TimShadboltfan27

short cranks, maybe 165mm at a guess? depends how tall your kid is.
danscomp will have ratios for sprocket and freewheel combos, common one is 40-14 or 36-13. pop down to a open day/night at your local track and someone will be more than happy to help. bmx racers are a good bunch.

rough estimate:
apply to NZTA to re-register (provide pictures, vin/number plate and statutory declaration etc etc) - $184
Entry cert inspection - $137 or something
Registration on top of that being a classic - ~$100 or something? might be a bit more

your local cert man will know everything. the NZTA will make you jump through hoops and stuff, they can decline your application to re-register the bike so make sure you have as much info on the bike as you can find. email Yamaha nz, give them frame # they might have a record of it coming in to the country or something similar

all these photos make me super gutted I didn't commit to riding one.
how do you 50cc jokers go with keeping on the pace? is there quite a few smaller bikes to ring ding with?

yeah the old boy told me basically if it hasnt been registered after 1994 when VIN plates were introduced etc then i have to re-register it via alternative documents process. which is kinda shit considering everyone on here describing their experiences being nothing but smooth sailing.

old boy also told me they are cracking down on moped registration, too many cuzzies registering cheap chinese scooters that are much bigger than 50cc as mopeds, meaning now they check everything when re-registering. and to be honest, once i pay the nzta $184 to re-register, on top of registration and the entry certification its more than the scooters worth. if i do get pulled up on it maybe i will, but i cant justify $300 just for a number plate and rego tag

so after being shafted with the re-vin process, decided to keep building and just use licence plate from an already registered moped and begin modz

huge tyres looked cool but inevitably were horrible. they rubbed everywhere, hard to get on and off, front tyre was eating away at my speedo cable, not ideal.
slapped the 2.25's back on, made a great difference. top speed increased. no rubbing. the dream.

then came the lows

v pleased with end result.

took indicators off cos in all honesty they do fuck all, and it looks better. scoot goes so much better now without the horrible boaty suspension. 
sui shifter??? trim the seat??? more matte black aussie export????? roger

for what its worth, my boss at work builds VW 1200 engines for his son in the formula V race series, he definitely knows the best in the business for building VW motors. pricewise might be a bit on the high end, but a quality job none the less. can ask for his opinion/suggestion of a cheaper builder if you'd like.

saw you hissing around palmy on sunday! rangitikei/grey st intersection i think. bike looks amazing! 

you best be bringing it to burger meet next tuesday! ill be there on my ring ding-mobile making excessive noise also.

digging the MS paint roof spoiler jim.

it's a 3 or 6 for me

how did drilling the jet out go? really need to get on to doing mine eh, boss at work reckons drilling jets is a bit of a gamble, but then again so is trying to find a bigger jet haha

twin expansion chambers on the cards? was the re-vin process difficult?
i am extremely envious of what seems to be your never ending classic 2 stroke inventory.
would be keen for a cruise on a good day, if your 185 can keep up with a 100cc

yeah man its so good! i feel like it has gotten slightly quieter, or im just used to it.

fab an airbox out of sheetmetal. doit

update: have been riding this thing a lot lately. so much fun! everyone needs to experience 2 stroke ring dings as a mode of transport in their lives. bike ha been turning heads everywhere i go, such a good feeling when an old foamer comes over for a squizzy at the servo or wherever. 

only thing ive done to it recently is switch back to running factory airbox (thanks for that one josh!). the bike's frame was so close to the carb my pod filter was pretty much squished inbetween, and came off a few times while riding cos it couldnt fit over the carb fully. 

use to run like a bag of balls when cold, and had a dirty miss at low rpm. factory airbox solved all my issues, runs much nicer!

time to get the seat upholstered, then bring on summer for unanimous amounts of ring dings

plz proceed, and post your results.

v keen on a CDI upgrade, the price of those kits is like free horsepower almost!

not good news on my quest to re-rego my fr50...

since there was no proof of previous registration i took it to the entry certifier and he inspected it, made a few calls to the LTA, and are making me re-register it via the alternative documents process.
i need a JP to sign a statutory declaration saying im the legal owner, send photos of the bike to them and  pay the $184 fee, and even then that doesnt guarantee they will accept my application to re-register. after that vtnz do a entry safety check then i can rego it.

i even told them it didnt need a check as it was a moped, but he said that would be the case if i had proof of registration, or a number plate etc.

tldr; no proof of previous registration = joyous occasion had by all

Can a bike with cancelled rego be put back on the road?

