Brad's Two-Stroke Baotian
 

Some members who've been around for awhile may remember my buddy, Brad. He originally bought a Gio electric scooter, and we assembled it together. Read about that here: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=7143

He sold that scooter the following year, and bought our Pastor's scooter, which I talked about here: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=9466

A kind lady at Church has decided to give up riding, so she has generously donated her Baotian Lotus two-stroke 50cc scooter to Brad. It has been sitting for awhile, so I picked it up today, and delivered it to forum member AtomicWedgie, who kindly agreed to prep it for Brad. I have too many projects on the go right now.

Here it is, right after we unloaded it tonight:

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It's in nice shape, and it only has around 2500km on it. It has a leak at the oil tank and the battery is dead, but that's about all we spotted right away. The exhaust system mimics a high-flow style, but we'll see how it actually performs.

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AtomicWedgie texted me later tonight, and said he got the scooter to fire up. He ran it around the block, but it died on him. Time to clean the carb.

I had an almost identical looking 125cc version with the GY6 engine - but it was guttless. The choice was to spend a lot on it with up-market clutch, rollers, piston & barrel etc. or sell it. I bought it as an import, in a packing case. I ran it for 6 months and then sold it for almost what I paid for it, so that was good. I only used it to go to and from the train station. The buyer got a good deal and everyone was happy. It did ride nicely, just nothing (much) happened when you twisted the throttle.

Our Pastor had a 50cc GY6 scooter, and we took that from a top speed of 45km/h to over 70km/h (the speedometer was pegged, so no idea, really). We did that with a simple valve adjustment, a pod filter, a free-breathing muffler and new carb jets. Quite a remarkable difference for a 50cc four stroke.

The 125 would have likely responded in a similar fashion, but it takes time and effort.

Yep, at the time, I was short on time and effort - but I have recently decided to become self-employed and provide consultancy services after 45 years sitting at a desk - so I have some "me" time . . .

This link may be useful to you

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Jeff

Thanks for the links!

Does Brad still have the pastor's scooter?

Not sure. I'll ask him when I deliver the Baotian.