03-27-2018, 11:35 PM
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Bajaj Chetak
I have a 2004 Bejaj Chetak that has been sitting in the garage for 10 years.
As part of the long overdue project of clearing and organizing the garage, I hauled it out over the weekend. Battery dead, fuel tank probably full of turpentine. Spark plug is fouled but otherwise fine. Some scratches, a couple minor dents.
What should I do with it if I fail to sell it? Part it out? Convert it to electric? Scrap it?
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03-28-2018, 01:07 AM
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I didn't even remember there was any Chetak with a battery. Most of the ones that had been exported to Uruguay in the '90s had only a magneto.
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03-28-2018, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
I didn't even remember there was any Chetak with a battery. Most of the ones that had been exported to Uruguay in the '90s had only a magneto.
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This one has even a 12 volt system.
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03-28-2018, 12:35 PM
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I would get it running, fun transportation for the summertime 
Is it 2 or 4 stroke? |
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03-28-2018, 05:25 PM
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IIRC they're all 2-stroke. Well, I assume it would be a little harder to compensate the weight bias if Bajaj started offering a 4-stroke on those, due to the added weight of a valvetrain.
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This one has even a 12 volt system.
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I don't remember if the ones with magnetos still had a 6-volt system or a 12-volt, but the absence of a battery didn't prevent any of them to be used. |
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03-29-2018, 09:47 AM
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I would get it running, fun transportation for the summertime
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It is a 4 stroke. One spark plug. Small lead acid battery of the kind you pour the acid into (that was fun).
After work, in the last light yesterday, I cleaned the spark plug with carb cleaner, steel wool, and a steel brush. Took apart handlebar switch that is not sending a signal to the left directional (it seems). Cleaned it, too. But no improvement in turn signal. Right signal works normally after cleaning--it even has a beeping noise to go with the blinking.
Careful taking apart an Indian-made switch... I got a littkle more "apartness" than I expected.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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03-29-2018, 03:50 PM
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It is a 4 stroke.
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That's surprising, even though the Bajaj triccycles got presumably the same 4-stroke engine used in your Chetak. |
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03-30-2018, 12:17 AM
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No work on this today, othr than finding my fuel syphon. Last daylight was for garage and car.
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03-30-2018, 12:49 AM
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Hybrid with a canopy would be cool.
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03-30-2018, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Grant-53
Hybrid with a canopy would be cool.
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After I saw a video of a Honda CG 125 adapted with the alternator of a Brazilian Volkswagen Gol (not a Golf), a BAS-Hybrid setup into a motorcycle seems to be more doable. Not sure if a Vespa, or by extension a Chetak, would have enough room for that...
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