johnnyfive Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Oook, so I bought this off a friends brother. 1978 V50, 3 speed, 'AUTOLUBE', mental front forks, little bit rough, but with some lovin should suffice for chortling around. Is currently unregistered, and looks to have been registered as a motorbike in its past sometime, so will try re-reg as a scooter perhaps, will see what I can suss. Also, what is this shaft with collar on it on LH engine cover, it has two positions it can slide to/be fixed into, but doesn't appear to do anything in either, I was hoping it was going to be for 'high-ratio' or something, but alas, it appears to do nothing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 love the colour, are you plannng on chopping it or leaving stock? i can guarantee that if you decide to leave it stock, like i did, you will pine over all the sweet modified ones, and proceed to hack yours out into insanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Looks nice and tidy, how does it run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'm unsure what I want to do with it, gonna try tinker round a bit and get it running better / going faster than 60, and go from there. Seems to run really smooth and quiet, but has a slight flat spot (or just runs out of power?) towards top of RPM, and gets stuck at 60. Shocks no longer absorb shocks, otherwise seems ok though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Looks lush.. (well it will when it is tidied a bit) I vote leave it std as these things are not super common now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 i think i used to own this/identical one they are 2 or 3 speeds no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 3speed it is. Replaced points and condenser and burnt exhaust and now goes better. Still won't do much better than 65. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Apart from gear changes, this thing is smooth as a hickory wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddley Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 this thing is sooooooooooo choice. keep it forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGal Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Start chopping so you can go from this to this Chopped bars, chopped seat, bobbed, hard tail, painted wheels and engine, new exhaust, new front tyre. Has a new expansion chamber that actually works now, a bigger piston and higher compression. Your hitting 65 standard imagine the posibiltys with some mods. Mine struggled to 55 now it hits 70 and runs out of gearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 how did you bump the compression on yours andy? while ive got my engine in bits ill be doing new piston and head work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGal Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Skimmed the bore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Hrmm, that does look fucking sweet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGal Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 ^Like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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