The rusty old scooter.

[dorkburger]

Making my own gaskets could be a last resort, but I don't want to go there.
The headlight was tough. Thats the steel that was polished, as most of the chrome was gone or going. Clear coating it dulled it somewhat, but it will still be better than it was.

 

[80GS850GBob]

Making my own gaskets could be a last resort, but I don't want to go there.
The headlight was tough. Thats the steel that was polished, as most of the chrome was gone or going. Clear coating it dulled it somewhat, but it will still be better than it was.

Do you have a local plater? You could look into nickel plating....has a bluish hue but does shine "almost" as good as chrome.

 

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Making my own gaskets could be a last resort, but I don't want to go there.
The headlight was tough. Thats the steel that was polished, as most of the chrome was gone or going. Clear coating it dulled it somewhat, but it will still be better than it was.

Yellow steel? It looks like polished brass.

 

[dorkburger]

The light the light over the kitchen table seems to make things look that way. It was a nice nearly mirror like silver. Come to think of it, when I took a picture of my GS wheel after painting it black, Brandonbeezy thought it was a bronze color. I'll have to use different lighting in the future. The garage is usually some form of a poorly lighted hot mess so I use the kitchen table at times to take pics.

 

[dorkburger]

Do you have a local plater? You could look into nickel plating....has a bluish hue but does shine "almost" as good as chrome.

I haven't checked. Expendable cash is nearly non existent currently, so this is a super low $ project. The light is easily accessible so it could be done later if desired.

 

[dorkburger]

http://20170922_234855 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[80GS850GBob]

Nice fin ends....

 

[dorkburger]

I hadn't planned to do this tonight after going to the amusement park with the family today then rolling around in the driveway welding some extremely rusty falling apart exhaust flanges together on my car.... but here I am, tired and pretty happy with the result. Far from perfect, but cool nonetheless. I just went with a rough clean up on the sides as I didnt want remove the one on the kickstart side, plus the castings are not great and would have required much effort to get shiny.
http://IMG_20171001_004931_819 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

http://IMG_20171001_004931_817 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[dorkburger]

Poking along. The wheels are mostly finished. Not sure if I love the "tuxedo" look, but the original all white was bland. Tires are ordered so I can start wrapping this up soon. I ordered a tube - in the wrong size. Apparently they measured them differently 50 years ago.
http://20171008_155621 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

Another odd surprise. Half of the lug nuts are brass.

 

[80GS850GBob]

Poking along. The wheels are mostly finished. Not sure if I love the "tuxedo" look, but the original all white was bland. Tires are ordered so I can start wrapping this up soon. I ordered a tube - in the wrong size. Apparently they measured them differently 50 years ago.
http://20171008_155621 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

Tubes for my old car go roughly by tire size....for what that's worth.
Rim is looking good....if you hadn't done the white center I would've suggested a white band on the outer rim edge to mimic a white wall. The hotrod craze shows a lot of red or brightly colored rims as an accent color - add a chrome trim ring and center cap and viola. Your canvas - your call.

 

[dorkburger]

The tube thing was wierd. The original Dunlop tube says 3.5 x 8, which matches the tire size. It seems to be 3.5" wide x 8" rim diameter. The tube I bought has a 3.5 diameter hole and is approximately 8" total diameter. After doing some looking I found that Honda Z50s have the same size wheels / tires tagged with 3.5 x 8 but the correct 3.5 x 8. I was a bit peeved to find Z50 tires for about 10 bucks cheaper with tubes included.... oh well.....
Correct tubes ordered...

 

[dorkburger]

http://20171011_205036 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[80GS850GBob]

Nice.....
{...while researching the tiniest turbo I can find for this lil project...hehehe}

 

[80GS850GBob]

..or a hair dryer....unfortunately this article is for a too big of a turbo...{is there such a thing?!}
http://www.turbokart.com/turbo_exciter.htm

 

[80GS850GBob]

Last one and I'll drop it....I can see glen here...maybe the last guy with the extended swing arm...lol.

 

[dorkburger]

Holy crap them scooters rock.... as far as the cart... it said the engine made 23 hp stock. Mine makes 4.

I couldn't resist slapping the wheels on to have a look. I do love the black. Glad I went that route.
http://20171011_214745 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

http://20171011_214704 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[dorkburger]

.......and it turns out the rubber filled shocks actually do work. The aluminum sliders were siezed to the shaft effectively stopping all movement. Now that they are free (and anti siezed) they compress.

 

[dorkburger]

Motor went in and chain put on and set up last night. 50 years old, and the chain is rust free.
Tonight I did the control cables. Brakes were pretty simple, but the push/pull shifter is proving to be a bit of a pain to set up.

http://20171012_205646 by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[80GS850GBob]

Looking good...."cable shifter"...? Got pics?

 

[dorkburger]

There are some pics early on in the thread. I can get some close ups later of it assembled. Definitely an interesting setup. Shifting is accomplished by pulling in the clutch then twisting the handgrip assembly to shift. (3 speed).