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Ned Renner — 18 years ago
I think it simply helps keep the friction plate properly located since it fits so neatly on the sprocket like part of item 15. I remember being pretty amazed the first time I took the clutch apart and it flew into space. Found it and now regard it as important but w/o clear reason. I may have discovered an old shop that has some spare parts. I'll ask if you'd like. The shop is not o
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
I may have a contact. The guy does not want to be known on the web but has a variety of stuff. He always sends the wrong stuff first time. I will act as a non profit go between as I like these bikes but not be responsible for the outcome. Go to: http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Account/3074/index.html and check the carb type again. The guy is an older Bat mechanic but has lost the edge. Actua
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Where are you located? Do you know if it is the 20-25 or 30 mph configuration (there should be a sticker on the body which reveals this? Is it running? This bike has the less desirable engine and I have a lower milage Regency with the all aluminum L56. It would be a parts bin for me. Hopefully someone takes it to ride. Let me know though.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Got one or a source?
Ned Renner — 20 years ago
Too much panic. The worst that could happen would be an end to sales on new models and I doubt that is really afoot. If you already own it you are safe and any used one could be resold in the private market. This thread should go over to the general forum where it will induce full hysteria and perhaps even some factual data. Mind if I introduce it Mike? Or will you?
Ned Renner — 20 years ago
There is limited hope for the 2 stroke. A company called Orbital Engines, out of Australia has perfected a low pollution 2 stroke but after initially being bought by Ford, possibly to keep them off the market, they have continued to linger and struggle. There stock price is way down. Aprillia scooters uses this motor in their low end machine. If you are into the tech side, look them up, great
Ned Renner — 20 years ago
Bikes already on the road will be unaffected. The same thing happened to 2 stroke road bikes in the early 70's. And Honda is just a good corporate citisen that has a lot of low polution machines out and probably makes no profit off the scooter line. Just think, all 2 stokes will instantly become collector items.
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
I don't think the site you referenced claimed any great improvement resulting from the experiment. An expansion pipe truly tuned to an engine could increase low, mid or high range power, but simply adapting another engine's pipe is another make's engine is a gamble at best.
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
From an Austrailian News ppost:Man trials colostomy bag powered mopedTOOWOOMBA - Bowel cancer victim George Bryant said yesterday he has created an alternative fuel source for his moped using the gases from his colostomy bag."It screams," Mr Bryant told The Australian Times.Mr Bryant said he first thought of the idea when he was in rehabilitation and was in a ward full of people recoveri
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
Good explanation Don. I understand where Ben is coming from as the apparently mistake plug I'm running performs very well, but the right plug and gap is vital. When 2 stroke sport road bikes ruled, heat range was a practical determent of performance. A hot plug would run great in town and not foul, Take a too hot plug on the highway and you'd burn through the piston. A cold plug wou
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
Good feedback. I have not found a separate intake piece on mine and don't remember seeing any reed valve (could that be missing and is it evident on your 48?). Mine runs at 29+ on level ground but since this is my one true love in mopeds, I want it to be at pretty much perfect. My other passion is a "60 2 stroke car that is proving much harder to find parts for.
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
Thanks Don. My records are also in the garage and it is raining like hell in MD. Will give a full update on spec.s, and source once I can get there semi dry. Any notions on the top speed version?
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
I know DonP has a service manual and so this is a lead to get answers from that source. I have a '78 Bat Regency with the Laura 56 motor. Is a Champion L86C a correct plug? When you have an old plug no. you often have to trust the guy at the parts store to do the cross reference and I don't. Also, what point gap and firing degree does your manual list? My original service booklet lis
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
I may be able to help. Have semi restored a '78 Regency to full operation and thus like the breed. You probably have a Laura 48 engine and unsprung rear suspension. Will do some research in the next few days. How committed and knowledgeable are you? Be frank. I'll provide any help I can based on an amatuer rebuild of an old stock bike. It is almost always cheaper but less rewarding
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
Nice history site for anyone interested. http://www.torontomopeds.com/mopedhistory.htm
Ned Renner — 18 years ago
1) Fuel ratio is 50:12 I have paper copies of an owners manual for the 78 Regency and a factory tech letter but both are devoted to the Laura M56 engine. The other engine used was the M48. If spec.s differ, they will not due. This address is the only history site I've found. http://www.geocities.com/mscllistees/Batavus/3) Parts are difficult. I have two sources. Both are old guys wh
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. I was lucky enough to find the bulbs at a tiny repair shop, The big mc shops did not have them. My source says he can still order them and I will try to get the name of his supplier and post it. The radioshack idea was a good one but the wattages of the bulbs are apparently important so original replacements may be a best bet.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
There is a direct reference to the same engine being used on the Peugeot in the link I sent so it should be a bolt on. good luck.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Any hot sources on 6 volt bulbs for the rear lights?
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
You have probably found this site: http://www.geocities.com/mscllistees/Batavus/grandprix.htmlIt refers to the engine as most probably the Laura M-56 which was the more powerful of the two engines they came with. I think the more modern Trak (Korean) company continued production using the original machine tools but doubt they reproduced the Laura engine. I am not aware of a whole engine anywhere
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Oddly, I've read of increasing the width to get more scavenging time as the ports are open longer. have taken flack for bringing this up though, it would lower compression.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
I've not done it but you may want to consider a drawback: the factory claimed all their heads had a unique metal coating to prolong head and cylinder life, that would be lost. A complete head kit would be preferable but I've not heard of one. Shaving the head is a way to raise the compression but too much and you have the piston hitting the plug electrode. The only guy I know who'
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Brian Lamborn, who has a site devoted to a lot of mechanical and wood projects, including several mopeds, has put a Biturbo on a Bat and does not report it did anything for it. Expansion chamber exhausts which make use of a pressure wave to ram unburned mix back into the cyl. are very designed units. It is very difficult to patch one in to good effect. I think Brian had to cut the original exha
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Tragicly not likely. Trac is a Korean company that bought the machine tools to continue producing the original Dutch Batavus Moped. The exhaust could be greatly improved with an expansion chamber design but no one seems to have done this for an out of production design. The carb and intake are also limiters that have not been improved to my investigation. The basic engine/drivetrain is very rel
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Specifics on performance would be great. Sounds like you are impressed with the modification. We probably need an objective gauge to measure all these performance enhancements. Perhaps I'm behind the times, but has a benchmark, controlled, understood test mode ever been established to gauge improvments to mopeds?
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
I like the comment. The inability to compose a single sentence has always put me off. I rarely visit as a result. No offense intended. Just can't take it after a day in the office.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
While of limited interest, I will be taking my Batavus to several vintage sportcar races this month and travel in a '91 Honda Civic 4 door. It will fit once you: remove the passenger seat ( 4 bolts where the frame meets the floor), remove the rear bench seat, tricky but write me if interested.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Some seem committed to use of sealants but enough say it destroys the wheel innards that I will do some calls before deciding. I'd like to know the top motorcycle advisements, though they operate at high speeds. Had my full size bike taken that nail I'd have been at much higher speed and been in worse recovery shape. Two wheelers should be in better shape than this.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Don't want to start a war here, but I am ready to move on from my trusty old Batavus. My ideal is speed, handling and brakes. Significant other considerations are: availability, price, parts availability and availability of reliable options.
Ned Renner — 19 years ago
Rear wheel picked up a nail while riding. First sign was a sickening rear slide at the next turn. Does anyone use an inner tube sealer and what are the pro's and con's?