New member from France with a 1986 Aero 50
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 5:04 pm
Hi,
I'm Richard, living in the south east of France (the sunshine place ).
I do have some vocabulary lacks but I learn quickly.
I just bought an Aero 50 2 days ago. It's called Honda Vision 50 (NB50) here. The engine is the AF05E (markings on the engine case).
As all 50cm3 mopeds and the like, it is speed restricted to 45km/h (~30mph).
It is a first owner from august 1986 and had covered only 875 kilometers!
Apart from some light scratches due to storage, it's just like new.
The tires and rubbers are all original and like new (nothing dried or cracked or whatever).
The guy had purchased this scoot in '86 and a couple of months later got a job in New Caledonia. The thing sat in a dry garage for all those years and has never been droven in bad weather or rain.
Prior to my buying, he had Honda do a service to it. What a bunch of loosers...
They "lost" all the screws of the airbox except one, the air filter is not the good one (it clogs the air inlet and doesn't allow the cover of the airbox to be able to fit, reason for not putting back the screw IMO), they lost one screw holding a side cover, another one which holds the air box on the "crank case", another screw on the fairing was breaking loose...anyways, I'm starting everthing over again (no confidence!) to be sure...
The battery is new (sealed type), the tank is like new inside (good storage conditions).
They are supposed to have changed the engine oil (it is clean) and the transmission oil (I didn't see a plug to drain it by the way???)
I also plan on derestricting the thing because it's soooo slow...it doesn't ride very well around the 30ish mph.
Maybe due to the air filter blocking air inlet.
I am used to driving : Honda XLR 125, 1100 Honda ST (with a side-car), a Suzuki Bandit 1200 S and a Suzuki GSX 1400 (don't think you got that on your market, it's a sort of Yamaha 1300 XJR), hence the difficulty of supporting the low speed...
I know I'm not going to break any speed records with this but I'd like to gain like 5 to 10 km/h.
I had to buy this because of a drivers licence suspension (3 months to go...) for excessive speed while overtaking some cars and a truck.
But I may keep this scoot after because I already like it and a 26 year old "moped" that's just like new is funny.
So, I think I'll name this scoot "The Thing".
Seems to stick to it...everybody is making fin of me on this little bike, but I'm enjoying it!
Today, I pulled the variator apart (the part on the crankshaft) and saw that I had the flat plate in it.
Seems that I should change this to get more speed.
I can see that the belt doesn't use all the height in the plate.
Would you know what the Honda part number should be because in France I'll only find the restricted part number...
The belt is still the Honda original part and is not cracked a least!
I checked the main jet and have a N┬░80. Is it good enough? My dealer can have a N┬░82 as standard (why???) and not N┬░80 on his parts list.
What would you recommend?
I'm a bit confused after reading all the tips on the forum...
I just finished taking out the restrictor in the exhaust.
It had a tiny 10mm hole and without it we now have 19mm for gas flow.
Better.
This thing is going to breathe.
I have got some pictures of all this and will put them on the forum ASAP.
As soon as The Thing (lets name it "TT", it will be shorter and more convenient) is cleaned and ready I'll do some shooting pics.
I'm Richard, living in the south east of France (the sunshine place ).
I do have some vocabulary lacks but I learn quickly.
I just bought an Aero 50 2 days ago. It's called Honda Vision 50 (NB50) here. The engine is the AF05E (markings on the engine case).
As all 50cm3 mopeds and the like, it is speed restricted to 45km/h (~30mph).
It is a first owner from august 1986 and had covered only 875 kilometers!
Apart from some light scratches due to storage, it's just like new.
The tires and rubbers are all original and like new (nothing dried or cracked or whatever).
The guy had purchased this scoot in '86 and a couple of months later got a job in New Caledonia. The thing sat in a dry garage for all those years and has never been droven in bad weather or rain.
Prior to my buying, he had Honda do a service to it. What a bunch of loosers...
They "lost" all the screws of the airbox except one, the air filter is not the good one (it clogs the air inlet and doesn't allow the cover of the airbox to be able to fit, reason for not putting back the screw IMO), they lost one screw holding a side cover, another one which holds the air box on the "crank case", another screw on the fairing was breaking loose...anyways, I'm starting everthing over again (no confidence!) to be sure...
The battery is new (sealed type), the tank is like new inside (good storage conditions).
They are supposed to have changed the engine oil (it is clean) and the transmission oil (I didn't see a plug to drain it by the way???)
I also plan on derestricting the thing because it's soooo slow...it doesn't ride very well around the 30ish mph.
Maybe due to the air filter blocking air inlet.
I am used to driving : Honda XLR 125, 1100 Honda ST (with a side-car), a Suzuki Bandit 1200 S and a Suzuki GSX 1400 (don't think you got that on your market, it's a sort of Yamaha 1300 XJR), hence the difficulty of supporting the low speed...
I know I'm not going to break any speed records with this but I'd like to gain like 5 to 10 km/h.
I had to buy this because of a drivers licence suspension (3 months to go...) for excessive speed while overtaking some cars and a truck.
But I may keep this scoot after because I already like it and a 26 year old "moped" that's just like new is funny.
So, I think I'll name this scoot "The Thing".
Seems to stick to it...everybody is making fin of me on this little bike, but I'm enjoying it!
Today, I pulled the variator apart (the part on the crankshaft) and saw that I had the flat plate in it.
Seems that I should change this to get more speed.
I can see that the belt doesn't use all the height in the plate.
Would you know what the Honda part number should be because in France I'll only find the restricted part number...
The belt is still the Honda original part and is not cracked a least!
I checked the main jet and have a N┬░80. Is it good enough? My dealer can have a N┬░82 as standard (why???) and not N┬░80 on his parts list.
What would you recommend?
I'm a bit confused after reading all the tips on the forum...
I just finished taking out the restrictor in the exhaust.
It had a tiny 10mm hole and without it we now have 19mm for gas flow.
Better.
This thing is going to breathe.
I have got some pictures of all this and will put them on the forum ASAP.
As soon as The Thing (lets name it "TT", it will be shorter and more convenient) is cleaned and ready I'll do some shooting pics.