first time I’ve been able to work on the scoot for a while, was just trying to see sorta where I got up to and check it still runs etc, which it does \o/.
I remembered to drain the carb this time and she fired right up.
This is how she’s looking – sorry for the terrible pic. New phone, camera sucks.
I feel like the lines of it are actually coming together nicely this time. Tapering the vertical bars inwards made all the difference so was worth the hassle i think.
Here are a few pics from recent progress…
I’ve been working on trying to get it as “together” as possible, all trim, bodywork and stuff, before putting the floor bars on to get the best idea of how to do them. I think now I know what I’m supposed to be doing and now just have to actually get them in. Hopefully I’ll get into that this week, weather permitting.
The back rides up when there’s no weight on it which makes it look a little odd, but when you’re on it, it all lays flat and lines up right.
The last pic is with me sat on it as you can hopefully see then both the rear mudguard and the exhaust come into alignment. It’s very, very long for a scooter but looks to be headed the sort of direction I was hoping (japanese “big scooter” style).
Continue reading Stretched Yamaha Neos updates…
Now that the rear suspension is sorted I was able to figure out the positioning of the exhaust. Obviously with adding offset and the wider wheel the exhaust needed a little bit of “editing” to clear the wheel. Was a bit nervous about messing this up but it actually went ok.
Continue reading Extending the exhaust on the Neos
So the air ride sorta worked but I wasn’t happy with the reliability, and that’s not something I’d want to fail at speed.It was holding up the rest of the project so I decided to go with a regular shock on the back for the time being and come back to the air later.
Continue reading Rebuilding the rear suspension on the NEOS
In this video I’m testing the air suspension setup. Not sure quite what the final format of it will be – there’s still a fair bit of experimenting at this point.
Full build thread to date HERE
This is part 4 of my catchup videos showing progress on my fatty/stretched yamaha Neos project.
In this video I’m building the stretch frame which should give the scooter that stance I like so much.
Continue reading Yamaha NEOS 2002 stretched / “fatty” build – part 4 – The stretch
This is part 3 of my catchup videos showing progress on my fatty/stretched yamaha Neos project.
In this video I’m going through the process of mounting the rim from an Austin Mini Classic with a scooter tyre stretched onto it, to the yamaha driveline.
I ended up trying two different approaches, I’ve left the mistakes in since perhaps it might help you or someone else figure out how to (or not to) do something similar.
The bike is a 2002 Yamaha Neos, 2 stroke, 50cc Minarelli engine in a stretched, “fatty” style. It’s a regular yamaha scooter with much of the plastics removed, 7×12″ rear rim from a mini-classic, it’s stretched by 18″ and lowered, on air-ride.
This bike is actually coming together now so I thought I’d post a bit of a catchup sequence. It’s ended up being several parts though covering the main challenges I’ve had with it so far.
Thanks for watching, next part to follow shortly, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to see more 🙂
Full build thread to date HERE
This is a quick catchup clip for my yamaha neos 2002 stretched “fatty” build. It’s a regular yamaha scooter with much of the plastics removed, 7×12″ rear rim from a mini-classic, it’s stretched 18″ and lowered, on air-ride.
This bike is actually coming together now so I thought I’d post a bit of a catchup sequence. It’s ended up being several parts though.
This is the first part which goes from arrival of the bike, a bit of an overview of roughly where I’m heading with it and a look at some of the components.
Then we’re on to stripping the bike down and figuring out what to do with the front part of the frame so that I can get the look that I want.
Thanks for watching, next part to follow shortly, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to see more 🙂
Full build thread to date HERE
I’m a one-person operation who sits somewhere on the scale between artist/engineer, mad scientist and vehicle/engine hoarder. I’m passionate about my projects (some would say obsessive) and am primarily building these things just so that they exist.
I currently work from my small home workshop building and modifying my various vehicles and machines. In the past that’s mostly been Mk2 VW golfs but I’m currently also very much enjoying tuning and modifying the Yamaha YZF-R125 as well as Yamaha NEOS/Jog-type scooters along the “fatty/stretched” lines seen in the Honda Ruckus scene (see my build thread here). Ultimately though, anything with wheels (preferably fast-ish) is fair game. If it goes sideways too then so much the better 😉
My main area of interest has traditionally been old VWs, particularly Volkswagen’s Mk2 Golf Syncro, though at the moment I’m loving tuning the bikes.
I run the biggest/only forum dedicated to VW syncros and over the last 15 years or so have done extensive restoration and modifications to my own syncro, as well as numerous other Mk2 golfs I’ve owned along the way.
My main medium is steel, and I do Welding (MIG & TIG), sheet metal working (hammer & dollies etc), some paint & airbrush stuff, and am getting into doing little bit of light machining too.
Whilst I’m open to custom requests this isn’t really about that. It’s more about building something I find interesting and cool.
