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Nice work I remember the Skipsey and gardiner one in a seies 1 a few years ago now

Toddy wrote:Nice work I remember the Skipsey and gardiner one in a seies 1 a few years ago now

yes rob told me about it, he is building another bike engined scoot, he is using a big trials bike engine with electric start, ktm maybe ?

holty wrote:

Toddy wrote:Nice work I remember the Skipsey and gardiner one in a seies 1 a few years ago now

yes rob told me about it, he is building another bike engined scoot, he is using a big trials bike engine with electric start, ktm maybe ?

Oh yes with a little help lol looking forward to seeing it in action

holty wrote:hi folks, just joined the forum, this is my first post here, so i thought i would put a few pics on of THE BEAST its an indian gp built by me around a new gp frame and a yamaha 350lc engine, its featured in march edition of scootering as well, i am entering it in whitby custom show so you can see it there, all the best,
holty

Hi Holty and welcome to the forum,

amongst my many projects I am doing a water cooled 250 Lambretta and wondered if you could give me some detail on where you have mounted the radiator , pump etc?

looking at the scoop it would appear that you have fixed the radiator under the legshields and use a scoop to force air into the rad. if this is correct is there any tips that you could give me as it looks like a great solution.

I was also going to put the pump and water header tank in the legshield toolbox but need to see where the best place is for the thermostat?

your guidance on this would be very much appreciated.

regards Harry

hi harry,
sounds like a nice project, are you using a lambretta engine or another ? your right my radiators are in the box under the legshields, i had to move the brake pedal out of the way to create more space as i wanted 2 rads to maximise cooling, you might achive this with the pedal in place, i also had to put little pockets in the rear of the box for the stops on the centre stand to go into, i also fitted a fan, it was zinc plated before painting to protect against corrosion,there are holes in the bottom of the box so air coming in has to pass through the rads to get out, here are some pics from the build
[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/VaZNQe][/url]IMG_0952_zpsqoh0hixm by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]
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[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/W9BQRu][/url]IMG_0957_zpsupel2vda by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]

morning Holty,

yes ,mate its an encased TS1 on a Lambretta 200 Block and is dry built but I just need to work through the details ref radiator, reservoir and pump locations so anything you can share is very much appreciated

regards Harry

my engine has an internal water pump, yours wont have, so you will need an inline water pump, demon tweeks sell a davis craig pump thats perfect, you will have an inlet and an outlet on your barrel, i would have the highest as the outlet and take that straight to your radiator, the return from the radiator is the best place to put your pump just before it goes back into your barrel. at the highest point in your pipework fit a t piece and and expansion tank.you might need an inline thermostat, just depends how good the radiator is and how much heat is created from your ts1, you might need to be running dc and a battery for the pump.

guess what scooter is on front cover of march edition of scootering- the beast

IMG_1794_zpsmif2i2hb by stephen holt, on Flickr

Just read the write up. Excellent, well done!

Me too ! Always wanted a Rossa ypvs. This is cool

Wow - the scoot looks awesome!
I really love the the look of the twin pipes.
congratulations on building a magnificent scooter

thanks for all the nice feedback, nice to know others think its as good as i do, it goes well aswell !
on the dyno with darrell taylor at breighton ferry 2016 it made 51bhp at rear wheel

[urlFB_IMG_1473531783074_zps8pqat4jt by stephen holt, on Flickr][/url]
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[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Ww9RLa][/url]the beast on the dyno by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]

Great machine Holty.
I do appreciate a well engineered project like this. Fantastic job, I'm sure I'll get to see it at a rally somewhere this year when I get my University work completed.
I too had visions of shoe horning a bike engine into a Lambretta, unfortunately my welding skills do not match my electrical skills
I read the article in Scootering yesterday when it arrived, made for great reading.

https://youtu.be/OW16Y5Mj7ks

some pics from brid 2016

[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/VPieUd][/url]IMG_0056_zpsttxokpj8 by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]
[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Wm249h][/url]IMG_0057_zpsq6llkwx3 by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]
[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Wpvq6x][/url]IMG_0055_zpsm9ojwnvg by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]

i won best street racer in ridden catagory

scarborough 2017 out for a ride
[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/V8aySo][/url]17861540_10154677569709755_9090254142804420348_n_zps19v1qqdt by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]
[url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Wpv4px][/url]17952589_10154677569684755_325652446153381631_n_zpsmfxc12yk by stephen holt, on Flickr[/url]

Toddy wrote:Nice work I remember the Skipsey and gardiner one in a seies 1 a few years ago now

I believe it's a series 2 with series one bits on it.
My mate Flea now owns it and it's been tuned by Ralp Saxelby

Spot on that bud. Was having a good look at brid, some don't look or sit right but this certainly does. Paint sets it off too.

SlackerThePinstriper wrote:

Toddy wrote:Nice work I remember the Skipsey and gardiner one in a seies 1 a few years ago now

I believe it's a series 2 with series one bits on it.
My mate Flea now owns it and it's been tuned by Ralp Saxelby

Yeah was a series 2 frame converted to series 1

Quality work, looks factory spec Many years ago i had an RD350LC PV and that was pretty much on/off power but think the non PV models had a smoother infeed of power. A mate still has an 85 RD 500LC V4 with 3K miles on it, rode that once and that was an awesome bit of kit, doubt the V4 would fit in a Lambretta frame though
Credit to you for some very nice work..

did cleethorpes 2017, again no troubles, very reliable this year upto now.

IMG_0985 by stephen holt, on Flickr