not posted for a while, had a problem with the kickstart and bent the shaft, so i decided something stronger was needed so martin from chiselspeed got me a casa one from one of there new wider sidecasings which is the size i need, also came with an extended piston , so no need to extend the slot and use a packer, got it fitted, had to grind just a tiny bit of clearance to miss the clutch top plate, fitted kickstart and the splines in one or the other where not right, either too high or too low, so i ended up fitting a kickstart ramp to the side case an cutting the one off the backplate, pleased to say thats got the kickstart where it should be and works fine. as the engine is not run in yet, and its cold still i have opted to build a roller starter to back the scooter onto, which bump starts it, got that finished yesterday, so tried it out and it works a treat, its powered by a honda go kart engine and uses a centrifugal clutch which drives two rollers, i will post some more pics when i have time, road test went well ran at 40/ 50 degrees on the gauge and didnt miss a beat, does seem a bit louder with the bigger stinger but well pleased, pulls hard with no revs at all, its all torque, fun to ride, will try and get out later if it dries up,
holty
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this is the original shaft and is bent like a banana
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this is the new shaft fitted
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new shaft with integral ramp, had to elongate the holes and trim one end to get it to work correctly
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