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Hi All,
I am back!
After close to a year of exciting long drives (Nano 10K kms - on highway mainly, now the Estilo) one year of getting frustrated in a new job, one year away from all old vehicles. Finally the 2 stroke bug bit me.
"The scooter experience in my childhood"
When I was a kid, my cousin was also my neighbour, we both used to go to school which was roughly 2kms from my home. Till my 7th standard my father used to drop me to school in his Atlas cycle, with me bugging him all the way, asking a million questions about everything I see. There were these rare times, probably once in a few months when my cousin wont get ready in time, so his father (my uncle) will drop him & me to school in his Bajaj CUB. The dull blue coloured scooter, with strong pull from standstill to 30 / 40kmph was too impressive. Due to space constraints, I used to handover my bag to my cousin and sit like a frog or stand bending a bit and get the first hand experience of "SPEED".
This is the first 2wheeler I ever travelled in & the first 2wheeler that I tried to kickstart. The longest distance travelled in this scooter was from Banaswadi to Nimhans & back (about 30kms max). Also once when we had a medical emergency, My uncle, my sister (badly needed to be takenm to hospital) & my father all drove to the hospital on this same machine. This also happens to be the first & only scooter in all my relatives, most others bought a TVS excel or a bike.
"The work horse period"
My uncle used to work for BSNL as a line man, he used to haul 10+kgs of telephone wires to & fro customer's house & his office. Also the front glovebox was always loaded with 2hammers, one bit rod (huli in kannada), nails, cutting plyer, Insulation tape, wheel spanner, 10 size spanner! Now imagine that in any of today's scooters. The scooter was mainly used in & around North & East Bangalore (Never ever has it left bangalore).
"The recent updates"
My uncle after having served in BSNL for over 25yrs, finally retired and is at home, having a good time with his grandkids & busy looking for a alliance for my cousin. In last 24yrs no major breakdown, in the last 20days over 5 breakdowns, left him stranded for hours. After insisting him for over a year, finally he gave up and bought a TVS Wego 5days back. Now there is a parking issue & hence they wanted to sell it. The showroom guy initially agreed to exchange the old scooter and minus 2k on Wego price, but when he got to know that the scooter has no FC, he backed out. They checked with 5 other auto dealers, no one was willing to buy it. Everyone suggested him to scrap it, I mean literally breaking it into pieces and fetch money based on weight! This is where I entered the picture and bought it from them for 1000/-
What I got:
A piece of my childhood literally!
A scooter that has properly aged
with no front brakes
a stock engine
original 1992 RC paper with BSNL attestation 1993 seal
Running 3rd party insurance
Close to 5litres of fuel+oil
"Reaction at home"
What! Why! Oh god! - even worse expressions too were showered on me by all family members.
They know for sure, I am going to sleep less, create mess on every available open space at home & carry annoying grin all around.
They were hell bent on returning the thing back to my uncle/ scrap the vehicle. After facing ressistance at home, all my josh reduced and I just parked the scooter outside my home and did nothing for first 2days.
Then rode the scooter around for 5kms on 3rd day and decided that I am not gonna let this one go. Upon removed the floor carpet, saw the horror, a big rusted hole in the main beam, spoke to Varun & Vinod a.k.a Nanofreak (on whatsapp), started to strip the vehicle.
Now I am midway in the dismantling process. I will have to go & buy new spanners, as engine is ready to be removed from the vehicle.
Also a new stand to be bought before handing over to the tinker, as current stand is short on one side and the retaining bolts are rusted to such an extent its impossible to remove them.
I have made a tentative list of parts to be changed & parts to be chromed.
Parts to be changed are:
Headlight
All indicators
All switches
Front brake shoes & brake wire
Front brake lever & clutch lever
All rubber parts
All bulbs
Center stand
Air filter
Rear brake shoes & brake wire
rear brake pedal
2 new rims
Front & rear shock absorbers
Things that will be outsourced:
Tinkering - Floor panel change
New foam & seat covers
DIY attempts:
Electricals
Painting
Dismantling & assembling
Already enquired with a few tinkers and managed to find one guy, expensive but sounds more genuine than the usual crook I depend on.
I will upload the photos with a bit of extra info about each part. Not decided what colour to go for though.
