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Popular Post Bellicose Posted February 8, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2017 So, no actual physical progress but..... While i was in town today i thought i'd go and have an argument with someone at a wof / compliance place just for shits and giggles. Also so i could feel superior to the 'office' people by saying "YES there is such a thing as a Phillips Gadabout and YES they are eligible to be road legal. BUT, fu*k it all, things didn't go to plan. Lady behind the counter said 'Oh, maybe you should talk to ***** as he's our motorcycle guy'. So after chatting to him for 5 minutes and him checking the system and yelling across the waiting area to say "Yeah bro, our system has Phillips Gadabouts on it". He then produced a form which he half filled out and handed to me saying "when ya up and running bring it in so i can check frame and engine numbers match what you write on form and i'll sort ya plate and shit. Oh, and don't worry about lights and shit cos i won't be doing a 'safety check', besides it won't have a battery so it don't matter" If all goes to plan ***** will be getting very drunk courtesy of me the weekend following my bike receiving plates and reg' lol. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMoks70 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Just joined the page, was interested in progress in your Gadabout. Also got one in the late stages of reno. Hams based. Had a dude from England come for a look a few years back, was keen on the history of rear shock models. You still got yours?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellicose Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 22/01/2019 at 18:21, JayMoks70 said: Just joined the page, was interested in progress in your Gadabout. Also got one in the late stages of reno. Hams based. Had a dude from England come for a look a few years back, was keen on the history of rear shock models. You still got yours?? Sweet, yeah i've still got mine. Won't be getting rid of that one. It's a loooong term project and currently in boxes. So yours is # 8N2199 yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMoks70 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Bloody hell, yep that's the number on the frame, how'd ya know that?? Was looking thru some stuff, its still got original rego papers and shows my Grandfathers purchase in 1966!! Was sold new in Whakatane in 1960. It has a Villiers 2 speed engine. I got some cables from England a few years ago, and they aren't quite right, but hey what can ya do. What condition are yours? Got a parts breakdown booklet too if you interested. Do you know the wheel/tyre sizes? I see you got some new rims, did they fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellicose Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, JayMoks70 said: Bloody hell, yep that's the number on the frame, how'd ya know that?? Was looking thru some stuff, its still got original rego papers and shows my Grandfathers purchase in 1966!! Was sold new in Whakatane in 1960. It has a Villiers 2 speed engine. I got some cables from England a few years ago, and they aren't quite right, but hey what can ya do. What condition are yours? Got a parts breakdown booklet too if you interested. Do you know the wheel/tyre sizes? I see you got some new rims, did they fit? Wasn't hard to work out mate, your username here on Oldschool and the first Gadabout Mark writes about in this article. http://www.icenicam.org.uk/articles2/art0036.html The Geoffrey Clark in the article has a big collection of mopeds down in Napier. I've spoken to him a few times and will pop in to see him next time i'm down there visiting my mum. I don't have any cables, was just going to get some made because of the motor swap i'll need custom made ones. As far as tyres go, the only place i could find them (23" x 2") were from here http://www.mopedland.co.uk/chain/index.html#tyre But as my rims were rotten I'm going with 24", which by my reckoning will work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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