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Post by lain on May 13, 2015 21:29:28 GMT -5
So I have been riding around with my friend for the past few days. I have been letting him use my beloved scoot I put pretty much all my money and effort into for the past couple years... He took too sharp of a turn over a bump and now my entire front end is crooked. Crooked tripletree scraping the inside of the frame, crooked handlebars, destroyed the mounting for the mirror on the right side, the shocks are crooked, the brakes are crooked, a lot of this stuff is recently new too... it's barely manageable now to steer... Ontop of that now the muffler is about to fall off of the exhaust tube, and it's one of those welded on ones.
He's fine, I asked him how he was first, told him to go clean up and gave him some bandages. His hand was scraped, but that's it. I told him beforehand that if he crashed it he's buying me a new one or at least paying for the damages, but now that he actually did I feel bad. I feel bad because my best friend messed up my only treasure. Ugh...
I don't want to gouge his wallet, he's done so much for me in the past, but I can't pay for the damages. I want to find a cheap solution... Does anyone have a 50cc scoot frame with good front end, shocks, wheel, handlebars, etc, they don't need and would let go for a reasonable amount?
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Post by steve on May 13, 2015 21:48:34 GMT -5
I've been there, man. Over Christmas, the shock on the bottom of the frame of my scoot got stuck, and the frame broke before I knew what was going on. I had another 50cc that was old and decrepit, so I tore it down, and put my scoot on that frame. The body didn't fit on it right, though, so it doesn't look totally right. The floorboard doesn't lay right, and the side panels don't fit snug.
I'm so sorry to hear about your scoot, buddy! Look in the local trader paper. Go to junkyards, pawnshops, etc.
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Post by lain on May 13, 2015 22:14:42 GMT -5
There's no junkyards or pawnshops around with scooters. I've already been down this road once, because some dumbsh backed over my front end. I've replaced the entire front end before but now the damage is to the frame as well. I've looked everywhere but the only chance I really have is to buy a used or broken scooter on craigslist, and there aren't as many as you might think. I could also just replace every single piece again...  |
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Post by lain on May 14, 2015 0:19:27 GMT -5
I've been there, man. Over Christmas, the shock on the bottom of the frame of my scoot got stuck, and the frame broke before I knew what was going on. I had another 50cc that was old and decrepit, so I tore it down, and put my scoot on that frame. The body didn't fit on it right, though, so it doesn't look totally right. The floorboard doesn't lay right, and the side panels don't fit snug. I'm so sorry to hear about your scoot, buddy! Look in the local trader paper. Go to junkyards, pawnshops, etc. Seems luck is on my side hopefully. Found a scoot on CL with the same exact frame is great condition. Has wheels too. Looks like I may actually end up making my scooter better now. I needed new wheels anyways, my bearings were on the way out. |
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Post by SylvreKat on May 14, 2015 7:04:16 GMT -5
Crossing my fingers for you that the CL scoot works out for you. As for your friend, what're his finances like? If he's doing fine, then absolutely he should at least help pay for the replacement. Esp since you did warn him beforehand. If he's hurting, then ask him to pay a little. Or if fixing turns out to not cost all that much, or you'd rather (and able) to just eat the cost yourself, then let him know that because you value his friendship more than the scooter, you're paying it all yourself. And think twice before letting him ride your scoot again  ! >'Kat |
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Post by hillbillybob on May 14, 2015 7:54:14 GMT -5
A fellow named Shakespeare once said..."Neither a borrower nor a lender be". Guess you can better appreciate that phrase after your misfortune. Hope things work out for you.
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Post by rockynv on May 14, 2015 12:24:23 GMT -5
Count your blessings that he did not incure any liabilites that you would have been held responsible for. Hope the CL find takes care of things for you.
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Post by novaraptor on May 14, 2015 17:43:33 GMT -5
and if the CL doesn't work out, check with some of the auto towing companies about upcoming auctions and their inventory list, if you haven't already. Most people forget about them, but a lot of crashed up scoots are never reclaimed and are sold at public auction.
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Post by lain on May 14, 2015 21:23:40 GMT -5
Got the scooter from CL, it's a top mounted frame and I have a bottom mounted engine. It is the same exact frame except it looks like the top engine mount was welded on. The front end is what's most important, I took the tripletree and handebars off, the bearings and tree and everything looks excellent.
The bottom of the tripletree is about 1cm wider, otherwise everything is the same, same length, and everything, going to see how it works out with the slightly wider one with my current front wheel, if it isn't good I will just use the front wheel from the CL scoot.
I would like to at some point use the CL scoot's frame though, I may just save it for a 150cc scoot project later.
Can a SawAll cut these scoot frames?
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Post by steve on May 16, 2015 20:49:07 GMT -5
You could cut the earth in half with the right sawzall blade. I used to work at The Home Depot, and the vendors for Dewalt used to cut a car in half with a sawzall in 30 seconds on saturdays for show. So, I would think they can cut a scoot frame no problem.
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