Whizzer with 1200 miles. Afraid to ride it

[mason_man]

More pics. .....

 

[mason_man]

And more pics. ...
Let's see some pics of your 99, Al

Ray

 

[koolwhizzer]

Hi ray,
Your right there is nothing wrong with the WC1's in my opinion as well. I control temperatures of the motor by using high temp black paint on the cylinder ( everyone says if you have the jug off it would not be a bad idea to paint the cylinder so I did ) and always keep the oil clean. I change mine every 150 to 200 miles and keep the level proper. I put in the required amount on the first oil change and then see were the level is and scribe a new mark so I know its valid on the dip stick. And most important don't idle for long periods of time and don't run at higher rpms. Mine seems to run its best on cooler days?

 

[koolwhizzer]

Hi Ray,
Real nice pictures. I see you coated your head and cylinder? What did you use?
Attached you will find my black 1999 whizzer that went through a lot of changes right down to the chainguard. I laced up Schwinn double knurl S-2s to the stock coaster brake and drum brake. It now sports a NE5 that runs rather well, its my rider and is plated for the roads. The blue whizzer is another I have and it only had a few modifications. The Red 1950 Schwinn WZ sports the stock WC1 motor from my 1999. It is a WC1 that I talked about earlier. This is a great whizzer its old school bike with new generation whizzer motor. As you see I used the vintage cast iron exhaust manifold with flex pipe. I also used the vintage belt cover fabricating a transition plate in order to mount it. Hope you enjoy looking at them.

 

[mason_man]

NICE, very nice!
Al, paint has no value (properties ) I have a NE-R with head and cylinder painted black and is already cracking. Paint is 1000 degree high gloss engine paint. See pics.
Best to use IVD, Ion Vapor Deposition. It's 99.9% pure aluminum vaporized and applied to your parts in a vacuum chamber. This process is one of the best thermal dispersant available. http://thermalcoatng.com/thermal-dispersant-coating/
More info here.

 

[dakota_in_the_sky]

Thank you for all your responses!

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

Here are some photos. Not as pretty as others in this thread, but I love it just the same:

 

[dakota_in_the_sky]

Hi Al,

This is helpful as well. I noticed a lot of oil coming out of the tubes when parked. I'll switch to the regular oil. I think the previous owner said he used synthetic.

The next step will be to make one of Quenton's breather units and paint the motor cylinder black. I'll wait for the rebuild when Quenton has time for it in the future.

Again thank you for the replies to all of you - Rob

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]

Thank you for all your responses!




Here are some photos. Not as pretty as others in this thread, but I love it just the same:
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She is pretty. ....Thanks for posting!

Ray