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Fatrambo
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PostPosted: 07:31 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Speedfight 100c - worth it? Reply with quote
Hey there!

I'm looking for a little <125cc scooter I can fix up and run around in, and there's a 1999 peugeot speedfight 100cc for 150 euro, the cheapest bike I can find at the moment.

Apparently it doesn't start at all, seller says it doesn't have compression. My main theories are bad oil seals, head gasket, possibly change piston and barrel at worst? A piston and barrel kit would run me about 100 euro.

Would it be worth buying or is it a scrapper?
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CorriganJ
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PostPosted: 07:46 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Re: Speedfight 100c - worth it? Reply with quote
Fatrambo wrote:
Hey there!

I'm looking for a little <125cc scooter I can fix up and run around in, and there's a 1999 peugeot speedfight 100cc for 150 euro, the cheapest bike I can find at the moment.

Apparently it doesn't start at all, seller says it doesn't have compression. My main theories are bad oil seals, head gasket, possibly change piston and barrel at worst? A piston and barrel kit would run me about 100 euro.

Would it be worth buying or is it a scrapper?


If its a first bike? nah. Leave it. It tends to be more expensive to fix a rotter than to buy a decent bike to start with.
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martin734
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PostPosted: 10:34 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would have it if it was free, but I would pay anything for it. If there is no compression it has has probably seized through lack of oil and then freed up, or the piston has holed. You are likely to need to do a full stripdown and rebuild with new piston, rings and probably bores. If the engine is fucked through lack of maintenance then the rest of the bike is probably equally knackered. These bikes are typically ridden by teenagers with no mechanical sympathy or ability. Thrashed, dropped, neglected and abused until they finally stop working altogether, when they are tarted up and tidied up and flogged as a project to some poor mug who doesn't recognise what a knackered and fucked POS it actually is.
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Riejufixing
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PostPosted: 11:39 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Re: Speedfight 100c - worth it? Reply with quote
Fatrambo wrote:
I'm looking for a little <125cc scooter I can fix up and run around in, and there's a 1999 peugeot speedfight 100cc for 150 euro, the cheapest bike I can find at the moment.

Apparently it doesn't start at all, seller says it doesn't have compression. My main theories are bad oil seals, head gasket, possibly change piston and barrel at worst? A piston and barrel kit would run me about 100 euro.

Would it be worth buying or is it a scrapper?

Where are you, somewhere in the eu I guess.

UK prices seem to vary from £100 to £900, with eBay sold brices showing they can be had, working, for around £450 at the right time of course, so the one you're thinking about at £135 gives you some leeway in terms of cost.

An engine seems to be between £20 and £200.

So were I buying such a thing, I'd ask myself "Can I do the job?"; "What is the general condiion of it (tyres, panels, battery, exhaust, seat, forks etc)?", "Does it look cosmetically nice or is it all scratched and bashed up?", "What costs are involved in getting it?"

I might be tempted if the rest of it was decent.
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Easy-X
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you looking for a project to piss about with or are you needing this bike to do some work? (Commuting, deliveries, etc.)
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Fatrambo
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PostPosted: 12:56 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
The bike itself looks nice and well taken care of for a 21 year old scooter, apart from the engine problem.

Just to clarify, I don't intend on using this to commute or ride frequently, I just wanted a little project to work on, try to familiarise myself more with small engines, and given that this is a two stroke, should be relatively simple in that regard.

There really isn't anything cheaper, other than a 2010 chinese scooter for 100 euro which also doesn't work, but I reckon a branded one would be better.

https://imgur.com/hFTJ4xF
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Riejufixing
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PostPosted: 13:55 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fatrambo wrote:
The bike itself looks nice and well taken care of for a 21 year old scooter, apart from the engine problem.

Just to clarify, I don't intend on using this to commute or ride frequently, I just wanted a little project to work on, try to familiarise myself more with small engines, and given that this is a two stroke, should be relatively simple in that regard.

There really isn't anything cheaper, other than a 2010 chinese scooter for 100 euro which also doesn't work, but I reckon a branded one would be better.

https://imgur.com/hFTJ4xF

What's the pic, is it the scooter itself? If you're doing the work, you might do the work and buy the bits cheaper than a "new" engine. At least then you'll have a known quantity. No idea who makes the engine. Chinese? Piaggio? You won't know the problem unless you can have a look....
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PostPosted: 14:28 - 15 Aug 2020    Post subject: Reply with quote
100 euro I'd pay. But thats me. It'll sell if you get it working.,, how much it costs however...
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