I just went and picked this one up last night. From what I can tell its a 1973 Premier "BeBe" 50cc, uses the same style motor that is in Broncco tx-6's far as I can tell (I think they mineralli IIRC) The tx-6 I had was a screamer and these motors have a great 2 stroke sound to them.
I was having a little buyers remorse this morning as its pretty rough looking and I while it was a decent price it was no steal. But I'm a sucker for Italian mini cycles so I had to have it.
Anyway, feeling sort of like a chump for buying it a rolled it out of van this morning to have a better look. I threw some gas in it just to see what would happen Guy said it would run. I kicked it for while not having much luck Played with the tickler on the Dell (man that sounds wrong) and messed with the choke and still nothing. I was just about to say screw it and gave it another kick and it sputtered to life! took a couple of times and few seconds of choking/revving but it sits there and idles like a top, revs to the moon too. So now I don't feel so bad:smile:
Got some clutch cable issues, I dunno if its the rigged clutch cable or if the clutch is not engaging internally ( I hope its just the cable) but The clutch isn't functioning so no ride yet. Seems to go in the gear good while it was on the stand running though.
When I got done revving it up and waking the neibours I saw this behind it :smile: I guess I call this bike the "Valdez"
I think I could pull off some Benelli wheels with this bike, It has sort of that Harley x-90 look to it and those are the wheels (or simaliar) that they use from what I have seen.
There are 2 little clips on the chainguard, there is supposed to be an old school air pump there for the tires. If any of you have any old bikes sitting around with one of those long skinny tube air pumps on it, let me know!
Hard to say how well it will clean up as-is I'll post up some pics after a bath in the next few days
I was having a little buyers remorse this morning as its pretty rough looking and I while it was a decent price it was no steal. But I'm a sucker for Italian mini cycles so I had to have it.
Anyway, feeling sort of like a chump for buying it a rolled it out of van this morning to have a better look. I threw some gas in it just to see what would happen Guy said it would run. I kicked it for while not having much luck Played with the tickler on the Dell (man that sounds wrong) and messed with the choke and still nothing. I was just about to say screw it and gave it another kick and it sputtered to life! took a couple of times and few seconds of choking/revving but it sits there and idles like a top, revs to the moon too. So now I don't feel so bad:smile:
Got some clutch cable issues, I dunno if its the rigged clutch cable or if the clutch is not engaging internally ( I hope its just the cable) but The clutch isn't functioning so no ride yet. Seems to go in the gear good while it was on the stand running though.
When I got done revving it up and waking the neibours I saw this behind it :smile: I guess I call this bike the "Valdez"
I think I could pull off some Benelli wheels with this bike, It has sort of that Harley x-90 look to it and those are the wheels (or simaliar) that they use from what I have seen.
There are 2 little clips on the chainguard, there is supposed to be an old school air pump there for the tires. If any of you have any old bikes sitting around with one of those long skinny tube air pumps on it, let me know!
Hard to say how well it will clean up as-is I'll post up some pics after a bath in the next few days