My father rode a Solex for years on a gravel road out in the country in order to leave my mother with a car to tranport herself and 2 children. The Solex shook apart over 5 years... so he bought a Quickly which lasted well for another 5 years until he sold it when we moved. I was too young to ride it legally and my mother hated motorcycles/mopeds anyway. I was given a Mobylette that was somewhat trashed when I was 21.... got it going again using a 1948 Ford Mercury fan belt as a drive belt (the Mobylette was French but in 1948 when it was first manufactured American automotive belts were probably widely avaiilable?) and I got a full motorcyle licence as I was allowed to use the Mobylette for that test..."ride up the road, turn around and come back while I stand here and watch" Things have changed since those days....
I remember one of my neighbours owning one and travelling to work at the local coal mine about 10 miles a day.I was very young and could only imagine riding one.Thanks Seppo I got my great stickers today I will put them on my camper when I have finished it and wear them with pride.🤩
What a beautiful specimen of moped. The NSU detail in the side covers, the fin on the front fender and the gentle sweeping curves of the frame harken back to a time of elegance and style in industrial design. This was a time of high product quality, durability and serviceability, not disposability/replacement like products are designed now. The pigeonhole for the tools and oil ratio syringe are seamlessly built into the frame and don't look like an afterthought. I'm looking forward to hearing the engine come back to life after its' long slumber, and to seeing you take it back out on the road after who-knows-how-long.
You could map the ports, then design a new sleeve, and press that one in. You can use just a steel sleeve with piston rings that are used when the sleeve is metal. Or you can press a alu sleeve in with Nicasil or equal in. If you can hone a chromed sleeve, well I'm not sure. Most imported is the measure everything. When the piston start wiggling then then the sleeve and thus the Cilinder will be dead in no time. Ad more oil in the fuel mixture. Normally it's 1:50, so 1:45 will do.
Hey thats nifty - putting the 2-stroke oil in that handy container - love that - so easy come fill up time and so clearly marked I suppose it depends on what project you get in a card board box - I mean a 1928 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow project in a box that size I would expect many many missing parts. Yeah in the UK mopeds are max 50 cc and 30mph restricted as are some scooters I believe. Times and expectations change - in the early 80's you could buy such a moped from Woolworths !!!
Hello, i have not forgotten about our deal. Every video i watch i think about it. But the restoration on the van is still going on and i hope end of Januari mebe early Februari to go to Sweden. I have made a prommise.
there's a first time for everything. I was never the one to watch a moped video I wonder thogh, is this "NSU" connected in anyway with the car brand "NSU"? have you got any knowledge on this?
Yes, same company. They started building mopeds and scooters, then used that knowledge to build their first car, the prinz in the late 50s. The engine, a four stroke air-cooled twin drew heavily on their previous experience. Later in the 60s they went on to build larger more powerful cars.
@@oxulucozcan4923 I had an nsu sport prinz coupe in the 70s, and I knew someone with an ro-80. They were very advanced and great to drive but many of them ended up having their engines swapped out for a ford v4 (I think)as they proved too unreliable and very thirsty.
@@melvyncrimlis8997 even today, with the parts availablity on modern cars, rotary is nightmare fuel. As I said, "dream car". I can only dream about it 🥲
Hejsa. Hvor i Danmark er du fra? Og ville du kunne lokkes til at hjælpe med en motorrenovering på en nsu quickly motor? Den skal have nye pakninger og simmerringer i motoren. 😊😊
Fyn. Ja jeg kan godt hyres til sådan en opgave.. Men snart laver jeg en video på min egen som du måske kan bruge til selv at gøre det? Ellers så giv lyd :)
@@SeasideGarage jeg har nu sendt en mail med billeder af hvor den sveder olie og skrevet nogle detaljer så kan vi evt. aftale derover omkring det. Vh Lars :)
If so then the sleeve is just iron. He can hone it and, so far as I remember, use chrome rings and a new piston. Best is to have a coated piston. May be a coated sleeve is possible too but the need of that with just 30 km/hour seems unnecessary.
Hi in England we call it 'Leading Link Suspension'. Like your uploads very much ,many thanks.
My father rode a Solex for years on a gravel road out in the country in order to leave my mother with a car to tranport herself and 2 children.
The Solex shook apart over 5 years...
so he bought a Quickly which lasted well for another 5 years until he sold it when we moved.
I was too young to ride it legally and my mother hated motorcycles/mopeds anyway.
I was given a Mobylette that was somewhat trashed when I was 21....
got it going again using a 1948 Ford Mercury fan belt as a drive belt (the Mobylette was French but in 1948 when it was first manufactured American automotive belts were probably widely avaiilable?) and I got a full motorcyle licence as I was allowed to use the Mobylette for that test..."ride up the road, turn around and come back while I stand here and watch"
Things have changed since those days....
I'm here for this!
Great little moped! I have been seeing it in the background for a while. It looks really nice.
