Club126UK
For Sale & Wanted => Wanted: => Topic started by: Dom on July 03, 2007, 10:39:15 AM
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Is this possible?
If so, I am in need of a nice bis to use as my daily runner as my both my aircooled 500 and 126 are proving to be extremely high mainatinance and off the road as much as they are on it!
How reliable is a bis? Can they manage long journeys etc...?
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ahahah, i havent had much reliability out of mine. ever since i got it mot'ed, its broken every other day!! lol, its brakes then i fix it, then it brakes, then i fix it!!! endless fun!!! it does have quite a hard life tho. i dont reckon theyd be that bad if you look after them and dont drive them hard. luv 126s tho!!
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I have enjoyed the braking and fixing element, but as I now have a regular 9-5 job with a nice 25min commute, have no time during the week to play with it and need something that wont make me late for work every other day
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bis is def the wrong choice dom,get your aircooled fleet sorted !!!!...
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yer, thats the same problem i have. except i can get a lift to work when the bis brakes. im now putting my effort into getting my 205 gti on the road as that was far more reliable than the bis but the economy really peeesss me off. im guna keep the bis for small fun trips. :D
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Ok, I guess thats that.
Just need a very cheap and reliable car to get too and from work. As it's a regular 15/20 mile round trip each day, would be nice to give the 500 a rest also as it's just wastigna way the engine to sit and wait in rush hour traffic.
Any ideas on a really cheap and reliable car to do this job. Kinda like it a bit quirky also (hence bis).
No Robin reliant though!
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Hi Dom, Theirs nothing wrong with a bis if it is serviced correctly, ok i dont drive mine every day but have travelled miles in my cabio and it has never let me down once. The only problem with the bis is owners & dealers for that matter did not know how to service and look after them correctly (Hence head gasket probs ect) personally i think the bis engine is a great little engine, i did quite a few motorway miles last year in Italys heat wave temperatues driving at between 60 & 70 mph absolutely no problems whatsoever, i would drive my bis anywere with full confidence. So if you can find a realy nice one that has been looked after correctly i say go for it.
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i am in agreement with david on this one the only reason i have taken up the aircooled is because the greater variety of tuning parts available . the bis has a great little engine it just needs care .
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thats the rub....it needs care,so if your looking for a work beater the bis aint it !!....a late fsm a/c will be 100% reliable with a tenth of the care a bis/ferrari/lambo/vulcan bomber/supermarine spitfire needs....engine good yes,i agree,but fragile when not cared for.if you dont rev an a/c thro to 5k and do change the oil it will just keep going.......
had both,i know what i prefer/would drive to south of france with :shock:
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I'm torn.
I guess I will just have to get my master cylinder back in and continue on using my 500 with late 126 engine in.
Just wish it would stop bloody raining so I can actually work on the thing!
Or I may invest in a little marquee in which to carry out the work!
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if you are gonna buy a car to go to work in then buy an old 205 xe 900 odd cc and they run forever . and this is the best bit cost very little .
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Get a 2cv! Great aircooled engine!
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I kind of like old Renault 5s, but good ones are rare and expensive. Had no idea the mid engine one would fetch over £25k!
Am thinking of getting a direct access bike test and getting a nice bike as traffic is ever increasing and parking spaces decreasing. Have some old vespas, but they are too slow and unreliable!
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jee just chuck a hundred or so at the 126.............get it sorted!!!!!
you end up buying some one elses crap and be at square one again!!!.....a a/c 126 fits the bill,and you have one,retire the 500 and fix up the a/c
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pug 205 gti then Dom,
my bro has one, rapid little beast, i lpve it, and it has 126/500 like handling!!!!
dont get me starte don the old BIS/aircooled debate, my BIs was more relibale than my aircooled, wish its engine was back in with new gearbox, but finding time is hard to do it.
BIS is best for everyday traffic jam roads.
Chris
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dom forget it get a pedal bike and develop tree trunk thighs , the money saved can be squandered on good living.
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I just bought an old push bike, but the bloody weather will not agree and wont stop raining!
Don't mind a bit of rain, but not the torential downpours we've been getting everyday. May have to consider trading both my cars in for a boat! :x
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Just to confirm - I have decided against a bis, primarily due to looking at the mechanical problem solving section of this site and seeing it inundated with Bis problems! :wink:
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woooaaahhhhhh!!! dont dis the bis you will get burnt!!! :D
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hey dom i saw in your post you have some old vespa's and they're unreliable??i'm a big vespa fan and currently have 4 and two halves in my garden next to my bis(which has it's head off as it needs skimming!)
what problems are you having with the scoots?i might be able to help,they're a great run-about when your cars out of action(i'm using mine daily at the moment!)
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I'm also using one of the old vespa's now as a runabout and this one is pretty reliable. It's a 1966 125 super - pretty quick too.
I now only have two vespas as I got rid of one and the lambretta as I had no time to play with them. The unreliable vespa is the 1959 150VBA. Just as i got it working and insured, it stopped and now will not start again. Have taken the engine out but cannot remove the bolt to get the clutch off - have broken two tools in the process!
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sorry for the late reply i'm toying with the idea of throwing out my bis lump and going down the hot-rod route after it burned it's head! it's breaking my heart at the minute but back to the vespas, there is a little washer beneath your clutch nut which should have an edge of it bent up to stop the nut spinning loose if you tap this down flat the nut should come off handy enough,if you've tried this and it's not working are you using a flywheel holding tool to stop your crank turning??
hope this helps if not get back to me and we might sort some thing out!
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also check your coil theres a wire conected on ther by a spade conector
this came off on a primavera i was working on and caused much grief!