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Home Repair And Restoration Latchy's FS1E Rebuild

A Box Of Bits, Paint and Engine

My mate Stephen Latchford has almost finished rebuilding his FS1E. He's sent me a collection of images from the rebuild and a few notes about these. I thought these may make interesting reading for those Fizzer or restoration nutters out there...

Yamaha FS1E as a pile of rusty bits
This is how the previous owner purchased the bike. The previous owner put the bike back together then sold it to Latchy. Since then Latchy's been working on restoring the bike to it's former glory.

a worn and dented blue yamaha fs1e tank full of filler to be restored
The FS1E tank needed some filler and a full respray.

fs1e tank in primer grey ready for final paint
The tank after filling and preparation. Now in primer ready for a new coat of paint.

the completed fizzer tank painted in blue with yamaha logo and striped
This is the tank completed. Very impressive.

airbox end plates from the fs1e
These are parts of the airbox...apparently...and the one on the right is what it should look like...apparently

damaged crankshaft ends and threads on the yamaha
Sorry about the blurred images, this is what I get to work with. Latchy fixes bikes, I guess he's not a photographer. Both ends of the crankshaft had been hammered to get the crankshaft out, this ruined the threads. Things were so bad the nuts were "nailed" in place.

fs1e crankcase showing an excess of silicon sealant on the mating surfaces
Another blurred image...but basically there's too much silicon sealer on the crank case which would block oilways or get into the workings of the motor.

fs1e crankcases and crankshaft on the workbench
The crank and crankcases on the workbench. The cases have been cleaned and a replacement crank ready for the rebuild. Oooooh don't it all look so clean!

fs1e gears on their layshafts ready to put back into the engine
The gears on their layshafts ready for installation.

all the fs1e engine parts back in the case ready to be sealed in
All the parts back into the cases. This part is really fiddly and very frustrating.

FS1E Restoration, The Rebuild Story The tale of stephen latchford rebuilding and restoring an fs1e

A Box Of Bits, Paint and Engine A box of fs1e bits and pieces and some work on the tank and the motor

Reader's Comments

john said :-
that looks so much like a vespa enging.
01/01/2000 00:00:00 UTC

john said :-
sorry, engine. did he ever get it finished?
01/01/2000 00:00:00 UTC

Ren - The Ed said :-
HI John

Yes the bike's been finished for ages...and ages. He is supposed to be selling it but he seems loathed to part with it now.

As for the "Vespa" comment...PAH! This is a genuine bona fide Japanese engine...non of this italian stuff. But yes it's a 50cc 2 stroke and like all 2 strokes it's makes a terrible noise.
01/01/2000 00:00:00 UTC

Tony Collins said :-
Thats really odd as the first picyure is my bike on my garage floor and I dont even know stev
01/01/2000 00:00:00 UTC

Latchy said :-
Yes Colin indeed it is not my bike but what it looked so much like after the last owner set to with a hammer and grinder etc. I was there to witness the mess, he didn't take any pics unfortunately and that one randomly came up on google images so I used it as an example only. Sorry mate if I have offended you I am a nice chap at heart really.
01/01/2000 00:00:00 UTC

mike said :-
I really love your fizzy tank.Can you give me your paint code or the name of this color (blue).thanks a lot !
14/10/2017 23:02:33 UTC

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