[Rusho]

Hi all,

Want to find me one of these little things to play around with and restore. Prefer as cheap as possible and in Brisbane

They look like this

http://www.google.com.au/m/search?q=hon ... h=416#i=69

[Scrawny]

Will it hold your weight?

[Aaron]

haha you can get these beasts rego'd too, I saw them at the motorcycle expo this year.

[monley]

You want to ride a monkey?

[foolsp33d]

are you looking to get it rego'd?

I can do a frame fork uppers and swinger combo if your interested. but they are from a Z50R. same frame as what the J runs, with the twin shocker rear, but no compliance plate. (wheels and bars not included)


If you have contacts, you may be able to have the frame complied, as it doesnt differ from the complied model.

Iv had my J for almost 20 years..
Last two or so has seen a couple of minor changes..




Hopfully get some better suited bars and xr70 swinger with new forks(currently bent lowers) in the next few weeks.

Hoping to have something similar to this once complete, but a bit more classic..



Long Live the Zeds!

[tombutt]

i have one rusho that can be regoed but u cant have it when i find time one day ill get mine restored and running agin

[tombutt]

have a look on monkey garage basically auszookers for z50's

[foolsp33d]

monkey garage closed its site....

[tombutt]

really i havnt been on there in ages thats a shame was pretty good source of info any where else for them?

[foolsp33d]

yeh, happened about 2 months or so ago..
dont know the full story, but there is a little bit of info on the Zed series on www.miniriders.com (alot of the monkey guys started on MR, then went to MG, then back to MR when the garage closed the roller door. BUT... insisted on bagging MR, and consequently alot were banned/left)

Info is available, just need to hunt it out.. ALOT of the ct90/110 mechanicals are the same, and the CRF50 utilities alot of the frame/suspension. bar the rear shock setup.

crf fork legs are a common swap due to an extra inch or so on length and xr70 rear swinger adds about an inch to the rear.

pretty sure the 3 wheeled ATC? front end can be swapped into the Zed to. this would allow the wider front wheel to be used.. kinda like the Z50baja..

Worst case scenario, the 40th anniversary zeds are 99.9% identical to the J models. then you can just source a complied frame and swap the bits as needed

[DomGat]

These things are awesome & near impossible to find cheap.
I've heard of a bloke selling fixed up ones for up near $15 000.

[atari4x4]

i had road rego'd Z50J as a kid, was owned by an old chap that used it to tow a golf buggy around the course. it was immaculate, could fold the bars down & it would fit in the boot of most 80's cars. we road that thing everywhere with out ever getting into serious trouble as kids. sold it to a family friend & it got driven into the ground.

[Rusho]

tombutt wrote:

i have one rusho that can be regoed but u cant have it when i find time one day ill get mine restored and running agin

It won't happen...sell it to me instead. I'll paint it blue and make it all pretty

[tombutt]

Not gunna happen and just cuz u want one it has given me the drive to work on mine to piss u off with

Could get one of those replica ones have all the fancy stuff like disc and good forks and a 125 already but still its not the same to me as the real thing

[Brett]

look for a motovert rx, i had one with a 140cc in it and loved it. shouldnt of sold it but i was riding it 70 k a day to work and wanted something a little bigger

[Rusho]

Bump...I will even settle for a frame with a compliance plate

[foolsp33d]

seeing as it was bumped.....

Recently(early this year) picked up a chineee replica Z50.. good clean QUIET fun! build quality is obviously Chineee but for what it is, and the fun had.. $$ have been well worth it! (50cc 3 speed) will get te 140 treatment should the engine go kaput..