BLIZZO Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 so i wanted an old scooter that was fast, having an old scooter is easy but boring, and having a fast scooter can be fun but not my cup of tea, so i wanted old and fast. I love the simplicity and styling of the old honda nifty 50s, and they are super light, but also slow as fuck. So i picked up this actually tidy but sun faded nifty for the pricey sum of $80 Was cheap because motor is clagged but that doesnt bother me as its going in the skip anyway. Than after a visit to Big als i came away with this Dio AF18 motor, apparently a good runner as he pulled it out of the scoot, looks like its been under the sea the conversions for these are actually pretty simple, loom is very straight forward, a wee mod to join the two engine mounts together and then ad another shock mount on the frame of the scoot and presto. The even better thing is the nifty CDI works perfectly with the af18 and unlike to the Dio CDI its unrestricted, so no need for a chinga pinga racing CDI. I started pulling the dio motor down last night, inside its like brand new, the piston, rings and bore are mint, the genuine honda drivebelt looks like new, no wear on any of the pulleys / belt surfaces and even the rollers are free of flatspots. for now the only mods going on to the motor will be a performance variator and maybe some 9:1 final drive gears, should be good for 70kmph. Ill roll it like that for a while then look at going big all at once, polini corsa 72cc BBK, stage 6 intake, dellorto carb, decent exhaust etc. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Keeping it faded? Be a great little sleeper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 sort on pondered that idea aye but think i have decided ill restore the plastics. I have stripped the body down anyway and will paint the frame / get the dio motor in and going and then have another think about the plastics, would be pretty look looking haggard and doing wheelies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 this is going to be rad So keen to jump on the band wagon lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guypie Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I have a Niftsj. That being a nifty fifty with a suzuki sj50 engine. Goes real well for a scooter! will have a looksee if I can find some pictures edit: heres pics Long wheelbase: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chees- Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Bin those springs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Springs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 he means lower it. I vote get it scraping by riding the thing round corners quickly rather than being an immense faggot. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 yea nah fuck that why would you make a scooter go fast and then make it handle even more shit than a stock one so you cant go fast. I want this thing for max 2 stroke nangs and adventures, there isnt going to be a stand so it can get max leanover scrapage 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Yeah adventure riding over looking cool parked outside kfc . Gal built a real slammed and raked scooter and it now sits in the corner as a stripped down frame and it continually hit the ground and was slow around the corners while the rest of us burned off. He now rides a stock height bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chees- Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I vote get it scraping by riding the thing round corners quickly rather than being an immense faggot. Have you met me yet haha On me af18 i scrape the stand on speedbumps thats it, probs dont ride that fast tho lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Haha you immense faggot Greer. But yeah Auckland Roads rule for slam and your city is massive. Back country roads are where its at for us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 so i spent an evening on this thing last night. Modding the engine mount was far more involved that forums suggest as the engine mount on my donor dio motor was very different and more difficult than the ones all the build threads use. Anyway its all done now, just need to get some long 10mm bolts rather than the 8mm ones the nifty uses. next on the agenda was the new top shock mount. I have seen this done a few ways, all which look liek they could lead to imminent death when a fat cunt at 105kg likemyself hits speedbumps at 70kmph so i used two 3mm plates which will have a brace between them, i made 3 shock location holes so i can raise / lower slightly if need be. will get everything welded up and all mocked up then strip it all down again and strip and paint the frame. Going to run haggard plastics for now for max sleeper spec. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 hows the wheel base look with plastics on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 manly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 On 1/13/2017 at 15:59, Seedy Al said: hows the wheel base look with plastics on? Believe it or not it's only about 10mm more than the old motor, the position of the rear frame is a bit deceiving / looks like that with the stock motor etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Oh super rad. Man so keen on one of these lols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Canadian guy on another forum I frequent is playing with an old Spree, he's also fitted an AF18 but with a couple mild custom touches to the engine that may inspire you... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Dragging this back as its relative to my interests. Did you have a photo of of your nifty mount ? My early nifty mounts are nowhere nesr close to fitting the af18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 Nah no photos of mounts soz, I just hacked and welded where needed. Would almost be easier to cut the joining truss bits off and just start with the “tubes” and use some SHS to joint together, wound up being quite offset to make it all line up lush. This thing went pretty hard for what it was to be honest , I rode for a bit then flicked on trademe and sold it for $1200 hoons- https://youtu.be/mRhrfyozOJw sale pics- 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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