Its only a small job, and one that I'd almost dismissed as unnecessary.
It suddenly occurred to me the other night just how important a role the seat lock might play in slowing down or maybe even dissuading opportunity thieves.
My original seat lock has I think at some stage been drilled out. Whatever, when I changed the ignition (remember, the original key snapped in it within days of owning the scooter) I also got a replacement lock barrel for the seat and tool box.
The seat clicks down onto the catch easily enough and i didnt really think it necessary to lock it - is someone really going to want to siphon out a gallon of oily petrol and a pint of two-stroke oil?
However, laying in bed the other night I was fretting about how to prevent hot-wirers (ive been caught like this before with easily accessible electrics when my '68 Manta-Ray Beach-Buggy was stolen from a pub car park) when I suddenly realised that it is the security of the seat that prevents people from un-clipping the side panels and consequently getting easy access to the engine and electrics. And so the next day I made half an hour and got that lock sorted!
Scooter on wooden blocks.
Theyre pretty rusty! I was quite surprised - though I shouldnt have been, judging by the state of the rest of the bike. Im guessing that they are salvageable
