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I sold the Bultaco


Kidasters

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All good things come to an end.  The "wrong feet" thing was  just too hard for me.

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-bultaco-mercurio-175/

 

The BAT guys were very nice.   My reserve was $4000, even though I wanted a higher number.  When the bidding closed at $3900, BAT made up the difference.

 

I've already shipped the title to the new owner.  Just waiting on him to arrange shipping.  It's going to Idaho.

 

So - for putting around the neighborhood now, I have a different toy.  A friend of mine is moving to Scotland, and sold me his 2003 Honda Metropolitan.  50 cc's of fury. 1930 original miles.  $500.

Installed a "performance" variator yesterday.  Sport exhaust and new transmission belt enroute.

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Tires will happen.  I got the motorcycle wheel attachment for the tire machine.  I was checking out some pretty cool looking custom wheels for scooters for it.

 

Ya - lots of work to do.  Like everything else.....

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Changing the weights in the variator makes a huge difference.  In my old scooter (2 stroke Zuma) I had really light weights- great for taking off to merge into traffic, terrible for riding around the pits as it was slipping until it reached about 20 mph- too fast for the pits.  But that thing was so far from stock- it would do 50 mph with me and my wife on it, sitting up riding it like a supermoto...

Dave.

'76, totally stock. Completely.

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I changed the front tire today.  The 10" wheels won't fit in the motorcycle wheel adapters on the tire machine.  Had to do it by hand, which is no fun.

 

Once I got it on, I realized I had it backwards (they are directional).  So - off and on again.  Good grief.

 

Will do the back at some point.....

 

 

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Update.  Poor guy that bought the bike.  He paid right away, and I sent him the title.  But, because of all the virus stuff, bike is in the garage for the foreseeable future.

 

This is completely nuts.

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Update:  They picked up the Bultaco Wednesday.  It was bittersweet.  I hope the new owner really enjoys it.  

 

Now the scooter moved off the back porch and into the space previously occupied by the Bultaco.  Good stuff.  The performance exhaust is stupidly loud.  Cracks me up.

 

I think the scooter is going to be fun.  While I was at it - I changed the rear tire on the scooter as well.  So - all new rubber on the scooter.  

 

 

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