FA50 questions

[felixx]

Hi Guys and Girls
I have a Fa50 (well almost 2 actually)
The pink one runs and I plan to register her tomorrow.
(then repaint her next week) This is going to be done in a rat rod type of style in a clay brown (Think NZ Army trucks) with the wheels, luggafe rack etc done in a dark matt grey.
I want to mod this bike a bit, so if any of you have made an Fa50 go faster I would love some tips.

The 2nd one is red, and I have new reflectors, headlamp etc, I still have leg guards and the basket for this machine and will respray her red and cut some repro decals on the vynil cutter at work and make her look tidy.

So my questions are
1) Is anyone interested in me posting picturs of the builds as they go?
2) Who has made a fa50 go faster, what did you do? I know it easier to buy a different scoot, but thats not the point of this exercise.

Cheers

[awa355]

Apart from getting a tow from a Huyabusa, Probably not a lot that can be done to increase the speed. But hey, a good project to play with and yes, any photos or updates would be neat. It will keep the scooter section active.

Here is a link to a FA50 road test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ImRNafWQMY

Also if you enter fa50 in the search box on you tube, you get quite a number of clips on this model.

[felixx]

Well here is pinky
She got her plate today

[unstuck]

Had me a blue one just like your pinky. What a load of fun I had on that.

Nice anglias too, they yours?. I really like that van.

Oh, and to make the FA go faster, I just found a good long hill.

[felixx]

The rough blue anglia has been in my garage coming up 23 years, got me thru school uni etc, I do about 5000miles a year in her

Pinky used to be blue but got brush painted pink by someone

Cheers for the post I will keep updates coming

[felixx]

So I have 2 weeks off and plan to take my 3yr old on his first camping trip.
I also plan to paint pinky NZ Army Clay (Like the trucks) and the red one will get a lick of red paint.
If I can get the red one going I will be happy.
She MAY be up for sale if anyone is interested

Red one will have all the 'extras' eg leg guards, basket and MAYBE a windscreen (Pics to come)

[felixx]

Well I got pinky 3/4 painted today,
I stripped, primed and painted everyrthing bar the forks

I also did a carb strip down and clean, although like a fool I removed the adjustment screws, she is all together now but runs smokey as, but she runs (after a bit of faffing about)
Curiosly as the speedo is broken I have no idea how fast she goes, GPS run tomorrow!

I will have a play tomorrow.

Cheers for reading, and any advice to make this hawg actually do 50 (GPS said 44.9kmh) Im keen as.
I have cleaned the exhaust port
Changed fuel lines
Changed Plug
New fuel and 2 stroke oil
lighter oil in the trans (as per every forum comment suggests)
New tyres (pumped up hard)
and I have perfected the 'tuck'

I plan to
add an expansion chamber
bigger carb?
if I can find a FZ50 gearbox, mash that in, with the larger fa50 wheel it could be awesome! (the fz50 has the same engine with a 14mm carb)

I know its a lot of work but this thing is cheap and Im learning heaps

[awa355]

That 5kph is a 10% increase in top speed. Going to be interesting to get that out of it. If it's still mobile next May, you can enter the Trans Alpine scooter charity ride. Should be a good goal to aim for.

I'm planning to ride my beast down from the Waikato for that run.

[felixx]

That 5kph is a 10% increase in top speed. Going to be interesting to get that out of it. If it's still mobile next May, you can enter the Trans Alpine scooter charity ride. Should be a good goal to aim for.

I'm planning to ride my beast down from the Waikato for that run.

I have expressed interest for this already (emailed the dude) I have read of a NZ guy that did a 60cc conv, fz50 trans and 14mm carb getting 70km and this bike was still running 2 years later

[felixx]

Went to smash palace tonight

Came home with this:



Looks a bit better now I think;


Unsure of top speed as the speedo broke but I think she is a bit faster
Sounds fuckin awesome!

[iranana]

what in gods name is that chamber-thing doing on there? just fyi you can't throw on any old chamber on and expect it to go faster... which it kind of seems you just did. chamber dimensions have to be calculated specifically for the port timing of an engine, and that your jetting has to be fattened up appropriately. maybe i'm wrong though, maybe someone with a few screws loose did in fact make a chamber for the FA, and maybe you did up-jet for the chamber. if not, expect a blown top end...

[felixx]

Thats exactly what happened
chamber was made for fa50

and it works

[geoffm]

I commuted on one of these for a fair while, until I got Hyosung SF50 as it was fast enough to keep up with the city traffic.
I have the workshop manual for it somewhere if you want.
It woudl be interesting to see what difference the chamber makes. The stock 12mm carb is pretty restrictive.

[Tazz]

Went to smash palace tonight

Came home with this:

Yussss! That is so horrible it is awesome =D Good effort.

[felixx]

Geoff, that would be sweet thanks
she keeps up with traffic in 50km zones now

tazz thanks man1 she is loud as

a cop drove past me and stuck his fingers in ears and laughed today, f9ound that epic as