little 49cc pitbikes

[mic]

Hi

I've been offered one cheap as it has a dead engine. No idea if it has chassis numbers to make it road legal...

Would a bigger engine be a direct replacement (125 or 140, not a 600)

If it doesn't have chassis numbers would it be easy to obtain?

Cheers
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zzr600

[P.addy]

More hassle than it is worth, aim to buy road legal ones, saves the hassle.

[mic]

yea. im just thinking of a little project but even the form to get i t legal seems longwinded
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zzr600

[P.addy]

What price are you looking to spend.

I have a road legal monkey, great fun, bit pointless on the road but great fun

[mic]

well he only wants £50 for it dont really 'need' it but would kick myself if it went to a chav if it could live in my garage whilst i bolted shit to it over time
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zzr600

[_Iain_]

Lol,

Road registering wont happen.

I'm in the process of doing my CR.

Step one - contact tax man to find proof of tax being paid upon entry to the UK. Cant prove it? Pay based on current value - but it takes them 4 weeks to make a decision

Step two - Daylight MOT, you need road legal tyres, speedometer and everything up to spec.

Step three - insurance. Insure it on the chassis numbers

Step four - V55/5, fill it in. You'll have fun with this as you need to declare it exempt as a competition trials bike and mod the suspension to get the ride height right. You need to send this with the MOT, first registration fee, tax fee, two forms of ID, annd pray you dont get an inspection demanded.

If you get inspected they'll check all the seat height and ground clearance to the milimeter to make sure its straight, and generally be a pain. Oh, and as you cant prove its age you'll get Q plated so probbably wont get insured.

Buy Paddys - it's got a brand new 140 motor in it although personally i'd rebuild it before running on the road, although i do have DriftHD footage of it over 55mph on 10" wheels
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Please be aware that the above post may be full of complete nonsense.
Riding: '07 KTM Duke II, Baotian BT49QT-20 Driving: '88 Volvo 340

[totalllama82]

Save yourself the heartache and buy a road legal 'spares and repairs' to fix up.
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Gone: Haotian HT125-8 / Yamaha YZF 600R Thundercat / Kawasaki ZX9R C2
Current: Kawasaki ZZR 1400 A7F

[mic]

What about fitting an electric motor instead of engine?! Weld in a car battery mount and a decent AC motor and off you go
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zzr600

[Ste]

£50 without the frame number... I wonder if it's stolen.

[mic]

Well. It's off one of the in laws who bought it off a mate. They all like their cars and do track days and stuff. Bike is a non runner. Part of me thinks it's legit as they're all into fiddling with bits but yea, I dunno
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zzr600

[Ste]

If it's legit then why doesn't it have the frame number?

[mic]

Dunno. I haven't seen it yet. Was under the impression not all were made with numbers, sold as toys only sorta thing?
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zzr600

[1cyl]

[Northern Monkey]

I paid £99 for mine brand new. £50 with no engine doesn't sound too good a deal

Chucked it out when the frame snapped when a fat bloke had a go