Making the main stand (double stand) - 28th May 2012

I knew i did mention before about the bike was assembled back to 1 piece because i'm going for a holiday trip. But waiting for the date to come, i just cant leave my bike just like that. my palms become itchy whenever i walk passed the bike and doing nothing. If you can see in the previous pics, my bike was using bricks as stand because it was missing, didnt know how or by who.

So today i went to a workshop and bought a stand which look compatible to my passola, Yamaha 100 Sport. Eventho the size is just nice, but the mounting layout is diff so i have to make a custom mounting for it.

Cutting off the hollow rod

nicely done by a newbie like me, 1st time using grinder, hahahaha

Welding job done by my dad, i'm too noob to do welding myself.

Bzzzz... Bzzzzz...

Taadaaaa...

That's all for now, i'm going to leave "him" for few days before new progress coming. Thanks for reading.

Back to 1 piece before holiday - 21st May 2012

What i've done:
- Reviving the engine
- Cleaning the bike
- Scrapping and sanding the body cover parts
- Cutting off the leftover on the front cover/fairing (not really sure the right term)
- De-greasing the engine compartment, removing all the oil residue and dirts
- Taking few happy ride around my village :)

Back to one piece.

From 30th May until 3rd June, i'll be away from home for celebrating Borneo harvest festival called "Gawai Dayak".. I'm celebrating because my wife is an Iban native, celebrating Gawai is a must for us, drinking all day long and gather with all family members. Gonna be quite a long drive from Kuching to Kanowit, around 7 - 8 hours.

New progress will only show up after i'm back from Gawai. Things to do when i'm back:
- Unmounting the engine from body frame.
- Send the engine to professional classic bike workshop, they knew better.
- Removing the original paint using paint remover.
- Repainting the frame.
- Custom fiber-glass work for my cover sets.
- Repainting the cover sets.

This is how i'm thinking of how the bike design would be, orange pastel, white and chrome. Loco style. What do you guys think? This is an example on the color scheme.

Paint Scrapping and Sanding Job - 19th May 2012

Been too busy for few week. From the last log (5th May until 19th May) i was becoming the umpire for my office's badminton tournament, 7pm - 11pm every weekday and 8am - 11pm for the weekends. A very tiring job but exciting. Back to my bike.

After having such a relieving rest for a day or two, i'm back to my bike and start gather all the body parts. The brush-painted layer makes me sad. Its too thick and need extra work for it.

If you realize, got few colors on the body, the original red paint, grey paint, dark green paint, light green paint, and white. They're layers of paints made by the previous owner. Some parts on the body was badly scratch, i'm not sure if it was involved in accident or the owner using steel brush to scrap the paint. I have to putty to make it level. Some pic of the progress.

This is the pic after i apply some thinner to remove the paint, just imagine how it look like before.

Side cover and front cover after sanding job.

Top cover in progress.

My work place.

Stripping it naked - 5th May 2012

Today i took off all of the body part:
1. To see the condition of inner parts
2. To start my work on "to make the engine alive"

Some kind of metal holder installed to the body, to hold the weight from the oversize seat.

Engine view. Looks okay to me, as long as everything is there.

I dont know what is it call, the plastic container under the floor panel. Direct, unfiltered air intake. Rusty frame.

Top cover removed. I can see few insect nest/hive inside it.

More picture

Video - 1st start and running well - 5th May 2012

After further check on the engine, the fuel tank was full of rust, clogged fuel filter and clogged carburetor. when i test the electrical condition, the spark plug made it spark which means no major problem. The exhaust tips was full of dirt and oil residue. After i cleaned everything, i try starting the bike.
This is the video of my 1st attempt to start the passola


This is the video i'm running the bike the next day

Inspecting the condition - 3rd May 2012

I got the bike late at nite. Next morning i went to check on the condition. Overall the condition makes me sad, brush-painted for the whole body, including meter panel, tyre sidewall, etc.

the seat is not original, i think was taken from the Honda Dio. Rear top cover missing.

The tyre was flat and badly cracked but when i try to pump in the air, its still okay, for the time being there's no need for me to get a new donut for it.

The engine part looks okay, nothing missing but i can see the carburetor is not well connected, some kind of hose was used, maybe was modded by the on-rig mechanic. Missing air filter. Missing air filter cover.

Front cover was cut and the metal floor is in bad rusty condition. I cant see the meter panel because it was fully painted (not sprayed). Hahahahha.

Front view, you can see how bad the cut is and the damaged fender.

Diff angle for front part.

To my surprise, both front and rear suspension is working well. End of inspection.

The journey Begin, Acquiring the junk - 2nd May 2012

Hello readers, the purpose of this blog is to share my restoration job for my lovely little Yamaha Passola SA50. I've just got the old junk from my big bro on 2nd May 2012, was given by his friend to him. Got it as a package, 1 Yamaha Passola SA50, 1 Honda Melody and 1 Honda Dio SK50. But i will only share the story of passola here since the job for both honda hasn't started yet.

Little story about the bike. Previously 'he' was serving the workers on the oil rig until the day 'he' died and left in the junk yard. My big bro's friend, maybe an engineer or safety officer on the rig which i'm not really sure, found it and send it back to the land, to my bro's house as he know that my bro would like to have it and do something. For months, the bike continue becoming another junk in another garage since my bro don't have time to even look at it. Until 1st May, i went to his house and asking him to just give it to me and he agree. Hence, the bike changing hands and i went there once again the next day driving my mom's 4x4 truck to pick 'him' up and bring 'him' back home.

Got it in a very bad condition, incomplete, chipped and cracked covers, the body was brush-painted using house paint, not sure why they did that.

Yamaha Passola on the left and Honda Dio SK50 on the right.

Side view

Rear side view