So, I'm a 42 year old guy from Sweden who will need some help getting a -74 GT125 running (if possible
).I guess my bike story started at around 10 when my dad brought an old Zundapp moped home from my grandparents (custom made out of scrap parts). It looked cool and I couldn't wait to drive it. My dad told me that when I'm old enough to start it by myself, I could drive it. A few years later, I had an older friend who had a Puch Nevada, which he let me drive and taught me how it all worked. One day when my dad got home from work, I proudly showed him that I now could start the Zundapp. From that day on for quite a while, I drove it every day.
Once I turned 15, we built a new Zundapp (again, from scrap parts) that fulfilled my styling needs for the time. I still have both these bikes today.
Anyway, time went by, and once I got my car drivers license, I kind of forgot about bikes and never looked back.
15 years later, my Grandma passed away, and her house was emptied and sold. My Grandpa kept an old -71 (or -72?) Honda CB125 in the basement, which we sold. I wasn't really interested in it at that point in time, and I had nowhere to keep it. Again, some years after that, I ended up in a Swedish moped forum, and I was really impressed by the restorations and builds that they were making, and the bike nerve started to itch again.
I really regretted that we sold the Honda, and I started looking for a new 125cc bike. Since we had some parts for a GT125 lying around, and it's a really nice looking bike (and is 2-stroke), I started to look for one. Several years later (a week ago, actually) I found one. It was not in mint condition (far, far from) but I gave it a go, and let's see if I can restore it to former glory. I hope you can help me!
That's it for me. I will soon be asking about the missing stuff in the wiring loom
will be following your build thread..