Cost of Obsession: A Moped Hobbyist Life

I thought it would be interesting to share the cost i incurred on my Puch Pinto Project.  I built this bike from scratch beginning with a primo find on Moped Army of an already powder coated frame, tank, and fork.  The goal of this build was a near show quality.  This is the cost of a moped hobbyist obsession:

My Only Post of 2017!! But a Goodie....

With the creation on this site, I constantly receive battle stories of Hawaii Puchs of old.  Simpler times when big bore kits and parts were very hard to come by.  And in order to go fast was to use PURE TWO STROKE INGENUITY.  The good old times like I would say....

An Old Time Puch modder Nolan shares some pics of his bikes back in the day:

"Original paint with Magnum setup sold to a kid in Paoa in 1986"

"All magnum parts with a Lring piston. Got clocked 74mph down Manoa Rd."

Finding pics like these are RARE since we did all this WITHOUT social media.  No post, but it happened.

PLEASE KEEP SENDING ME PICS OR STORIES OF PUCHS.  I'LL BE SURE TO POST AND ARCHIVE IT ON THIS SITE.