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Post by niz76 on Apr 26, 2016 10:10:54 GMT -5
Hey fellas don't count me out of the flip game just yet! I just picked up this 2004 Yamaha Zuma w/title for $250. I tried my best to get it for $200 but he just wouldn't budge off $250. He mentioned "It does have an open title so you can do whatever you want with it if that makes any difference". I said; "Oh yes, that makes a difference to me! Sold." The nice thing is that it was located right here in my town so a quick 5 minute drive and we got another flip to do!  It comes with the typical 'box o' parts' with the CVT cover, rear rack, and vari parts etc. but I will need to spend a few bucks on it as it's missing the seat bucket. Anyone here have one for sale?? |
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Post by niz76 on Apr 26, 2016 10:24:18 GMT -5
I did see this ad a couple weeks ago but they didn't mention the title so I didn't pay much attention to it. I'm pretty surprised it wasn't sold yet. This is a motorcycle shop that's selling it. The fellas there were commenting and laughing that they had cleared a few scoots recently (one was a pre-bug but with no title) and they couldn't believe that folks bought the Chinese no-name scoots even with no titles and everyone overlooked this Yamaha scoot! It's the last one left that they're selling. We surmised that folks were probably scared off by the CVT cover and vari being missing. Oh well, glad it was still there waiting for me. Perfect timing too as I just made yet another order of parts for the Wasp!
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Post by 90GTVert on Apr 26, 2016 11:37:35 GMT -5
I'm pleased to see you haven't retired your scooter spatula.  |
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Post by tiny on Apr 26, 2016 15:20:22 GMT -5
Nice pick up there
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Post by Jwhood on Apr 26, 2016 19:14:50 GMT -5
Man I had a chance to get a 88 pre bug but it was just to far away
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Post by nelson on Apr 26, 2016 19:28:04 GMT -5
Nice! I keep telling myself I'm.going to do this
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Post by Florida Antique on Apr 27, 2016 22:26:56 GMT -5
Hey Niz, great to see you are back in the game! The best place I have found to buy parts for these is Partzilla.com. I have bought several parts for my son's Zuma and the one I flipped and partzilla beat used Ebay prices. Another place to look is over on zumaforums.net. They have a classified section and you may find someone parting over there. I found the parts I needed on Zumaforum but after shipping they ended up being more than partzilla (free shipping over $150) so I ended up going with new parts.
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Post by ams417 on Apr 27, 2016 23:14:34 GMT -5
I have some small parts left if you need anything. No seat bucket though.
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Post by niz76 on Apr 30, 2016 23:14:48 GMT -5
I have some small parts left if you need anything. No seat bucket though. Thanks AMS! I've decided to just go ahead and order from Partzilla. The parts only come up to around $60 new vs. $90 used ebay prices. Can't go wrong there! Just out of curiosity, do you have a rear luggage rack? |
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Post by niz76 on Apr 30, 2016 23:46:17 GMT -5
Got some time yesterday and today to work on this scoot. Here's some "Before" pics:       Ye ol' "box o' parts"  Bonus Parts! A nice 3 shoe stock clutch/pulley! (I put the two-shoe in the scoot and kept this 3 shoe for myself)  I started by pulling the carb and giving it a good cleaning. Jets were clogged- typical old gas stuff! I also removed the tank and got all the old fuel out and put everything back together. All of the cells of the battery were pretty much bone dry so I filled them up with *distilled* water (I used tap water) and it's actually taking a charge. Fingers crossed I can resuscitate it! Next I needed to address the CVT stuff before I could even try to fire her up. Everything was there in the box, albeit very crusty. I cleaned and sanded and lubed everything up real good and got it all back together. The belt was pretty worn. Holy thin belt batman!  At one point when putting the starter parts and vari etc. on the crank I kept having an issue of where no matter what I did or how many spacers I put in, everytime I tightened the vari nut it'd totally lock up the crank. I couldn't turn it! What I ended up figuring out is that they had the wrong starter clutch (there were two in the box). This clutch here on the right has a raised "ridge" which allowed it to be tightened against the case when I snugged everything up...  I swapped all the springs and pins into the other starter clutch and all was well. Now we're getting somewhere. We got a runner boys. Two stroke smoke!!  Holy cow this thing was smokey! Check out what it did to my garage lol.  I'm real happy that all the electronics and lights/blinkers etc. work perfectly on this scoot. I don't have to dig into electrics! Yay! Well, I do plan on doing the dual headlight mod...  I gotta say this baby starts right up at the touch of the button and purrs like a kitten. I started it up and shut it down and started it about six times in a row. I think this battery just might be good-to-go! I ended the night with a 45 minute struggle and battle resetting the d@m% kickstart spring. It was off and kinda crusty so I cleaned everything up and greased it all real good. Unfortunately I ended up trashing a good shirt I was wearing battling with this juicy/greasy CVT cover lol. O well- cost of doing business I suppose! This baby is a one-kick-wonder and I'm real pleased with how nicely the CVT cover cleaned up. She's running good. Time for cosmetics already?!  |
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Post by niz76 on May 1, 2016 15:05:04 GMT -5
After some consideration I've decided I do want to put a front fender on this scoot. I like the looks without one, but it just seems a little "unfinished". I dug out this old rear fender off of something and cut it up. Hopefully it'll look pretty decent.  |
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Post by tiny on May 1, 2016 17:30:10 GMT -5
Yeah BW's without a front fender is kind of like a dirt bike with out one.
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Post by ams417 on May 1, 2016 23:50:06 GMT -5
I have some small parts left if you need anything. No seat bucket though. Thanks AMS! I've decided to just go ahead and order from Partzilla. The parts only come up to around $60 new vs. $90 used ebay prices. Can't go wrong there! Just out of curiosity, do you have a rear luggage rack? I do have a spare luggage rack. PM'd you. Noticed you have a mirror bolt broke off in the controls too. Think I have one of those also if you want it, I'll throw it in with the rack. |
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Post by ams417 on May 1, 2016 23:58:25 GMT -5
Thanks AMS! I've decided to just go ahead and order from Partzilla. The parts only come up to around $60 new vs. $90 used ebay prices. Can't go wrong there! Just out of curiosity, do you have a rear luggage rack? I do have a spare luggage rack. PM'd you. Noticed you have a mirror bolt broke off in the controls too. Think I have one of those also if you want it, I'll throw it in with the rack. Might have a decent used belt too. Are you missing the battery cover, guess what, I have one lol. |
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Post by niz76 on May 2, 2016 0:24:31 GMT -5
I do have a spare luggage rack. PM'd you. Noticed you have a mirror bolt broke off in the controls too. Think I have one of those also if you want it, I'll throw it in with the rack. Might have a decent used belt too. Are you missing the battery cover, guess what, I have one lol. ams I just PM'd you! I actually broke off both mirror nuts at the place I bought it from trying to get them off so I could load it up in my van. No worries there though, I'll get the broken bolts out and I have mirrors for it. Also good on the belt ty again. I already ordered the battery cover with my Partzilla order. However, do you happen to have the two little rubberish Yamaha logos that pop into the holes on each side of the body at the front of the scoot? I keep trying to do a google image search so I can find a pic of them but I don't know what they're called. If you do great! Lemme know how much extra for those! If not no problemo- I'll take that rear rack off yer hands! Thanks! |
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