I am an E50! I have a #11 high torque cylinder and a 14mm intake. I have brass screws in my clutch cover, and a stock 3 shoe clutch. I do not have a roller bushing in my crank. I do have a single ring piston. What year am I and where did I come from?
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only single ring puchs i know of are the korado. this is very interesting. tell us!
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I've heard a tale that Kickstart Magnum X motors had single rings, but mine did not. This one is not from a magnum X. I have no idea where its from, I bought it from a motorcycle yard just sitting there.
Oh yeah, it also had a black plastic flywheel cover, which made me think it was something different, the only other E50 I've had with that cover had a 3 shoe and roller crank.
I'll snap some pictures of the piston, it looks a like stock, but has some odd stampings on the dome.
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An 86? Three shoe clutch and black stator cover... Not sure about that single ring unless it has a korado top end on it...
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I was sure it was an 86 because of those things, and the condenser is a newer plastic cap screw on wire type, not the old solder jobbers. However, I know this isn't a Korado jug, it is Maxi size, so maybe someone put a single ring piston in it?
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there are 2 types of 3 shoe clutches big shoe and small shoe, the small shoe one looks like 3 2 shoe arms put onto a 3 shoe plate (whitch can easily be done with slight modification)
also not to derail this thread but you can put 2 shoe clutch shoes on in either direction on a 2 shoe plate...
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From a Puch AD. That's my guess. Don't know the year though.
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no roller bushing? not korado, not an 86 (86's had roller bushings, my za50 does)
probably not an AD either
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what does it have in place of roller bearings on the crank?
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what the fuck is a roller bushing?
brass bushing
roller bearing
pick one.
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oops! did NOT mean to sound like a jerk. sorry.
PS i have once seen a single ring puch piston. jesse van fleet has one in his bike. he had a 1980 burgondy maxi.
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LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My 86 maxi came stock with a 3 shoe and a roller bearing and a 2 ring piston just to let you know
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Here are some pictures. It is a normal stock 3 shoe with blue springs, not the odd kind that you described. The ports look pretty decent sized, I wonder how it will run.
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wierd.
the blue spring ones came on korados.
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what does it say o the top of the piston?
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I tried to take a good picture, but it has the exhaust arrow and what looks like the number "3" but it has been hit on something, and then it also says "D" and 1734
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wow, yeah thats for sure a puch piston not a random swap in. the korado single rings look very differnt than that and have boost ports so im at a total loss. never seen or heard of that till this thread man.
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id say it would be like a zeta cylinder or something, but i can clearly see the puch stamp.
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My sentiments exactly, I figured it was an old school 50cc kit, but it is clearly marked PUCH. I should have this engine together again in a few days and we will see how well it does!
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Those transfers look large for a stock #11 jug. Maybe the motor is from an Eton four wheeler. I hear they use a motor exactly like an E50.
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i have one of those pistons at home, i
ll check i t tonight, maybe an aftermarket replacement piston
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Alright, split the case and it's even more confusing. It's a 3 bearing case (which I've seen) but the teeth on the clutch housing and main gear are cut backwards from the normal style. The mystery continues!
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sounds like a korado bottom end (pre-cdi) with some wierdo top end.
I dont think the top and bottom ends are from the same bike.
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i had a free spirit with a single ring piston, not sure if it was the original engine, but it was DEF not a korado, i may still have the piston somewhere to photograph
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i thought only the korados had the reversed gear teeth and the blue springed 3 shoes though.
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I have the same thing on my 86' Cobra. Single ring, roller bearing. Not sure about the clutch yet.
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