I am back!
After close to a year of exciting long drives (Nano 10K kms - on highway mainly, now the Estilo) one year of getting frustrated in a new job, one year away from all old vehicles. Finally the 2 stroke bug bit me.
"The scooter experience in my childhood"
When I was a kid, my cousin was also my neighbour, we both used to go to school which was roughly 2kms from my home. Till my 7th standard my father used to drop me to school in his Atlas cycle, with me bugging him all the way, asking a million questions about everything I see. There were these rare times, probably once in a few months when my cousin wont get ready in time, so his father (my uncle) will drop him & me to school in his Bajaj CUB. The dull blue coloured scooter, with strong pull from standstill to 30 / 40kmph was too impressive. Due to space constraints, I used to handover my bag to my cousin and sit like a frog or stand bending a bit and get the first hand experience of "SPEED".
This is the first 2wheeler I ever travelled in & the first 2wheeler that I tried to kickstart. The longest distance travelled in this scooter was from Banaswadi to Nimhans & back (about 30kms max). Also once when we had a medical emergency, My uncle, my sister (badly needed to be takenm to hospital) & my father all drove to the hospital on this same machine. This also happens to be the first & only scooter in all my relatives, most others bought a TVS excel or a bike.
"The work horse period"
My uncle used to work for BSNL as a line man, he used to haul 10+kgs of telephone wires to & fro customer's house & his office. Also the front glovebox was always loaded with 2hammers, one bit rod (huli in kannada), nails, cutting plyer, Insulation tape, wheel spanner, 10 size spanner! Now imagine that in any of today's scooters. The scooter was mainly used in & around North & East Bangalore (Never ever has it left bangalore).
"The recent updates"
My uncle after having served in BSNL for over 25yrs, finally retired and is at home, having a good time with his grandkids & busy looking for a alliance for my cousin. In last 24yrs no major breakdown, in the last 20days over 5 breakdowns, left him stranded for hours. After insisting him for over a year, finally he gave up and bought a TVS Wego 5days back. Now there is a parking issue & hence they wanted to sell it. The showroom guy initially agreed to exchange the old scooter and minus 2k on Wego price, but when he got to know that the scooter has no FC, he backed out. They checked with 5 other auto dealers, no one was willing to buy it. Everyone suggested him to scrap it, I mean literally breaking it into pieces and fetch money based on weight! This is where I entered the picture and bought it from them for 1000/-
What I got:
A piece of my childhood literally!
A scooter that has properly aged
with no front brakes
a stock engine
original 1992 RC paper with BSNL attestation 1993 seal
Running 3rd party insurance
Close to 5litres of fuel+oil
"Reaction at home"
What! Why! Oh god! - even worse expressions too were showered on me by all family members.
They know for sure, I am going to sleep less, create mess on every available open space at home & carry annoying grin all around.
They were hell bent on returning the thing back to my uncle/ scrap the vehicle. After facing ressistance at home, all my josh reduced and I just parked the scooter outside my home and did nothing for first 2days.
Then rode the scooter around for 5kms on 3rd day and decided that I am not gonna let this one go. Upon removed the floor carpet, saw the horror, a big rusted hole in the main beam, spoke to Varun & Vinod a.k.a Nanofreak (on whatsapp), started to strip the vehicle.
Now I am midway in the dismantling process. I will have to go & buy new spanners, as engine is ready to be removed from the vehicle.
Also a new stand to be bought before handing over to the tinker, as current stand is short on one side and the retaining bolts are rusted to such an extent its impossible to remove them.
I have made a tentative list of parts to be changed & parts to be chromed.
Parts to be changed are:
Headlight
All indicators
All switches
Front brake shoes & brake wire
Front brake lever & clutch lever
All rubber parts
All bulbs
Center stand
Air filter
Rear brake shoes & brake wire
rear brake pedal
2 new rims
Front & rear shock absorbers
Things that will be outsourced:
Tinkering - Floor panel change
New foam & seat covers
DIY attempts:
Electricals
Painting
Dismantling & assembling
Already enquired with a few tinkers and managed to find one guy, expensive but sounds more genuine than the usual crook I depend on.
I will upload the photos with a bit of extra info about each part. Not decided what colour to go for though.
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