So this past weekend I ran up to Connecticut and got a chance to
pick up this moped that I won on Ebay a week earlier for super cheap.
I already have a Green 1978 Sachs Balboa with a 505/1-A enigine.
However the frame is a bit torqued and I soft-seized the engine.
The owner of this bike picked it up at a junkyard near Ellington, CT.
It's mostly complete, only missing the air filter box, side covers,
a speedometer cable, and a seat. The tires still hold air!
There is some front end damage. The front forks are twisted
and the headlight mounts, headlight, and speedo casing are
heavily bent. I plan on using the forks from my green Balboa
on this frame.
The paint is in great condition though a serious cleaning is
definitely ahead of me.
This Balboa also has the 505/1-C engine which has (in my
opinion) a nicer cylinder, intake, and Bing carb than the 505/1-A.
The piston and cylinder have some slight scratches in them that
I may try to sand out. I'll post more about this later.
So now this red ped sits in my garage in Connecticut till
warmer weather and time permits to making a stock runner
out of this pair. I slapped on an extra Sachs seat
I had lying around. Stay tuned for more on this project.
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