I saw a fiddy in the trader around here for very little money. It says it just needs rings. How much would it cost to get rings done?

 

 

 

probably not much, but be wary. I've never heard of just "rings" going out on a four-stroke fiddy. There might be bigger problems.

 

What should I be looking for on this thing? I suck at buying any sort of vehicle.

 

how does this guy explain the problem? Does it run? Does it smoke? Is it seized? knock, tick? leak?

 

I haven't even talked to the guy yet. I will ask about all those things though. If it does any of those....is that really really bad (stop laughing at me )

J/K....thanks for the help.

 

yeah, just find out what he's talking about. Saying that a four-stroke motor needs rings, doesn't make me think the guy really knows what he's talking about.

 

Bad rings on a 50 are very common and is the reason most older or beaten on 50's smoke (through the exhaust). The oil is passing between the rings and cylinder wall. It is just blowing by and this is why you start to lose compression and power. I don't know what being a 4 stroke would have do do with anything. 2's and 4's can both have bad rings.



Rings cost like $40-$50 for stock size. If you are going to change the rings you would have to be stupid not to do a BIG BORE kit at the time. The big bore comes with the new piston and rings.

 

YUP, that was my suggestion EXACTLY.... BIG BORE BABY

 

Well I hope this guy calls me back...Sporty do you remember what year it is? I just want a damn fiddy so bad it's not even funny!

 

No I do not... I do think 83??

 

if its an 83 you don't want it

 

stock 50 piston/ring kit with a gasket set is gonna run you about 85 bucks. I just ordered a 88cc piston/rings kit witha gasket set for 90 bucks.

If you go big bore you have to throw down atleast 255 for the new kit. If your looking for the cheapest way out I'd go with the stock kit. But knowing that a stock 50 soon becomes boring I'd go with a bigbore upgrade on that ****!