After a few years of staring at these little bikes on the internet, i finally pulled the trigger on one. Found it up in spruce grove AB and its fully registered and insured for 11 bucks a month.
For those who don't know about these little scooters, they have a 49cc engine with a automatic transmission. It has signals, low/highbeams, push button and kick start, and thats it! Costs me 4 dollars to fill up and gets me roughly 300km to a tank!
I was able to find a great deal on this bike. its a 2003, with only 1100kms on it, and was just recently serviced. The body actually looks really clean with only a couple minors scuffs on it. Minty for a 2003!
There is a huge aftermarket culture behind these little bikes and i look forward to all the big and little mods that i can do to it. On to pics!
Already did a few little things to the bike to prepare for the mods to come. Have removed the factory plastics. to do so i had to pull the battery box off, and the gas tank under the floorboard. I have trimmed the plastic so that it will still cover the engine underneath the seat. The plastic floorboard will be staying off the car, and i will be painting both the gas tank and the frame to keep the black and red theme flowing nicely.
I have also relocated the front signals down beside the headlights to clean up the look a bit. (brackets have now been shaved off)
While ripping around the street for the first time my neighbour surprised me by pulling out his 2016 honda giorno. Same scooter only with a different body style. #Scootersquad
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My little carbon fibre mirror, airbox eliminator kit, R6 tail lights and fuel tank cover arrived from quebec, and got to installing a few of them.
Mirror just screwed into the oem location, looks much cleaner than giant oem bunny ear mirrors.
The fuel tank cover easily bolted on over the tank, and the r6 tail lights were an easy install as well, although i either my wiring is wrong, or i need an in line resistor because the brake light is currently always on. Either way they really clean up the rear end. Will be modifying the rear bracket to fit my plate. Will hopefully have that sorted out tonight along with installing the airbox kit and rejetting the carb.
As for other things i have done, all factory plastics have been removed including the front and rear fenders. I have also relocated my speedo into the battery box to prepare for the new handlebars to come.
I also did some "maintenance" including pumping up the tires to 40psi and the oil was way overfilled.Those changes really helped with the acceleration and top speed which is now a gps confirmed 60kph. Right where its supposed to be. I will soon be unleashing the beast with my upgraded variator and kevlar belt along side the airbox kit and rejet. Apparently with a few mods and some tuning i will be able to get her up to 80.
I have a few bigger orders coming in.
Handlebars
Lowered seat frame
anodized grips
variator kit with rollers
Fatty stretch kit with a lovely new wheel
and a bunch of little things!
Stay tuned! some big changes coming soon! might be able to have this little bike looking awesome for illmotion in a few weeks.