The story of the scoot was that it had broken down with horrible noise while the previous owner was commuting. Indeed cranking the kickstarter sounds like the flywheel is touching the fan shroud. And indeed it was
Don't ask me what happened here but I found this kinda funny
Took out the engine since it will require some major bench work before being operational again
The engine turned out to be not as innocent as the body. It has been kitted with SIP Road (?) exhaust, Pinasco top end and Si 24.24 carb.
I hope I'm not making too big of a sacrilege here by dropping in a left over 200 engine to get the scoot rideable again.
Seat is a tad dirty but overall in good condition. Just one small pinhole on the side. Could this also be OG? If I recall correctly, that seat latch mechanism is correct for GL.
Rivets on the badge look beautifully done and round
Under the tank is rustless and I think the red color is just primer paint
Same red paint on the underside of the fuel tank
Fuel tank even has it's sticker
Seat latch post was one thing that I thought was a tell-tale sign about re-spray.
