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Post by Enviromoto on Apr 29, 2009 23:12:32 GMT -5
This is a project me and my friend Anthony (aka Iceman) put together the last couple of weeks. Theme was simple. Turn the Roketa MC-17 Retro 139QMB into a sweet rat rod style scooter that would keep up with a pack of 150s reasonably. Mission accomplished! ;D A quick photo log from start to finish. What it used to look like. The white one..   Here was the original photoshop.  Stripping it down and replacing the steering stem.  Painted rims and white walls.  New ZTR EGR Capoffs.   47mm Enviromoto Stage 4 Powerpack.  More assembly.    A little more tweaking to do but as it sits now top speed is over 50mph.  Iceman has a seriously sweet rat rod MC-17  |
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Post by kalekendel on Apr 30, 2009 0:29:01 GMT -5
nice ride, LOVE the wheel and tire combo!!
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Post by rapidjim on Apr 30, 2009 7:50:24 GMT -5
Nice job Guys!!
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Post by Troll on Apr 30, 2009 8:00:21 GMT -5
Looks good
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Post by shoal007 on Apr 30, 2009 8:40:06 GMT -5
I have a question regarding the EGR valve. Does this decrease performance when it is hooked up? Cuz, i'll stop my up if it'll give me some more top end.
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Post by Enviromoto on Apr 30, 2009 8:46:32 GMT -5
It doesnt do anything more than help you dress up the engine bay by removing all the emissions crap you dont need when you install a free flow air filter.
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Post by shoal007 on Apr 30, 2009 9:03:22 GMT -5
interesting. Since I have a freeflow now, i am not reburning the gas I suspect since the return line isnt going to the airfilter... So its not doing anything right?
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Post by Enviromoto on Apr 30, 2009 10:00:39 GMT -5
right.
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Post by leadsled on May 1, 2009 9:45:29 GMT -5
That looks great. I really like it.
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Post by abscooters on May 1, 2009 14:53:31 GMT -5
Nice Job J ;D
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Post by Enviromoto on May 1, 2009 15:43:07 GMT -5
BTW Im the guy taking the pictures not the skinny guy doing the assembly work.
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smokey
Big Dawg
So the other lever isnt the clutch????
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Post by smokey on May 1, 2009 23:54:44 GMT -5
Nice work on the 'Rat!! find a local pinstriper to sling some old school red n white pistripes on that puppy!!!  |
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Post by medman1952 on May 2, 2009 0:34:48 GMT -5
Now tell me that you did not pose that scooter so that the web page was showing on the back of the truck. Shameless advertising.
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Post by Enviromoto on May 2, 2009 8:37:34 GMT -5
Honestly I just pushed it out and snapped the pic without thinking about it. I dont think I could have planed it any better either. Have you seen any of our scooter club videos? People think I spend a lot of time editing them but I just slap everything together in the time line as it happend randomize the transfers and pick a song and trim it without doing anything else. Funny how the universe works aint it.  |
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Post by shookupart on May 5, 2009 9:28:37 GMT -5
did you guys cam that 47mm? 50mph is very impressive!!! I am likin the flat colors. Have fun iceman. Project looks like a winner to me.!
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Post by Enviromoto on May 5, 2009 13:17:52 GMT -5
Stock cam.
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Post by eltatertoto on May 5, 2009 14:47:44 GMT -5
man 50+ with a 72cc kit? dayum im getting me 1 of those screw my honda lol. that looks like an awesome project. wish i had the time or paitence to do somthing like that....
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Post by eagle150 on May 6, 2009 3:08:59 GMT -5
VERY NICE!
I'm a sucker for anything "rat"... You can't beat matte-black, red wheels and wide-whites on anything: T-bucket, deuce coupe, lead sled, Harley, or scooter. Very FAST small engine too!
I'll bet a number of dawgs and dawgettes with this style scoot (lots of 50's and 150's out there) will be doing similar mods! Especially when they acquire enough road-rash to warrant Bondo and new paint!
