Post by wiscompton on Apr 9, 2013 21:01:14 GMT -5
So I have been offered this scooter as a project.
Its one of the many incarnations of the QJ long case Minarelli engine scooter.
You might know them best as the "Vento Triton" or "Yamati RX8" or "CPI Oliver".
They are all the same thing with slightly different graphics/color offerings.
ANYWAY here is the issue.
As you can see the ear or tab or mounting point or whatever you want to call the place the pipe bolts to the engine has been snapped clean off.
Apparently some drunk college kid just kicked or stomped the pipe or something and this is the result. That and the silencer on the pipe being gone as well.
So assuming I do decide to buy this bike what would yuns do?
I see a few options.
One is replace the engine. That would be expensive and time consuming but there it is.
Two is try and find someone who could weld it back together. I know almost zero about aluminum welding and don;t own a tig welder so I would be in no position to access the difficulty of this job.
Three would be aluminum welding rods or aluminum solder or whatever you want to call it. Problem is I don't own an oxy/acetalyne torch and I doubt a blow torch would get hot enough on pieces of this size. Thin metal or small pieces a blow torch will do, I donno about two pieces that big.
What do yuns think?
Should I just let this scooter go and not take the deal or is there an easy-ish semi-cheap way to fix this?
Its one of the many incarnations of the QJ long case Minarelli engine scooter.
You might know them best as the "Vento Triton" or "Yamati RX8" or "CPI Oliver".
They are all the same thing with slightly different graphics/color offerings.
ANYWAY here is the issue.
As you can see the ear or tab or mounting point or whatever you want to call the place the pipe bolts to the engine has been snapped clean off.
Apparently some drunk college kid just kicked or stomped the pipe or something and this is the result. That and the silencer on the pipe being gone as well.
So assuming I do decide to buy this bike what would yuns do?
I see a few options.
One is replace the engine. That would be expensive and time consuming but there it is.
Two is try and find someone who could weld it back together. I know almost zero about aluminum welding and don;t own a tig welder so I would be in no position to access the difficulty of this job.
Three would be aluminum welding rods or aluminum solder or whatever you want to call it. Problem is I don't own an oxy/acetalyne torch and I doubt a blow torch would get hot enough on pieces of this size. Thin metal or small pieces a blow torch will do, I donno about two pieces that big.
What do yuns think?
Should I just let this scooter go and not take the deal or is there an easy-ish semi-cheap way to fix this?
..BAD TO THE BONE..
