Whizzer with 1200 miles. Afraid to ride it

[dakota_in_the_sky]

Hello All,

I've had a lot of fun reading through the threads.

I recently bought a 1999 WC-1 24" blue Whizzer. With what I've read, it's overdue for a melt down. It has 1200 miles. I bought it from the original owner. He rode it on camping trips and I'm guessing it was babied.

I've already ridden it 40 fun miles. Now, after reading about the seat problem at 400-600 miles, I'm afraid to ride it. I've sent an email to Quenton about a rebuild, but no luck. I imagine he's busy with the holidays and the Clutch project.

Will I risk destroying the motor if I keep riding, or should I park it until Quenton is ready to work on the motor?

Thanks - Rob

 

[bluegoatwoods]

I think I'd ride if I were you. From what I can gather the last generation of Whizzers were, maybe, a bit under-engineered. Perhaps of lesser quality than we'd hope.

But I don't suppose they can be so bad that you can't ride them.

Ride gently, I suppose. And take good care of it.

I'll bet you can improve it at your leisure.

On the other hand, I'm no expert. If someone like Quenton disagrees, then I'd listen to him.

 

[jbcruisin]

Just ride it. It will run okay until the valve seats come loose. But then the motor just misses. I have a 99 & when I first got it ran good until I took out the baffle & intake restricter. it ran great for about 50 miles & then died.

 

[mason_man]

I'd keep doing what the original owner was doing, and keep riding it until your more familiar with the bike.
Can you post pics of the bike? Does the tank have a decal that says whizzer?


Ray

 

[mason_man]

Does the tank look like this? Color too?
Might be a 2000 yr. model.

Ray

 

[koolwhizzer]

Hi. Just ride it. I purchased a new 1999 whizzer off Lincoln Land in Jacksonville ILLinois in 2000. I currently have 3600 miles on it and it still runs perfect. I removed the intake restrictor advanced the timing and removed a hose and plugged it from the air cleaner. I believe I rejetted but can not remember the size I used. I set the carb slide to the middle position. I think that's it. Runs and idles as good as it gets. I believe some people run these motorbikes hard and they were not made for that type of abuse. I know quite a lot of people that never had problems with the seats. If you over rev, let idle as to were the engine temps runs way hot you will have problems. I let idle long enough to get on my way and ride as if I was on a bicycle and not a pocket rocket and hope it still holds up for yet another riding year for me. The saying goes don't fix what aint broke. Good luck

 

[mason_man]

Al,are you still running it with the original muffler?
How about the gas, unleaded?
Oil?

Thanks,
Ray

 

[lillback44]

Rob, I had Quenton do the valve seat fix on my 1999 Wc1. My bike had over 1600 miles on it. As it turned out, it was a carb problem, but I had him do the work anyway. Although the valve seat problems are for real, I think it's a tad exaggerated. Quenton did say it's better to catch the problem sooner than later, but I'd ride the thing till I was ready to send it to him.
Chris

 

[koolwhizzer]

Hi Ray. I run a modified exhaust baffle that I used since day one. The length been shortened nearly in half with the packing completely removed. I then drilled three more holes in the rear of the exhaust flange. I get great performance with a real cool sound. I use regular unleaded gas with straight 40w oil. I broke the engine in with 20w50 synthetic oil that Dave at whizzer recommended back in early 2000. We came to find out that using the synthetic oil in these types of motor created the motors to blow out a lot of oil at higher rpms. It took awhile with plenty of oil changes to turn back the engine with use of straight 40w oil to not blow it out of the breather by the buckets. I bought a second WC1 and used straight 40w oil since the beginning and never had a oil problem? This is my experiences. I know the major component to these motors having all these types of issues is mainly caused by the way people operate them. If you let them idle never over revving, not letting them sit for long period of time running and don't run them wide open. You will probably experience fewer problems. A buddy of mine has one exactly like mine and he abused it and had head gasket leaks, valve seat problems, oil blowing all over his rear wheel etc. Take that for what it worth. I knew Quenton ever since I got in this hobby in the late 90s and he has been extremely beneficial helping others with minor to major problems and he helped develop these motors to be very reliable. I tell people they are what they are bicycles with motors with a lot of us thinking we are 13 years old but are 50 to 80 year old men having fun bringing back the good old days. Good luck and better get them whizers running spring is around the corner.

 

[mason_man]

There's nothing wrong with the WC-1's , modified or not.
You just have to control the temperature. Anyone of the oils are good, so long as they have the proper amounts of lubricant .

How do you control the heat? Through heat coating.

Ray