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    Quote Originally Posted by XRVrider View Post
    Finally found the time and got the old girl completed. Getting the last bits, rubber trims and what seem to relatively minor, can take a while. Its not perfectly original... but quite close, just couldn't get my hands on the tell tale light/hook part that goes on the dash.

    Quite gratifying finishing a long restoration, definitely doing it all over again with the 502 now. I can hear the wife moaning in the background :-)
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    minter! well done
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    Congratulations, it looks a treat - enjoy!

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    touché

    touché, and back to the subject at hand

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=464621607
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    Quote Originally Posted by XRVrider View Post
    touché, and back to the subject at hand

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=464621607
    Are you going to get another?The ones down south would be a great starting point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    Are you going to get another?The ones down south would be a great starting point.
    Not getting another, but have a 502 in shed, waiting.

    Total coincidence with those 2 down south, the seller is the guy I bought this one off in 2009 and they would be a great start for someone, so complete, well from the outside at least, lots of hard to get bits already on one of em. You interested in them Mossy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by XRVrider View Post
    Not getting another, but have a 502 in shed, waiting.

    Total coincidence with those 2 down south, the seller is the guy I bought this one off in 2009 and they would be a great start for someone, so complete, well from the outside at least, lots of hard to get bits already on one of em. You interested in them Mossy?
    They are well up the list of cool bikes I would like to own.To be honest im handy but im not sure I could do a rebuild like that justice.
    Anything that takes 2 long to finish frustrates me and frustrates my wife even more.Idd buy your one if I had the coin and a large enough house to store it in a man theme room.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    They are well up the list of cool bikes I would like to own.To be honest im handy but im not sure I could do a rebuild like that justice.
    Anything that takes 2 long to finish frustrates me and frustrates my wife even more.Idd buy your one if I had the coin and a large enough house to store it in a man theme room.
    Fair enough. I got distracted with baby and new crap fixer upper house, so was stop start with this.

    I tried getting a cool scoot or two into our lounge, but the wife really is communist and blocked any hint with a swift backhand to the muush and solitary confinement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    i've got all the parts and workshop manuals and some of laurie summers old service sheets if you need copies...
    also thinking of selling my two and a half bikes
    Greetings. I would be very interested in copies of any manuals and service sheets that you have. I have a Čezeta from the Czech Republic (where my wife is from). I want to bring it to California and any manuals in English would be very helpful.

    Please let me know if it would still be possible to get copies from you, and how to compensate you for that.

    Many Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by XRVrider View Post
    Fair enough. I got distracted with baby and new crap fixer upper house, so was stop start with this.

    I tried getting a cool scoot or two into our lounge, but the wife really is communist and blocked any hint with a swift backhand to the muush and solitary confinement.
    Hello,

    I am in great need of a copy of an NZeta manual. Did you by chance end up procuring a copy that I could possibly reimburse you to make and send another copy of? Any reply much appreciated!

    Thanks!

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    Website with all you'll need

    Hi Slothrop

    Yes I have copies... but they are available online at www.saveass.com, along with plenty of good info on these scoots.

    Just checked this link and it's not working. I was on this site recently so maybe it has a temporary glitch so keep checking.

    Shout with how you get on, if all else fails, I can email you a copy, just PM me your email address.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XRVrider View Post
    . Had it at 45 miles per hour, but it will go faster.
    When I was 11 I had a Vespa 180. A guy in town had an NZetta. I could go faster than him - on either bike. He was probably 15 stone. I was probably a third of his weight.
    Seem to recall getting over 65mph on the Vespa - downhill. Think the NZetta went faster. Vespa could wheelie better!
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    Quote Originally Posted by XRVrider View Post
    Hi Slothrop

    Yes I have copies... but they are available online at www.saveass.com, along with plenty of good info on these scoots.
    Many many thanks XRVrider!

    It looks like that site has been down this year, and it seems I don't have enough site privileges here on the forum to PM anyone. However I was able to access the site through the Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org/web/201106280...://saveass.com

    Cheers!
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    502 now completed as well

    Time for an update, has been a long while since I last posted about the 2 NZeta restorations I have been working on.

    Now the 502, from near the start of this thread, is restored as well. Very happy with it, very nearly 100% original, parts, paint colour etc...

    Am about to start the registration process, which is going to be tricky by the looks.

    Check the pics out anyway, it rides perfect, no rattles, behaves well for an old 2 stroke, and is loads of fun to ride.

    Have started another NZeta project, but it is a 350 twin Jawa 2 stroke beast. Am half way through bodywork on that, have the engine and it fits, just.

    Cheers all.
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