[Spridgets] LMC no LBC

[Richard Ball]

Frank

Look up Honda Trail 50 on eBay.  There should be several carbs listed to 
take a look at.  I would guess that you have at least one motorcycle 
wrecking yard somewhere near you that might be able to help you out.  We 
have a place out here called Bent Bike.  I can check with them if you can't 
find anything local.  Honda also had the Trail 70 and Trail 90.  Pretty much 
the same bike with a larger bore.

On a side note this bike was the first thing on wheels that I rebuilt 
myself.  A friend of the families kid took it apart and didn't know how to 
reassemble it, so they gave it to me.  I was 14 so could only drive it 
around to yard and up and down the street.  My parents had been in a 
motorcycle accident a few years earlier, so mom wasn't to happy about me 
getting it running.  She was even less happy when I went to work as a 
mechanics helper for a Suzuki dealer when I was 16.

Rich Ball
'76 Midget
Everett, Wa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank" <spritenut at comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:36 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] LMC no LBC


>I just, um, "acquired" a 1962 or 63 Honda 50cc motor scooter. (Little
> Motor Cycle)
> Or Vespa type thingy.
> It looks like this but not quite as nice.
> *http://tinyurl.com/yayc52t*
> It is missing the carburetor but the air filter is there, it has keys,
> 3700 miles on the odometer
> I do not know what else is missing, I am tempted to restore it but me
> and jap vehicles never did get along.
> I can see steel screws in aluminum engine parts that look like they are
> permanently fused together.
> Is this thing worth the time and effort? Anybody have a carb for this
> thing or can I use a Briggs & Stratton carb from a lawn mower?
> If anyone knows a little about this thing, please email me off list
> I think I drove a motorcycle maybe twice in my life, I fell off one once
> too. I know nothing about them.
> Thanks
> **
>
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites
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