As a rule I tend to take a month off at xmas time.
Not this year though.
I stripped this Yamaha last week. it like most that arrive of a similar cc has been neglected. And knowing it will likely end up in the hands of a 17 year old learner rider in the UK when I sell it on. I thought it best to make sure it was safe to ride.
So it is getting the full works, from the engine up.
Even ordered a full new set of plastic panels for it.
I may do an article on the whole process if there is any interest? Who knows.
I paid nothing for this bike, quite literally nothing, as a good friend in the UK ordered it, I arranged a courier to collect it, I paid for it, then he changed his mind but sent the money, with £50 on top for my trouble and said keep the bike.
I offered to send the money back or the bike, he refused both, said he did not need either, and did not want people snooping in his accounts due to an international transfer.
So that is where it is at, a freebie bike, and nothing to lose on it.
Never been given a motorbike before.
I now have a huge headache with a homeless mother in law, that refuses to be helped, will let you know how it pans out, when I manage to find a solution, tricky one this though when people refuse help and go on an emotional rampage!.
Wish me luck going to need it, peace and out.
I'm interested - when I was a bicycle mechanic we used to do a lot of strip downs - we used to time them to make things more exciting - typically 10 - 15 mins to strip down to bare frame with parts in a crate (so long as there were no seized bits like seat post or bottom bracket) - but motorbikes were way too complex for me - probably would have taken me 15 mins to take the seat off!
Maybe a week to take a seat off on this then, as you have to bend the seat back, to get to a hidden allen key, :-) Will do a full post on the rebuild, as two of you are interested, and only one interest is better than none. :-)
I;ve used this theme in my LC series of books. Robert argues that if you offer a starving man food in such a way that you belittle his sense of dignity, you are guilty of causing harm. He insists that always an attempt to help should be done in such a way that it is seen as you receiving more than you give. For instance, cannot you or your wife, ask her to come help, what with your daughter needing to spend more time on her studies, your wife is being over-worked...blah, blah...just an example, think of something else corny and go crazy and do it.... :)
As for the bike, a question.
In SA, if the bike is 49cc or less, no driving licence is required. For this reason I want to buy a (petrol) motorised bicycle. However, distances can be quite large and the terrain can get very difficult - for instance, to visit my sister in her yown by the sea, I need to travel about 1,200 km to get to her. That is fine, I can do it. However, getting back is near to impossible. Why? Because her home is at sea level and I live at, I think, it is about 1,750 metres elevation.
My solution. Design a 2nd clip-on 49cc motor for getting up the steep parts.
(ps at 76 years old, no chance of me getting a driving licence)
Can something like this be done? What do you think I would need. There are all kinds of details of what would be needed and I would hate to try it on my own and then, in the middle of a long trip, find myself among hyenas without a way to escape.
:)
I have now sorted everything with the mo in lo, she gets her own apartment, my partner is paying the mortgage, and my daughters name goes on the deeds for it. As my partner pays nothing towards anything else, it made sense to me, to get us all paying, not just me.
Now with regards to a moped, of 49cc, you need to get a 4 stroke, not a 2 stroke, as a 2t will require oil mixed in with the fuel, and will require a lot more maintenance. Think Honda, even the old classic c 50 did 60 mph, had no clutch, 3 gears that pop straight in with the foot. And average around 100 miles per gallon.
Motorized bicycles will not have enough power to get you up hills.
No license is required here for a 49cc, and if people pass a car test, the motorbike one is 125 cc, with no test you see.
A Good idea and your daughter benefits while her grandma has a home of her own.
Over here we have something called usufruct (living rights or Life Estate)
quote:
Life Estate: the right to use or occupy real property for one's life. Often this is given to a person (such as a family member) by deed or as a gift under a will with the idea that a younger person would then take the property upon the death of the one who receives the life estate.
That is similar to here, and what we are doing, there will be a legal declaration that she can stay there until she moves or departs the other way, then ownership goes to my daughter. Seemed the most sensible way to sort this all out to me.
I am going to get back to you with another idea, I just need to research it tonight.
Thanks
The engineering side of me is in overdrive, I have worked out how to make a cycle capable to go so far, with no user input, I know I will face regulations getting this out, I wish folks would stop bloody voting for maggots.
A good idea is to keep in mind that no long journey of more than 150km will be made in one non-stop trip - if nothing else, the sun gets at you. There are certain to be restroom stops - especially in Africa, where you cannot stop in areas outside of town.
Longest mileage without a petrol station would be 200 to 250 km.
Yes I would love me to see if he rebuild of the bike. And glad the mother in-law issue is sorted.
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I will document it this next few weeks, only takes one person to be interested, to motivate me to make it so. :-) Cheers bro.
Definitely put it on the chain, the new buyer can watch the work as it progressed.
And it makes a permanent record that you did the work.
Cheers bro, will make it so, and had to laugh just, haejin downvoting my comment. check it out, you know how, interesting is it not, the top account on here, is trying to crash the value of the product "they own" lol.