Rat Scoot.

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2005 Xtreme FD50 Daytona, aka plastic covered 50cc chinese scooter. As you can tell, I have already removed the majority of the plastic body shell pieces, the remaining parts are needed for lights to be legal to register and ride on public roads in Iowa, as is the flag. Essentially, with the bulk of the work to be done over the winter, I intend to strip it down to the frame, install a sprung saddle seat, create some kind of box to relocate the battery and electronics current under the cowl, new gauges and switches worked in, change the handle bars and play around with the cosmetics a bit and end up with a somewhat "bobberish" looking rat scoot.

Then I'm going to sell it to some rich guys kid and buy me a chuckus...

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I'll predict. In the year 2017 you're frustrated about the time and money spend to this little rat scoot. More scooters are going to invade your space of being . Hooked!

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Rats are big on time and small on budget, I'll have less than $250 tops into it when it's done.

Save the coin for the chuckster to come

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Cheap projects are my way to go. I've sold five scoots and swapped one. What I have left were spare part scoots that cost almost nothing.

[gsx600racer]

Jul 24, 2016 15:19:57 GMT -5 peascreek said:

2005 Xtreme FD50 Daytona, aka plastic covered 50cc chinese scooter. As you can tell, I have already removed the majority of the plastic body shell pieces, the remaining parts are needed for lights to be legal to register and ride on public roads in Iowa, as is the flag. Essentially, with the bulk of the work to be done over the winter, I intend to strip it down to the frame, install a sprung saddle seat, create some kind of box to relocate the battery and electronics current under the cowl, new gauges and switches worked in, change the handle bars and play around with the cosmetics a bit and end up with a somewhat "bobberish" looking rat scoot.

Then I'm going to sell it to some rich guys kid and buy me a chuckus...

There is a guy in my area selling the chuckus's new for $1100

newlondon.craigslist.org/mcy/5682830262.html

I think they are clones of the Icebear Maddog. Go figure, a clone of a clone. 

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Today's progress on the actual work, had to stop for lack of the proper size socket, at this point I can see where I'll be doing some serious rewiring, the looms are brittle as are the wires in a few spots, but that's OK.

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And this is where the engine stops until the BBK gets here, but no worries, the other half needs attention too.

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And finally let's get the frame stripped, haven't removed the fork yet because I'm not sure how it's assembled and I'm getting fuzzy, good time to break. Basically going to figure what I need to mount new headlights, tailights and a couple of boxes then grind all the factory mounting points off I don't need to smooth the frame as much as possible in prep for paint.

One thing for sure, I'm going to make a new floor pan from polished aluminum diamond plate and the frame is going to be yellow.

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a good scrub and inspection in the sun, bit of surface rust here and there on the frame but nothing serious, no structural issues, all the welds are solid, plenty of mounting points to work with for all the retrofit stuff. Locally i can have the whole thing media blasted and powder coated for about $200, just sandblasted for about $40,

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Had to work between raindrops today, but I was able to get all the factory wire holders and clamps ground off and the attachment points I know I won't be needing, gave the whole frame a good dousing of a foaming degreaser which also conveniently dulled the old paint and gave it two coats of primer

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Lookin good! Hey what's that gray scoot in your pics? The one with the Honda seat. Looks like it has rear disk brake too??

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First color coat done on the frame, thanks to my lack of planning, I have to sand down the handle bars etc and repaint, had to change colors after the first coat on them because the local stores in Boone literally will stock a single can of paint in inventory and then expect you to pay a delivery charge to order more.

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Because oops, I was supposed to cut that part off prior to paint...

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Say hello to my wire loom, 1/2" corrugated PVC conduit. For smaller branch circuits, I'll use 3/8" flex loom, also PVC, the neat thing is I should be able to drill a suitable hole in the wall the 1/2" conduit and bond the smaller loom with the same pvc cement you use to joint the conduit and fittings, pretty much the same stuff as you use in plumbing. I had originally intended to run all the wiring inside the frame, and I might still do that later, but I decided to go this route for now. I do have the option of painting the conduit as well.

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Trailer wire loom with 7-wires is great for electrics.