I remember one of my neighbours owning one and travelling to work at the local coal mine about 10 miles a day.I was very young and could only imagine riding one.Thanks Seppo I got my great stickers today I will put them on my camper when I have finished it and wear them with pride.🤩
Ah thats good to hear Harry! :D
That’s my favourite moped ❤
What a beautiful specimen of moped. The NSU detail in the side covers, the fin on the front fender and the gentle sweeping curves of the frame harken back to a time of elegance and style in industrial design. This was a time of high product quality, durability and serviceability, not disposability/replacement like products are designed now. The pigeonhole for the tools and oil ratio syringe are seamlessly built into the frame and don't look like an afterthought. I'm looking forward to hearing the engine come back to life after its' long slumber, and to seeing you take it back out on the road after who-knows-how-long.
They have so many cool details...
Awesome! Had one of these as a kid. Think my parents junked it while I was a Uni. 😢
You could map the ports, then design a new sleeve, and press that one in.
You can use just a steel sleeve with piston rings that are used when the sleeve is metal.
Or you can press a alu sleeve in with Nicasil or equal in.
If you can hone a chromed sleeve, well I'm not sure.
Most imported is the measure everything. When the piston start wiggling then then the sleeve and thus the Cilinder will be dead in no time.
Ad more oil in the fuel mixture. Normally it's 1:50, so 1:45 will do.
I hope you decide to video how you get on 😊 I am thinking of trying to buy one of these in the hope it might be better on hills than the Solex 😊
Hey thats nifty - putting the 2-stroke oil in that handy container - love that - so easy come fill up time and so clearly marked
I suppose it depends on what project you get in a card board box - I mean a 1928 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow project in a box that size I would expect many many missing parts.
Yeah in the UK mopeds are max 50 cc and 30mph restricted as are some scooters I believe. Times and expectations change - in the early 80's you could buy such a moped from Woolworths !!!
Yea and it fits perfectly! I like it... :)
Hello, i have not forgotten about our deal. Every video i watch i think about it. But the restoration on the van is still going on and i hope end of Januari mebe early Februari to go to Sweden.
I have made a prommise.
Dont stress! But I am looking forward to this! :)
@@SeasideGarage Yeah me too if it ever reach the videos. I would be proud and honered to have been part of it :D
Certainly quite the difference going from building these to them making the Prinz or the Ro80... :P
Very!
Bugger me you’ve been proactive. After chopping my thumb off I’ve been off the scene. In that time you have done well. Regards.
Chopped you thumb off?! :O sorry to hear that!
Thanks man!
Check out my profile picture. My NSU quickly restomod. ( not for the purists) Still 50cc. I’m inspired to get it going more often in the new year.
there's a first time for everything. I was never the one to watch a moped video
I wonder thogh, is this "NSU" connected in anyway with the car brand "NSU"? have you got any knowledge on this?
Yes, same company. They started building mopeds and scooters, then used that knowledge to build their first car, the prinz in the late 50s. The engine, a four stroke air-cooled twin drew heavily on their previous experience. Later in the 60s they went on to build larger more powerful cars.
@@melvyncrimlis8997 interesting. ro-80 is one of my dream cars. thanks!
@@oxulucozcan4923 I had an nsu sport prinz coupe in the 70s, and I knew someone with an ro-80. They were very advanced and great to drive but many of them ended up having their engines swapped out for a ford v4 (I think)as they proved too unreliable and very thirsty.
@@melvyncrimlis8997 even today, with the parts availablity on modern cars, rotary is nightmare fuel. As I said, "dream car". I can only dream about it 🥲
Hejsa. Hvor i Danmark er du fra? Og ville du kunne lokkes til at hjælpe med en motorrenovering på en nsu quickly motor? Den skal have nye pakninger og simmerringer i motoren. 😊😊
Fyn.
Ja jeg kan godt hyres til sådan en opgave.. Men snart laver jeg en video på min egen som du måske kan bruge til selv at gøre det? Ellers så giv lyd :)
@@SeasideGarage så vil jeg meget gerne hyre dig til opgaven og kan komme til Fyn med min motor :)
@@LarsPoulsen1998 Super :)
Skriv på Seppowashuus@gmail.com Så kan vi ligge en plan :)
@@SeasideGarage gør jeg med det samme :)
@@SeasideGarage jeg har nu sendt en mail med billeder af hvor den sveder olie og skrevet nogle detaljer så kan vi evt. aftale derover omkring det. Vh Lars :)
These are way before chrome barrels.
If so then the sleeve is just iron. He can hone it and, so far as I remember, use chrome rings and a new piston. Best is to have a coated piston.
May be a coated sleeve is possible too but the need of that with just 30 km/hour seems unnecessary.
@@theblackhand6485 Exactly. Simple rebore.
It is chrome. :)
@@SeasideGarage Mine was definitely iron!!
@@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524 Weird they should be hard chrome plated..