honda melody help

[monkeymanjaso...]

hi all iv got a honda melody sitting at the back of my garage its been there for about 5 years i got it out the other day and put it in for mot and it passed with flying colours i wish my car was like that lol but im just wondering what engine is similar to the meloey engine as i wont it to go alot faster then 28 mph or can i buy some think to make it faster iv looked on the net for stuff but you cant buy nothing no more for the melody im just doing it for fun realy for the summer i just wont to make it go realy fast change the engine if i have to i dont mind it would wind up the kids on there mopeds bring the classic back to beat the new stuff if i can get it to go about 60 or 70 mph it will be well funny...iv any one can help it will be gr8.......

[Nope.]

Well, thats one of the most incomprehensible things i've ever had the pain of reading.

What you have is a Moped. By law it is restricted to 28 MPH. Assuming that you have a full motorcycle licence you CAN remove the restrictors but you would have to re-register it as a motorcycle and possibly submit it for testing at a VOSA center.

Assuming that you dont care about that particular part of the law (Not many people do) you can derestrict it by removing a washer in the variator. HOWEVER, dont expect it to do more then about 35. Its a 20 year old moped, not a speed machine. That engine will NEVER get it to do 50 let alone 60-70 (Well, it might if you spent a lot of money and time tuning it but you would wreck it very quickly). You would have to change the engine to get it to do any sort of decent speed and then your talking a lot of work just to get it to fit. If you were to get it fitted and riding straight then your trying to get a machine designed to do 28mph to go more then 50, this means that the wheels are too small, the tyres are underrated, the breaks aren't good enough and a few other things. This makes for a pretty dangerous machine that I certainly wouldn't want to be riding.

For the work that it would need to get it there its not worth the money or the time. Flog it and buy a two stroke 125 if you want to do that sort of speed.
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[Martay]

I have a City Express which is a simmilar thing from similar era. As far as i remember, they are not restricted, just slow. Live with it or get a bigger bike!
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[monkeymanjaso...]

hi, i am a professional welder. so fitting a new engine doesnt bother me with new fitting mounts, and when i said 60/70 mph i meant with a new engine in it...I have a full bike licence i was thinking of putting a dio engine in it..!! Its a 1980 its 30 years old, by the time i have finished with it it will be a speed machine just getting a few pointers, If i cant get hold of a dio engine because they are all abroad when you look on the net then im just gpoing to mount a pit bike engine in it and do all the swing arm,,, It be a little hobby to do, just be funny making a bike that small go that fast iv got a r6 and a robin reliant with a gsxr 750 engine in it and my normal car im doing it just for fun...Thanks for everyones help so far..Jay

[Nope.]

[unitynotsocri...]

If your that mad for it and a welder to boot ,you could have a good look at chinese scooter/moped engines.They can be bought new for a few hundred quid with carb n accesories up to about 150cc.just watch the forks and brakes though if you intend to go above 40moh plus.
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[monkeymanjaso...]

Thanks for your help i dont no what to do yet but iv dun the same to a
monkry bike iv put a yx 155cc bored out to a 198cc if i remember right that went about the 90mph or over cost absolute fortune its mot
and taxed if any one wonts to buy it iv got photos just sits in my garage like every thing else its logged as a 50cc im bike mad.....

[Johnser]

I once put a 125 lifan pitbike engine into a c50. it did indeed go much better.

However, doing 60+ on something designed to go 30 is sketchy to say the least.

[monkeymanjaso...]

i no but its fun lol