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Haven't had anywhere near as much scooter time as I'd like lately. Managed to get a few hours to muck around with Barbie tonight though. Squirt of engine start and 2 kicks was all it took to get the purple parts one started up, sounded healthy enough without the exhaust so I pulled it from the frame. Removed the old engine with collapsed bearings from Barbie Fitted the old Gyro brake shoes etc to the new one and bolted it in. Managed to get it running fairly well, the gas and oil in the tanks are likely from 1998 and the resulting smoke clouds smell like death haha, first burnout was achieved first start ha. Next steps are: unlock front wheel, maybe get brakes working, fit headlights etc from parts pile, buy a plate, remove springs and fit neons. Then decide on the best way to start her on a meth habit.

That was the Subaru powered Starlet wasn't it? Edit:

Pretty sure I've got some AF35 bars kicking about if Nifty don't fit

Crank seals, gaskets, crap on gasket surfaces, inlet gaskets, base gaskets, case seal, pretty much anywhere there is a join between the carb mount and the exhaust flange. Crank seals are a common one.

Possibly a bit lean, Suzuki's seem to love big jetting. Going by the pics he sent me I'm leaning towards an air leak though.

Sorry about the delay, Aussie customs threw a fit about a battery in the parcel (never been a problem before) and sent the whole lot back to Europe, it was resent without the battery and left Belgium last week so should be here any day now. Will get it out to out overnight the day it arrives to me, sorry again! Edit: @RUNAMUCK the parcel arrived in NZ an hour ago, as long as customs don't hold it I'll have your parts Monday then you'll have them on Tuesday all going well.

Yeah those generic chambers have a reputation of only making power at really high rpm, but when they do hit they hit HARD.

Tube bending limited in Auckland have been good to me in the past.

Grab your spare key while you're there too lol

I've got more in the van I think, will drop some bigger ones in to @MopedNZ later today.

That's sounds lean man, revs are hanging. Big jet, get it stupid rich then swap down till closer. You really don't want to seize a Nikasil cylinder, game over if you do.

That's fucked up, it's stated as designed to retain the factory head!

Not off the top of my head, my haul turned out to be AF05E sadly. If I can find 2 I'll let you know though /Want an FA? Does run, needs de-Barry'ing

WTF was I thinking haha After a few drinks we came up with a pretty solid plan on Saturday night for what to do with the pink movie, so stay tuned for the adventures of a crackwhore, otherwise known as Barbie on meth lol.

Oops. MOVIE NEW CONCEPTS BY MY OWN I blame @MichaelJFox @GuyWithAviators and @Shakotom, bunch of bad influences haha! To make it worse the one on the rack is just the one that didn't fit in Andrews truck...

I've got a Dio bearing and seal kit here if you do decide to refresh things

Looks like a Zongshen YX125 rather than a Lifan, just out of interest how much did you pay for it? Edit: now that I see the pics on a big screen I take that back, wrong flywheel cover for a Zongy Primary clutch like that is fairly standard on the 125 and smaller engines from what I've seen. The high performance variants and the bigger capacity engines are secondary clutch with the lever on top.

Lol I remember that bit well, took ages to get the right spot to get past the 3 Honda blockade.

I'm pretty keen at this stage, got Chandler going again but not sure it's the best choice since it never seems to be able to finish a ride without something breaking or falling off haha! Also the lack of suspension is a bit limiting. Might try get Plan B sorted out, or build something new.

Sandy's Jog had been having issues with clutch slip since I got it going, whipped the cover off and it rapidly became obvious as to why... It's been a very long time since there was any pad on those shoes! The torque driver was fried too. So since I have a parts wreck here I figured it'd just be a simple case of swapping over the bits from that and calling it done... Maybe not Oh well I might as well raid the stock shelves then! ARTEK K2 clutch (really really nice kit!), Polini Hi-Speed variatior kit and Polini Kevlar reinforced belt should do the trick! The gearset input bearing sounded pretty bad, so while I had it apart to swap out the bearing I cleaned out the disgusting sludge from the gears And went back to the stock shelf MUCH better! Works damn well, although it's all rather overkill for a stock 49cc, so I may yet chuck a 70 kit and a decent pipe at it in the near future just cause it'd be a waste of a race clutch right? Oh and once again @64vauxhall came through with the goods and did a seat for it a while back Should be all good to go now!

Have put a lot of Ks on the Chandler since my last post, crashed it again being a dick drifting on grass lol, fitted Polini brakes in the front and then did a 70odd K ride in the rain the other weekend for something to do/see how far the 2L tank would get me. The other night I got pulled over finally, I was shitting myself but it turned out they pulled me only because it'd blown the tail light bulb again, the 2 cops loved it! They just said I might want to chuck a baffle in the pipe as it's the loudest 50cc in town hahahaha Snapped the exhaust right after that and rode home with just an open headpipe lol. Couple nights ago I re-welded the exhaust, beefed up the exhaust mount, went to an even bigger main jet, swapped the oil again and also added a ballast resistor to try and keep the lights happy.

First Google result for empty shed lol I've got nothing even started for the ride, haven't even got anything rideable to bring to Auckland next week haha

@The Dude was just selling it on Facebook, I'm guessing you got it from him.

One day I'll make it through a full ride on the Chandler without something shaking off ha! Lost an exhaust stud and almost one of the rear shock mount bolts on Saturday.