The "neked" scootet By jhbietz (Read 1,889 times)

[jhbietz]

Ok professor, this is the finished project.

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[jhbietz]

Anouther picture.

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[JR]

Wow!! Now for a neked look that is just down right awesome! And man oh man I sure love that vent breather filter set-up on the valve cover! What about heat? No fan, did you put an oil cooler on her? Sorry for the questions, I missed a lot on this project?

JR

[jhbietz]

The backside.

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[jhbietz]

No oil cooler as of yet but in about 50 miles of testing its not a problem as long as your moving. I don't think it would survive stop and go traffic.

This is a list of just the engine mods.
52mm NCY big bore kit.
Big valve head.
NCY performance can (same lift but longer duration).
27mm 150cc intake (stock 50cc is 17mm 150 is 22mm) no plastic spacer used.
150cc carb slow jet drilled out to a #80 drill size and needle raised I notch.
Custom exhaust shortened about six inches.
Performance CDI
Orange performance coil.
9.5 gram Dr Pulley sliders.
1500rpm torque spring.
1000rpm clutch springs.

[jhbietz]

BTW... Thank you for the kind words. Its nice to have someone besides me and the customer I built it for appreciate all the work that went into this project. Not everyone dos. My wife's option..."congratulations, you turned a $1000.00 scooter into a $250.00 mini bike".

[jhbietz]

This is what I started with. It belonged to a homeless man who dropped it off at my buddy's scooter store last fall and told him " I have no place to store this for the winter. You can have it". There wasn't a single piece of plastic on it that hadn't ben broken.

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[JR]

What? She did what? Well just ask her about................ no I wan't go there, we both got to remember the saying if mama isn't happy no one is happy! LOL

I think you're right with all that engine muscle she'll run hot in stop and go but even going down the road she would benefit from a oil cooler.

That is some fine work especially for a $250 minibike! LOL

JR

[oldchopperguy]

Whew, I've been away from the site TOO long! Old age and too much work...

JR called me today, to see if I'm OK (THANKS, JR! It's appreciated!)

Anyway, I suppose you can tell by my handle "OldChopperGuy" that I appreciate the "minimalist" approach to a bike. THIS build is FABULOUS! My hat's off to you for pulling off a real bobber-style ride from a scooter. Lots of guys try, few make it work. The two rides are just TOO different in construction for the concept to work. USUALLY... Cushman did it pretty well WAY back in my youth with the original Eagle. But the Chinese scoots (even the Ruckus) just don't lend themselves to the concept very well.

You did it! A $250 mini-bike? P-L-E-E-E-E-E-Z-E... Oh well, we love the missus anyway. Guess you could show her how the top chopper guys strip, cut, chop and remove goodies to turn a $25,000 Harley into a $250,000 "biggie-bike"... HeHeHe... Better not, unless you like sleeping on the couch.

My favorite part of your build? Gotta be the hairpin spring/seat setup. Never have seen that done on a scoot, and it looks GOOD!

If you ever do another one, here's one more trick you might try: One of the least attractive "features" of these is the front fork, with legs that only "grow" out of the lower triple-tree. I've thought it might be possible to place a fake upper fork leg (maybe made from chrome sink-drain pipe) between the triple-trees to give the appearance to a regular full-length motorcycle fork. Could be a very easy mod that would beef up the appearance on a "nekked scoot".

You DID do a fine job on this one, and I'm betting you may get other scooter-jockeys wanting you to build one for them! I don't know if it's possible to make any profit doing that, as most riders want to keep the price down in the low-end scooter neighborhood, and just a little handwork would be far more expensive than the original bike. But... you never know!

Great scoot for SURE! With the international attention and world-wide membership this site is gathering, I'd bet my last Euro that pix of your bike are tacked up in pubs and scooter-shops all over Europe, as a shining example of a first-class "hooligan scooter" and European guys and gals are breaking out their "spanners" and getting grease on their silver-studded biker jackets trying to make their own! How cool is that?

Ride safe!

Leo in Texas