Kickstart My Heart!!

This just in:  Kickstart E50 for my cousin's Pinto in the works.  Kind of overpaid on the 'Army' but what the hell...I wonder what were gonna do with this.  Stay tuned...

Can't wait to mod!!

Custom Autisa Manifold

This is my attempt to finally make a custom manifold for my old school Autisa kit.  The initial manifold I used was from a Magnum X bike.  For some reason it kept leaking compression.  For this manifold, I used a steel plate and a pipe from an old handle bar.  I attempted to weld it using an Easy Mig welder.  Not the best welding equipment because there was no speed and temperature controls.  Just straight flux core with high or low settings.  But I can't blame everything on the welder.  My weld skillz suck too!!  It started off 'bird shitty', but the end product can speak for itself.  Check it out:

Tech Tip: Bing 17 Filter

Simple tech tip for a Bing 17.  Finding an air filter that fit is getting harder and harder now days.  Instead of finding one that fits over the wide mouth, find one that fits inside of it. I used one that I had lying around. Honed the inside of the mouth a little to make it fit. Then tapped a set screw to hold it in.

Honed and tapped...

...ready to blast on the old school tip

Back In The Game

The person who got me into this Puch game is back!!  My cousin who was the original builder of my Old School Racer just bought a Pinto.  Stay tuned for what he got in store for us!!..

Courtesy of Minnow Motorworks

Overhaulin' Da Honda

Before

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?

No. 5 Got Shoes!!

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

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!!

Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year. Ride hard and ride safe. 

State of the Union

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: