2 Strokes

[Bigtwin]

just 2 nuts, unhook the cables and undo the banjo. but you dont have to remove it to clean it, just stuff a rag in the venturi and remove the tops to clean.

Cheers. Did take it all off - found the chamber full of white sludge, and the jets cacked in hard white powder. Cleaned it all out, still no running. Complete strip - still no running. Phaff phaff phaff about 4 times.

Eventually found a tiny hole from the bottom of the bowl into one of the jet chambers bloked by the same white reisdue - had to try a load of dressmaking pins till I found one thin enough to do the job, then bend and handle it with some long-nose pliers to get it in there and clear the blockage.

Put it back together and WHAM! Started even before I got 1/2 way down the kick! What a great feeling that it.

Purrs a treat. Took it for a spin on the back road (naughty I know) and everthing works - lights, brakes the works. So off for an MOT next Sat I think.

Only fault is that the starter motor doesn do anything - connect a battery and nowt happens at all. Checked the (one!) fuse and all is fine so mystery. Quite happy not to have elec start and a battery though - waste of weight and money so long as she starts on the level fine.

Pics later on when the sun's out proper.

 

[Flipfly]

Can't wait (scooter boy!!!!).

Wing a ding ding ding ding....how cool

 

[MarkWarrener]

Don't know whether or not you already know this, but electric start Vespas need the clutch lever pulling in for starter to work

 

[Bigtwin]

Don't know whether or not you already know this, but electric start Vespas need the clutch lever pulling in for starter to work

I didn't know that, and it may explain a lot! Cheers.

Here is pictures of the whole £50 worth (plus £10 of parts)!

 

[Bigtwin]

'Nother angle....

 

[banzai]

glad to see you sorted it, looks a tidy little scoot, can`t tell you anything bout the lecy starter, didn`t have them back in the days i rode them.

 

[Flipfly]

That is lovely. I'd love a little vespa for popping into town for. What a bargain for £60.
Just need ya parker and white leather skid lid.

 

[Bigtwin]

That is lovely. I'd love a little vespa for popping into town for. What a bargain for £60.
Just need ya parker and white leather skid lid.

Ta - this is a problem - a Tour-X just doesn't cut it does it. More money, more kit, less room in the house, less popular with Mrs BT. Ho hum - what can you do?

I have to say, that love the Adv as I do, for "nipping about" generally, this really does make life a lot easier. Having a bike that you can pick up is a novelty. That "pick up" not as in "if it falls over", but as in "and move it then put it down again"!

 

[Paul Sacha]

I Thought I was the only one who mixed GS's with scooters. As well as my R100GS I've got 3 Lambrettas and a GTS250 Vespa as my daily ride to work/pop down to the shops/pick up the takeaways.

 

[Bigtwin]

I Thought I was the only one who mixed GS's with scooters. As well as my R100GS I've got 3 Lambrettas and a GTS250 Vespa as my daily ride to work/pop down to the shops/pick up the takeaways.

I can see a "Surrey GSers on Scooters" rallye coming on...

 

[Robbo1200ADV]

Scoot's+GS's

I had a few Gilera Runner's the 180cc two strokes they were mental !! Always liked them and now hard to find .My nipping about bike is a T Max and at 6'6" its now the only Scoot I'd own............aparentley I Looked like a Cnut on the little Gilera! .................so my delightful family tell me (used to have a Honda Joker too ,looked like Jim Carey in Dum+dummer!! )

 

[Cookson]

Not a scooter person, 'cept I used to harrang the scooter boy's when I was a teenager.

But that's a tidy scoot for £60.

 

[ovenpaa]

I just explained the history of the bike to my wife who was looking over my shoulder and she advised me "335 miles for a 3 year old scooter is a lot"

Heh! Maybe I need to explain miles and thousands to her - made me smile though

 

[mumfy]

try the scooter shop its in germany but if you look on google or jeevs ,
lots of parts and stuff

 

[Bigtwin]

Cheers for the tips all.

Women eh? I don't know.....

 

[Bigtwin]

Well, went in for MOT and passed on Sat - have to say it's a bit of a hoot to ride. You woudn't want to do more than about 60 on it, so that's all fine.

Had to get a battery for the MOT - with all the lights etc on at tickover, the horn was too feeble off the magneto, but thats' fine as now have lekkie start too.

Was a notch in the headrace at dead centre too - normally a fail of course. But my nice mechanic chappie passed it. Two reasons:

"It probably came out the factory like that"; and

"The manual says it's a fail if it's likely to materially affect the handling of the machine - trust me, it won't!"

which is the kind of sensible attitude I like.

So all in all bought, fixed, insured MOTd, done and dusted on the road all-in, rady to go, ride away for £180 plus tax, which isn't a lot.

Said they would stick it on the forecourt for £1500.

 

[cookie]

Said they would stick it on the forecourt for £1500.

...but they'd only offer a oner for it

 

[Bigtwin]

...but they'd only offer a oner for it

Top I'd imagine...

They actually said about £1,200 private would be fair.