restoring a childhood dream :)

[jaydr]

hi all

This is my first post hopefully of many but let me explain why I wanted this particular little bike.

back in about 1984 my best mate at the time got a late 70s italjet jc 50 as a birthday present and as you can imagine being 4 years old I was extreaammmllyyy jealous of him and having never seen a motorbike that small before, I was obsessed with it.

Sadly about 2 weeks after getting it, the little italjet had a fuel leak and while they were all in bed the bike went up in flames (think someone came in late and had a fag in their gob dropped end off it on the floor which was drenched in petrol) so the whole house was destroyed, Thankfully everyone got out of the house unharmed but that was the first and last time I saw one of those bikes up until now..........

This is my first undertaking of a restoration project but when I saw this little beastie on ebay for 75 quid I had to have it

its a very late 70s malaguti grizzly 50 (otherwise known as an italjet jc 50) and after been stood for at least the last year, fired on the 2nd kick which I thought was very impressive

sadly it doesnt want to move when weight is applied to it but I suspect a new plug and a fiddle with air/fuel screw might sort that one as its mega smoky when its running


cheers
jay

[TerraRoot]

small toys big boys
i had a pw50 growing up, got one again in my late 20's rode the arse of it and ruined the driveway lol

[jaydr]

lol i was after one of those too! ;D the thing is big bikes dont do it for me, i find these little old bikes much more interesting and its also a testament to how much better things were made back then wayyy better than the chinese rubbish you get these days!

[davytelford]

thats cool i think everyone has had a tiny bike i had the QR50