charleswrivers
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Figured I’d share: The weather been nice and have been riding my old buggy a lot lately.
Its mostly for just running down muddy trails to some fishing holes near my house.
These things are great though for those wanting to tinker on the cheap. Swapping cams (they’re under $20 each)... replacing heads/setting timing... replacing pistons/rings/sleeves (I think a piston/cylinder rings set me back $25 or so a few years back... turns out it wasn’t even needed, my rings had just lined their gaps up and made it smoke a little. Replaced it anyways)... adjust valve lash... reading plugs... tuning carbs... taking apart and tuning a CVT for however you want it to deliver power (Done springs, a belt or two, some weights). It may not look like much on paper, but these junky little GY6-powered things just sorta go and go and can be taken apart and put together in minutes, not hours. Great, cheap little things to learn on and get tangible results for very little time and money invested.
It dawned on me as I was taking it out in the last week or so that I bought it back when we only had my oldest daughter. Now we have 3 kids (next oldest is almost 8) and packing in all 3 is pretty much impossible... so I guess I ought to start looking at a stretched 4 seater. Not bad for a thing I bought for $300 not running 8 years ago that I’ve put probably $100-150 in to tune it and fix anything it needed in all that time. I doubt I’ll ever find another deal as good as this one turned out... but it’s actually turned out to be the ‘vehicle’ I’ve owned the longest compared to all my cars. I’d not part with it unless I had a 4-seat replacement. It goes in spots only a dedicated 4x4 vehicle could make it... and in tighter spots than those ever could w/o tearing their sides off.
If anyone ever sees a scooter/buggy going to cheap w/a GY6 and you get a wild hair... go for it. There used to be forums that were a lot more active some years back... but buggymasters is still alive and kicking for technical help.
Its mostly for just running down muddy trails to some fishing holes near my house.
These things are great though for those wanting to tinker on the cheap. Swapping cams (they’re under $20 each)... replacing heads/setting timing... replacing pistons/rings/sleeves (I think a piston/cylinder rings set me back $25 or so a few years back... turns out it wasn’t even needed, my rings had just lined their gaps up and made it smoke a little. Replaced it anyways)... adjust valve lash... reading plugs... tuning carbs... taking apart and tuning a CVT for however you want it to deliver power (Done springs, a belt or two, some weights). It may not look like much on paper, but these junky little GY6-powered things just sorta go and go and can be taken apart and put together in minutes, not hours. Great, cheap little things to learn on and get tangible results for very little time and money invested.
It dawned on me as I was taking it out in the last week or so that I bought it back when we only had my oldest daughter. Now we have 3 kids (next oldest is almost 8) and packing in all 3 is pretty much impossible... so I guess I ought to start looking at a stretched 4 seater. Not bad for a thing I bought for $300 not running 8 years ago that I’ve put probably $100-150 in to tune it and fix anything it needed in all that time. I doubt I’ll ever find another deal as good as this one turned out... but it’s actually turned out to be the ‘vehicle’ I’ve owned the longest compared to all my cars. I’d not part with it unless I had a 4-seat replacement. It goes in spots only a dedicated 4x4 vehicle could make it... and in tighter spots than those ever could w/o tearing their sides off.
If anyone ever sees a scooter/buggy going to cheap w/a GY6 and you get a wild hair... go for it. There used to be forums that were a lot more active some years back... but buggymasters is still alive and kicking for technical help.
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