Well,
Saw this yesterday http://ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?361690-Restoration-project-Puch-MS50-D and thought, why not?
Had a nice drive up the Fosse-way in the wife's Mercedes (dont think i want to sell it now
) to collect this little beauty from Bryn. The boot on the Mercedes is huge, it swallowed up the little ped easily.We had a cuppa thanks to Bryn's better half then done a bit of 'man talk' in the garage, before loading it up.
I did say to Bryn before I left that I would like to get it running before I go to bed tonight, maybe not a wise statement as it has been 4 years since it last ran....
Got home safely, although the little bugger had a 'bike wee' in the back, a little bit of gearbox oil seeped out, good job I have a bit of old lino in the back...
So, to work. First thing was added some fuel and oil, did approximately a 25:1 mix, thought that would be about right, i didn't want to run it for long anyway. Did it start? did it buggery...
So, remove plug and check for spark, seemed to be OK, nice blue spark, so re-fit plug and give it another pedal up, and...Yes!
Click on the picture below to view video in Photobucket...
It started and to be honest, sounded as sweet as a sweet thing!!!! All gears, clutch and brakes work fine!
I will start on the clean up next weekend, but will sleep well tonight. The bike is now resting up in the garage...
Steve.
Saw this yesterday http://ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?361690-Restoration-project-Puch-MS50-D and thought, why not?
Had a nice drive up the Fosse-way in the wife's Mercedes (dont think i want to sell it now
) to collect this little beauty from Bryn. The boot on the Mercedes is huge, it swallowed up the little ped easily.We had a cuppa thanks to Bryn's better half then done a bit of 'man talk' in the garage, before loading it up.I did say to Bryn before I left that I would like to get it running before I go to bed tonight, maybe not a wise statement as it has been 4 years since it last ran....
Got home safely, although the little bugger had a 'bike wee' in the back, a little bit of gearbox oil seeped out, good job I have a bit of old lino in the back...
So, to work. First thing was added some fuel and oil, did approximately a 25:1 mix, thought that would be about right, i didn't want to run it for long anyway. Did it start? did it buggery...
So, remove plug and check for spark, seemed to be OK, nice blue spark, so re-fit plug and give it another pedal up, and...Yes!
Click on the picture below to view video in Photobucket...
It started and to be honest, sounded as sweet as a sweet thing!!!! All gears, clutch and brakes work fine!
I will start on the clean up next weekend, but will sleep well tonight. The bike is now resting up in the garage...
Steve.
