Welcome to Moped Luau!!

Aloha!! Welcome to Moped Luau!! A blog devoted to Two-Stroke mopeds and scooters. On da menu: Puch mopeds with side order Hondas, Vespas, Yamahas, and whatevah else that go braaaaap. Get some grindz and feed your Two-Stroke face.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Ready Fo' Sho'...

Don't let it blind you...
 
"Puch Rigid almost ready"

Sunday, September 15, 2013

...Drool

ZA50 riders drool...

"Because shims are sometimes hard to find, u just gotta make ur own..."

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Street Fighter III: Back Road Blasting

I took my bike for a spin after a long summer hiatus.  Explored some of the back roads around my area blasting on my ZA50.  Brought along my GoPro Hero 1 and 2 to experiment with different camera angles.  Please enjoy the sights and sounds:


(Please excuse the ridiculous looking rider!!)

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Monday, August 26, 2013

All Honda MB5 Meet

Our resident Honda MB5 two-stroker Soma-san went on his annual pilgrimage to the All Honda MB5 meeting in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture.  His travels took him from Kanagawa Prefecture to Ibaraki Prefecture which is approximately 160 km (about 100 miles) each way, 5 hours, in 37 deg C (about 100 deg F) HOT summer temperatures, for a one day meeting with his fellow MB5 otaku gear heads.  That's hardcore!!



Sunday, August 25, 2013

Some new buttons

I added some new buttons to this blog to help you navigate to some specialized pages:


In Da Pits


Soma's Corner



Check it out next time on the left sssiiiiide ---->

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Some Ridiculous Miyagase Pics

Puch Maxi and Honda MB5
Here are some pics from Soma-san and I's Street Fighter II: Miyagase Run this past spring.  People on mopeds look so ridiculous!!  Hahahaha....



ENTER THE BIG TOP...





Sunday, August 4, 2013

Bosozoku Scooters

Bosozoku (暴走族 = lit, violent running tribe) according to Wikipedia:


Bosu Mag
"is also applied to motorcycle subculture with an interest in motorcycle customizing, often illegal, and making noise by removing the mufflers on their vehicles so that more noise is produced. These bōsōzoku groups also engage in dangerous or reckless driving, such as weaving in traffic, not wearing motorcycle helmets, and running red lights"

Anime Charaters










 I've seen many of these biker gangs around my area.  You definitely can hear them coming.  Their bikes are "supaa urasai" (really loud).  I always thought they were Japan's version of the obnoxious Harleys.  In any case, their bikes are fully customized looking like something out of a Karmen Rider V3 episode:

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Car Show Quality

Update on Lance's Build.  Looking Damn Good:

"Puch Rigid intake manifold with 24mm Mikuni carb aww pau..."

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Two Stroke Porting Basics

I'm always on the prowl for a good read about two stroke porting.  I found a good one on a Singapore scooter site who got it from a UK two stroke racing site.  It explains the two stroke process pretty well.  There's some tips I used in the past as well as some new information I didn't know.  In any case, I hope this expands your two stroke tuning minds as it did mines:


Monday, July 15, 2013

East Side...

Back in the land of the Rising Sun after a long and stomach filling trip back home.  Stay tuned for some summer Puch tuning...

Enoshima with Fujisan in the back