Selling a poor, broken lil bike....

[Str8 Jacket]

There is very little can go wrong on those except points ignition set up and the electric bits that go with that, if its had new piston and rings already it will have been decoked in the head, leaving maybe only the exhaust to look at and the state of the aircleaner which on those was a paper element in the round can above the engine, or the carb.

I have bolded and underlined everything that has been done. When we removed the points they were still meaty, just needed cleaning up. The timing was quite out but had been fixed. The exhaust itself is sweet. It could be a head gasket but to be honest I really believe that it could be the carb! We have pulled out the carb and cleaned it, though it did look OK it may not be opening properly.
It cannot be anything too major, IMO. I have literally pulled it apart and swapped every part (except) the carb with a working A100's parts and still it just glugs. It does actually go, just not properly!
It has quite a few people scratching their heads!!
F5Dave has offered to look at it but he is just really really busy and I feel rude to take it to him! I may just take you up on your offer Skunk but just like I had problems even attempting to take it to Dave's I really need to get help with the transportation issue... I dont have a cage licence so cant borrow a van etc....

[zeocen]

After riding gijoe's one I've been on the lookout for an a100, I was bidding on one on Trademe until the buyer pulled it off with the reason "Wife road it one more time and decided she couldn't let it go".

They are such nice bikes to play with, if I were you I would keep it and use it to learn motorbikey stuff with!

Or sell it to me !

[merv]

Do you believe these guys really have the parts for A100's http://www.cmsnl.com/suzuki-a100_model13054/ ?

[scracha]

I wouldn't deal with that dutch fuck ever again.

[merv]

I wouldn't deal with that dutch fuck ever again.

Tell us more, did he take your money and deliver nothing?

[Str8 Jacket]

ANYWAYS!!!!

Come on people, I started this thread cause I wanted to see if it was or may be worth my while selling it. I am in the process of buying a pretty cool bucket and was thinking of selling it to recoup some of the cost but I just dont think its worth it! Fact of the matter is that what the bike has cost me to maintain is exactly what I paid for it. I have had a shit load of riding out of it and it owes me nothing. I think that I probably will keep it cause no one can give me a price and its a fucken cool lil bike. Mostly cause its a 2 smoker but hey!

[Mental Trousers]

Start with decoking the exhaust. 2 strokes fill the exhaust header etc up with carbon and shit, effectively strangling the thing cos it can't get rid of the exhaust gasses.

Find a 40 gallon drum, throw it in there and burn stuff so it's nice and hot for a while then give it a belt now and then. That or use a gas torch to do the same thing.

You've said the exhaust is sweet. Has it already had this done??

[Str8 Jacket]

Start with decoking the exhaust. 2 strokes fill the exhaust header etc up with carbon and shit, effectively strangling the thing cos it can't get rid of the exhaust gasses.

Find a 40 gallon drum, throw it in there and burn stuff so it's nice and hot for a while then give it a belt now and then. That or use a gas torch to do the same thing.

You've said the exhaust is sweet. Has it already had this done??

It doesnt appear to have any more build up than a normally running 4 stroke but as decoking it sounds like it could be alot of fun and *everyone* keeps telling me that I should, im gonna do it this weekend. If that works then i'll be a very happy chicky AND it still has a months WOF left!

[Mental Trousers]

Decoking an exhaust is pyro fun!!!! Stinks though. Your neighbours may dislike you.

[Str8 Jacket]

Decoking an exhaust is pyro fun!!!! Stinks though. Your neighbours may dislike you.

hehe, I think i'll do it at the inlaw's..... or Deanos BBQ on Sat!

[gijoe1313]

Ahh the A100, good times, I bought mine with the intention of just using it for the CCC ride, but now I've done hundreds of kms on it, Pippi will be mine forever!

As zeocen says, that lady on 'tardme knew what a gem they had and withdrew the sale I've never seen zeocen so keen on a small as bike! He seems to be more obsessed with it then with his 'bird!

As for Xerxes, hes the pimp of retro, born in the wrong part of the generation gap he was!

I've actually ordered in more parts and a repair manual for Pippi, what I collect, I keep! Hmm, mebbe one day I'll ride Pippi down to Wellywood just for the heck of it (if its gone to the Cape, it may as well go to the Bluff? )

[Str8 Jacket]

a repair manual

Hey, where did you get that manual from? How much was is it?

[Coyote]

The relative pittance you'll get is not worth selling it for. You'll regret it.

Get an MX motor :evillaugh:*

*there really ought to be an smilie for that

[gijoe1313]

Hey, where did you get that manual from? How much was is it?

ebay is your enemy to the wallet and I forked out NZ$30 squiddies for it! Bargain! Everything about these little beauties is cheep cheep! Thailand still produce brand new parts on top of the stockpiles made in the 70s!

New fuelcock $6
Gasket set for whole bike $8
Piston $20

[Hahn]

Find a 40 gallon drum, throw it in there and burn stuff so it's nice and hot for a while then give it a belt now and then. That or use a gas torch to do the same thing.

You've said the exhaust is sweet. Has it already had this done??

A gas torch (oxy acetylene) will be much easier than burning in a drum, although drum could be fun... but get it glowing and smack it with something (hammer) to knock out the build up. will produce a lot of black smoke.

For a cleaner but longer method, soak in paragon for 3 or 4 days, will be good and clean, and once you rince with water, ready for painting