MOPED ARMY

Check your brake light, some bikes if the bulb is out the engine will kill when you engage the brakes.

Thanks for the suggestion Stephen. This moped is currently not connecting to any lights yet. I am currently working on getting the moped running, then will work on the light coil after. Do you think I should be connecting the lights now? (edited)

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Yeah if you can find a washer to put on the center of the puller that'd be best. You're gonna have to just crank down on that bad boy until it pops off. A lot of time it seems like they're not gonna come off and then you turn the bolt another half turn and BAM it's off. Heating the center with a torch can help too.

I have never seen a US version of the Torrot bikes, so no 'blue wire' to worry about grounding out to allow the coil to spark. Two condensers on these bikes, one in the points the other on the ignition coil. The one on the coil is supposed to be for RF noise suppression not spark quality. I would suggest to worry about the ignition first before the variator if you need/want the bike to be running.

Clean the ignition points with small file and chase off any guck with brake cleaner (NOT abrasive paper and carb cleaner as either will leave shyte behind that will mess with the contact) set the gap at 0,4mm at index and set timing to 1,5-2,0mm BTDC. If no joy then disconnect the points and make sure of continuity when closed and open circuit when open. Check the condenser that is loads and unloads. Check the internal ignition coil, should be 1-2ohm. If still no joy after all of that is correct then check the external coil which is all the heck the way up above the seat post tool box. 2000-4500ohm for secondary to primary depends on which coil they have up there, 1-2ohm for the primary to primary. Make sure you dont have a resistor plug and resistor cap, you need either or none but not both.

Posts above have the opening of the clutch pretty well covered...

If the variator is staying engaged then you need to get the front cover off and free up the little starter arms so they do not stay engaged. Open the front cover you will see them and just use some WD40 or penetrating oil to get them to move freely, then chase away all of the penetrating oil with brake cleaner. The arms should be able to rotate on the pivot without any oil because the oil will just chase out with the centrifugal force and contaminate the clutch friction surfaces.

Thank you very much for your help everyone, penetrating oil seems to have fixed the problem, so happy that I dont have to take the variator apart. I have captured a video, I guess, I cannot attach video here ;-)

Thank you, and will remember that for when I register a youtube acct. ;-)

Fixing stuff that isn't broken is the best way to have a nice bike after all, isn't it?

Im here for pics of the moped please sir of you don't mind.

The original colour supposed to be red, and the previous owner has painted blue when I got it ;-)

Nice indeed - they look good as a blue bike - mine are red, my Torrot Mini is red and my Torrot Maxi is orangey.

Cant remember who owned that one but remember someone asking about using the WOVI coil to replace the one hidden way up inside the frame above the toolbox...

Those are some of the sexiest bikes with some of the best lines!

@rebel moby, do you have a spare front brake plate kicking around? Mine decided to crack.