Moped Luau

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Overhaulin' Da Honda

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A change of pace from my Puch builds, I decided to overhaul my 1987 Honda Elite to be my daily commuter to and from work. Set out to do some overdue maintenance after 5+ years of neglect. Also, this would be a good time to install the rest of the JDM parts I got from Nihon.

Elite Parts

Finally got to opening my parts I bought in Japan (Yahoo Auction Japan) for my 1987 Honda Elite:

Old School Racer Update

Finish painting some star rims i just blasted and swapped them in. 2.25s in the front and 2.50s in the back. IRC NR21s. Almost the original setup as how I had it back in the day.

Like race?

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

No. 5 Got Shoes!!

It's finally on wheels!! Next up, the power plant...

Monday, January 19, 2015

Side Covers

Scored some Maxi and Magnum side covers courtesy of Anthony at Minnow Motorworks. He runs a tight little shop building and blasting peds around town. Check him out if your ever in the islands.

All cleaned up!!

Friday, January 9, 2015

Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year. Ride hard and ride safe.

State of the Union

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Sandblast Cabinet

A need for my sandblast cabinet resurfaced while I was working on my Puch No. 5 bike. I wanted to paint a set of star rims I purchase a while back. I didn't what to spend the effort to paint strip and sand these rims. I made a blast cabinet using an old electrical utility cabinet that I got for free. It worked when I used it to blast the frame of my Autisa Puch Maxi. The cabinet has been in storage for the past five years. I figured its a good time to unpack it and make some improvements.

Puch No. 5 Update

Started to work on Puch No. 5 power plant. It's the ZA50 setup that I was blasting all of Japan with. Check out some of my Japan adventures here. Did the initial tear down to assess the damages:

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for:

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Powerdynamo Woes

I destroyed my Powerdynamo magneto a couple of months ago while riding. Not sure what happened. Three magnets came off and got crumbled. I suspect either my magneto go so hot that it melted the magnet's adhesion (unlikely) or for some reason my crack tolerances were off that caused the magneto to spin off centered and clip the magnets onto the ignition (more likely). In either case, it got f#cked!!