Flat primer-red or gray would be good too, but the black is tops for eye-appeal. A wild exhaust would be a good cosmetic touch, but not if it interferes with the great performance you're getting now! These things just seem to cry out for brushed aluminum, heat-wrap tape, transparent-color wires and hoses, etc.
Please keep us posted on how the whitewall paint holds up. You can find whitewalls for 10-inch wheels if you dig around, but for 12 and 13-inchers you about MUST paint them. And I think many riders with larger wheels will want to try this.
I suppose you could do a rat-scoot using an "Asian" style ride, but the "Italian" style is much more in-character. You're only missing one item... a "Mr. Horsepower" ceegar-chewin' woodpecker... or a "Moon-Eyes" decal! LOL!
My kind of ride! Enjoy it...
Leo in Texas
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Post by Enviromoto on May 6, 2009 9:22:00 GMT -5
Thanks Leo,
The whitewalls are real and I can get them in any size you need. We had a little bog on the bottom end and swapped out the pilot jet for the stock one and it fixed it right up. The torque spring was a little heavy for this application so we swapped the stock one back in and installed 3 6.5G, and 3 8.5G rollers and the acceleration is good with killer top end. Just gotta be careful not to ride it wide open all the time.
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Post by jrinlv315 on May 6, 2009 21:50:30 GMT -5
Awsome rims and tire combo, looks killer, good job guys
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Post by Enviromoto on May 15, 2009 12:47:22 GMT -5
Here is the real question.
Since we all have 150s now he wants to trade this in on my MC-54 150 I just put a new motor in.
How much would something like this go for? I dont usually sell scooters and im not sure what the market will bring for this scooter.
MC-17 $800 after taxes new
Performance mods $350
Tires $125
Paint $30
$1305 invested.
Less than 300 miles on rebuild 1500 on the bike.
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Post by phaze on May 15, 2009 18:14:30 GMT -5
not as much as you think? modding actually makes it less sellable as they fear a hack did the work imo. but the 54 is worth it
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Post by 2strokd on May 15, 2009 19:35:43 GMT -5
not as much as you think? modding actually makes it less sellable as they fear a hack did the work imo. but the 54 is worth it I dont know, some people have a craving for modded scoots ;D. Mainly the 50cc scoots. Around here a good running big bored 50 based scooter would bring more than a stock one. |
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Post by 2strokd on May 15, 2009 19:36:28 GMT -5
Plus the thing just looks sweet!!
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Post by iamverb on May 15, 2009 21:47:47 GMT -5
Alternately, you could bolt a 150 onto this bike and keep the sweet whitewalls.
It'd be like my frankenscoot, except clean and pretty.
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Post by xs650 on May 15, 2009 23:02:59 GMT -5
not as much as you think? modding actually makes it less sellable as they fear a hack did the work imo. but the 54 is worth it I don't know, some people have a craving for modded scoots ;D. Mainly the 50cc scoots. Around here a good running big bored 50 based scooter would bring more than a stock one. I don't completely disagree with you, but... It might sell for more if the right buyer is found, but the field of "right buyers" is smaller, much smaller when serious mods are done. A person should mod because they want to mod, not for potential payback at sales time. It will prevent a lot of disappointments |
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Post by Enviromoto on May 16, 2009 11:13:23 GMT -5
It was kind of unexpected that he would want to trade it in after we finally got it going good. However he told me he always had a eye out for the MC-54 and once he and his wife rode it they were hooked.
I told him I would give him $600 in trade and $600 boot for the MC-54. However I really dont have a use for the MC-17 and It may go up on craigslist or ebay to the highest offer.
I would hope it would bring $800 considering the condition.
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Post by Enviromoto on May 16, 2009 11:15:00 GMT -5
Ten again I spent less on the bumblebee and it sold for $1100.
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Post by stradarx150te on May 17, 2009 15:10:53 GMT -5
No offence but there's nothing RAT ROD about this i don't see any rust at all. A RAT ROD is where you take a bunch of crap and make it into something!!!
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Post by anomoly40 on May 17, 2009 22:42:13 GMT -5
Rat rod is a counter culture. It's ment to be driven. It's the opposite of a "Hot rod" which is highly polished and hardly driven.
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