Much of a mission ect?

yes and no in my opinion. if you have genuine proof of previous registration (wof sticker, license plate, rego tag etc) then the process is as easy as willdat said. 

if you have absolutely no info on the bike, you're in for a very frustrating time with VTNZ. 

on a side note it helps to buy the bike from an actual business or a trademe auction in regards to the proof of ownership part of it, apparently people have had trouble with revinning bikes they bought of hustle rfb live etc

turns out the parts guy at city honda is a massive moped/c50 foamer! has an immaculate c90 with ct110 engine. off the showroom floor spec.
anywayz, went in to buy tube for rear wheel, and he ended up selling me his old tyres. some ling long lookin thing on the back, michelin m62 on the front

17x2.75 front, 17x3.00 on the rear. looks much better than the 2.25 original front tyre. the 3 inch on the rear rubs on the lip of the guard cos jdm stance nation as fuck. time to get the file out. 

next will be a good clean up, paint engine covers, side covers and wheels. then pop down to the man at VTNZ and get this puppy legal.

cheers man. what is it? 40 years for classic rego?

digging this one up from the archives as im in need of a bit of advice.

re-registering a suzuki FR50 as a moped, no wof re-vin process or other nonsense.

I stumbled across an old wof sticker under the seat, with old license plate number on it, perfect piece of info to prove it has previously been rego'd. but as a wof sticker that implies it was registered as a motorcycle? does that mean if i go to re-rego it as a scooter will i disrupt the bureaucratic process? i.e make me re-vin as motorbike? or was there some fucked up time period where mopeds needed wofs or summin

ty in advance

cheers to chunky the good bastard i received a lot of parts i needed. r/h side cover, legshield, tail light lens, underneath of the fairing, and little locking ring for ignition. and hardtail struts for later on in the show

after all parts on, looking very tidy! 

soo last night i ended up leaving sparkle's place with almost the entire contents of his shed...

picked up a pretty sweet 80's spec suzuki FR50. missing quite a few bits which i hope to acquire in the near future.

cant beat the trusty two stroke, cleaned spark plug, cleaned air filter, cleaned carb, adjusted idle slightly and now runs nicely! still dies after quite a while but hopefully a good long ride should bring it back to life.

currently flat back tyre, missing the valve for my compressor to tyre pump so unsure whether deflated or punctured.

rusty as fuck, gonna paint a few bits and leave a bit of horrific patina. in the next coming days i plan to give it a birthday, new fluids, plug and source a few parts from good dude Chunky, anyone else with spares let me know! would love to slap an 80cc motor in it if i can get my hands on one.

last rego'd in 93, or is this a wof sticker? doesnt look like the old rego stickers you see on black plates. hopefully this wasn't registered as a motorbike...

plan is to create a boned out QCR inspired moped to terrorise the streets of p naughty with. has anyone done an expansion chamber for one of these? need to maximise dorts! any thoughts or comments fire away!

you will probs need give it a slight tune if you put one of those breathers on as they bog out if you go too hard on the throttle. i couldn't actually find one big enough for the carb so i ended up buying a super small pod filter for my bike.
seen heaps of people run pod filters on them, theres probably no harm

feel free to sell to me when you get sick of it  

lights symbol = turned on

looking forward to this build! would love to see it restored, but anything that has twin expansion chambers will be amazing

anyone lookin for bike haynes manuals? sanson 2nd hand book store (manawatu, sh1/sh3 intersection) has a gold mine of bike haynes manuals.

cb100, cb125, h100, c50, yamaha fs1, suzuki gsx400, cb750 four, yamaha rx? 500, and rd200 twin.

prices are about $20 each, well worth it, they are all in good condish

also does anyone else know of other haynes manual goldmines? bikes preferably

running a pod filter so that will be leaning mixture out. plug is always black though, might have to go up a jet size or something. will look at getting a proper tune.

it always spluttered in 1st gear and when cold with standard exhaust, but never died on me or anything like that.