[Help] Derestricting a 50cc scooter

[The Wookiee]

I have acquired a 50cc Vespa and am looking for someone to derestrict it for me.

Any motorcycle mechanics on here want to earn themselves a few quid ??

 

[jakarta]

Rip it out and Stick a Yamaha 250LC engine in - you won't live long but the trip will be exciting...

 

[BN9 BHA]

I have acquired a 50cc Vespa and am looking for someone to derestrict it for me.

Any motorcycle mechanics on here want to earn themselves a few quid ??

[MENTION=263]zefarelly[/MENTION] is probably the man to ask

 

[Icy Gull]

[MENTION=263]zefarelly[/MENTION] is probably the man to ask

Indeed, he’ll probably come around and do it for you

 

[wellquickwoody]

I have acquired a 50cc Vespa and am looking for someone to derestrict it for me.

Any motorcycle mechanics on here want to earn themselves a few quid ??

It’s a 50cc, why would you actually bother? Just sell it and get a 125.

 

[wuntbedruv]

Have you checked YouTube? Plenty of videos there and one I viewed looked pretty basic to me.

 

[Algernon]

[MENTION=263]zefarelly[/MENTION] is probably the man to ask

Indeed, he’ll probably come around and do it for you

I don't even know [MENTION=263]zefarelly[/MENTION] but from his posts on here I reckon he'd pay to do it and probably work naked.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I don't even know [MENTION=263]zefarelly[/MENTION] but from his posts on here I reckon he'd pay to do it and probably work naked.

He must be busy today and will be disappointed that someone has started a thread about scooters and he’s not seen it.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

It’s a 50cc, why would you actually bother? Just sell it and get a 125.

Don't you need a CBT every 2 years for a 125 whereas can ride 50 on a car license ?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Don't you need a CBT every 2 years for a 125 whereas can ride 50 on a car license ?

Depends on the age of the car licence I think. But if the 50cc is derestricted then the rules will have changed anyway.

 

[Milano]

I used to have a Vespa 50 when I was 16 (1987 gulp!) I got another 10 mph out of it by changing the exhaust (Fresco) and adding larger jets into the carb. Not sure if that is even a thing for the modern models.

 

[boik]

Depends on the age of the car licence I think. But if the 50cc is derestricted then the rules will have changed anyway.

Surely if you derestrict it then your insurance will be completely invalid. Get involved in a nasty accident and you will be paying for it for the rest of your life. Friend of mine had refusal to pay out on insurance because he had changed the wheels and hadn't informed them.

Each to their own I guess.

 

[zefarelly]

I used to have a Vespa 50 when I was 16 (1987 gulp!) I got another 10 mph out of it by changing the exhaust (Fresco) and adding larger jets into the carb. Not sure if that is even a thing for the modern models.

Mee too . . .lasted a month and got a vespa 100, registered as a 50.

Some of the old vespas were restricted with a strangulation plate between the engine and carburettor . . . . Simply remove it and hey presto 38 mph!

As with cars I don't do modern toss, but most 2 strokes respond to a proper exhaust /expansion chamber. Most restrictions are simply to liit the breathing.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Surely if you derestrict it then your insurance will be completely invalid. Get involved in a nasty accident and you will be paying for it for the rest of your life. Friend of mine had refusal to pay out on insurance because he had changed the wheels and hadn't informed them.

Each to their own I guess.

Well let's face it, it doesn't take much for any insurance company to wriggle out of paying anything.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Don't you need a CBT every 2 years for a 125 whereas can ride 50 on a car license ?

Edit - yes need a CBT for a 125 no exceptions


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[macky]

I'm pretty sure You can only ride a 50cc on a older car licence ?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I'm pretty sure You can only ride a 50cc on a older car licence ?

Yes, you are right


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[zefarelly]

I'm pretty sure You can only ride a 50cc on a older car licence ?

My driving license had. Full moped license and provisional permanently, until I did a full bike test.

 

[Elbow750]

Not sure what the rules are on riding a derestricted scoot, but definitely worth taking your bike test/ CBT. Will probably make insurance cheaper, gives you so many more choices of bikes/ scooters as well as teaching you how to ride safely which could save your life.

 

[Wozza]

Had a derestricted 50cc Yahama back in the day. Think it was bored out to 63cc, actually. It used to do 60mph. Pretty naughty for a 16yo...