soon of what i've done to the scooter itself. Also i'm picking up an 86 FA50 this weekend, its going to be my cruzer/off roader/wifes scooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Speed Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 cool, how much for the trail tech, and what kind of pick up does it use for speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 It was $190, and seems pretty good for the $$, has a trillion neat features N shit. It just has a dirty old magnetic pick up for the speed, no fancy hall effect sensors or anything (it is made in america after all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Did some stuff. Removed all this pointless crap, ^ This is about a 3rd of the steel removed. Then bent a few bits, and welded this bit in, Set the seat down a shit load lower and back a bit, Cut some more stuff off, Made up some carbon blanks, to cover starter and oiler holes. Made up some flat handle bars, Have started on the gas tank, which will fit under the seat, and have started sorting the lights and so on also. Much excite! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I like how you have attached the handlebars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chees- Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 think this needs slight v bars slanting down and back, not a fan of straight bars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Speed Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 think this needs slight v bars slanting down and back, not a fan of straight bars or clip-on's on the fork legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Yeh, people say I need to weld the bars, i'm confident the tape will hold. I can't bring the bars back, or make them any lower, as im 6'4, my legs/fatness take up most of the space infront of the seat. I may play around with slightly bent bars in the future, I just really want to get this going/do skids on it so they will do for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 you should weld the stem from a mountain bike to it, so you can clamp on some riser bars that will bend back slightly but also sit forward to clear the rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phr34kr Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 What Fliboy said. Mountain bike handle bars would be mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Speed Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 an mtb stem might not even need welding - whats the diameter of the steerer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 The std bars were pretty much mtb spec, and looked horrid, really horrid, trust me, I know what i'm doing Theres going to be some sort of front on it to support the head light/stop wind going up my dress, so the front will look a lot different in the end. The led head lights is one of the last things i've got to work out, will maybe run two or so luxeon star led's? Anyone used these as headlights before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 dear sir, though i approve of this thoroughly, please finish your twin engine cool machine love rot808 xoxox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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