Soma's Adventures: He Is Back!!

Soma-san is back reporting moped adventures from Japan. In this episode he takes a good trip to Shizuoka Prefecture in his Suzuki scooter. 

No Chrome

Tried on chrome fenders on my Pinto project. Not feeling it. What do you think?

Magnum Cockpit Progress

I don't know why I decided to redo my Magnum's controls. I added the 100w voltage regulator on my Powerdynamo unit. This allowed me to run turn signals, horn, high and low beams, etc. My end goal for this Magnum is as close to a motorcycle as possible. This upgrades helps in that direction.

ClusterF@ck-O-Wires

Clean. Well worth the effort.

Stay tuned for finish cockpit.

Quick Tip: Trail Tech Temp Gauge Plug Mod

If your like me and is obsessed with clean wiring then this tip is for you. If you running a Trail Tech Temp Gauge on your bike, that white plug that connects the display unit to the heat sensor can be bulking when your trying to hide the wires.

Here's a quick how-to for cleaning up the bulk. It requires no soldering which could damage the sensor wiring:

Getting Close To Complete: Puch Pinto No. 5

Finally pulled the trigger and ordered my electrical system for my Pinto Project.  Decided to go with the trusty PowerDynamo 70w system for this build.  I ran this exact set up when I was blasting all over Japan.

Hawaii Five-O Puch Maxi

Finally got a chance to ride my Hawaii Five-O Puch Maxi.  This old school Autisa kit really packs a punch.  No wonder it was able to haul that F@t A$$ of a guy around with a head leak!!

Enjoy...

** CAUTION:  DO NOT look directly into the half moon **

Puch Red Racer Maxi

Short ride with my Hawaiian style old school cafe racer.  It's all stock parts but modified.  Full build here.  Enjoy the sounds of the gears shifting...

**  Caution:  Crotch shot may cause blindness.  Watch At Your Own Risk!! **

Unreal Pinto Project Update

Here's another project that suffering from the lack of funds and time. My cousin's Pinto build is coming a long at a snail's pace. But at least the motor is done!! This motor has all the works. It's Just Another Puch E50 Dio Polini kickstart edition!! Check it out:

Case polished by hand and buffing wheel

First time putting a kickstart mechanism back together

Stuffed roller bearing crank

New seals. New bearings. Stock main gear

Halves together

HK Racing Clutch courtesy of Push Shop

Dio Polini assembly

Piston on roller bearing end

Dio intake with Motomatic adapter.  I modified the adapter for a better fit.

Left the voids this time.  Opened up the intake ports.

Got to fix the exhaust gasket.

Mock up with a TM24 carb

You down?

With the sickness

Stainless Allen screw set.

More Pr0n

O face!!

Almost done!!

Next up: HPI Electricals and 13-15 front gear. Stay tuned...

Puch No. 5 Updates - Pinto Project

Here are some updates on my Puch No. 5 - Pinto Project. This project has been slow going because I constantly find myself either with a lack of funds or time. In any case its getting there:

Side view 1

Side view 2

Not sure where I left off on the updates but I managed to scrounge up some funds to get a Mikuni TM24 carb. Also, secured the pipe down and ran all the cables. Needed to custom the rear brake cable because my Schwinn ape hanger like handle bars was too high.

Bling

Bling

Up left is the pegs, electricals, headlight, and speedometer. Then done. Stay tuned...

A Break From The Shop

At a undisclosed location for work this week...

Hawaii Moped Registration

Went to the dreaded DMV to get a duplicate registration for one of my bikes.   Picked up the Moped/Bycycle form. In case you didn't know, I think #3 pertain to us. Will need to go through this process soon with my Pinto project. What I heard from Minnow Motorworks is for old bikes you need to actually bring the bike to Kapahulu under the freeway, where they do Recon permits for cars. It doesn't have to run. The thing they look for are that it needs to have the pedals on if the original stock version of your bike came with pedals and that it look stock. So no oversize carbs. You don't have to start it. Just need to look original stock. 

 

Happy Tuning

Random Updates

Some random stuff I shared over on Instagram recently. Follow me at #mopedluau

ZA50 clutches for my Puch No. 5 project

Got my extra set of ZA50 clutches and replaced the springs and links similar to what I did here:

ZA50 Power

The tool that can make it happen

Sprinter Pinto

Started the tear down on my cousin's Pinto. Next stage is paint.

I need a new coat

Frame is so minimal

Parts from Puchhop.de in Neatherlands

In the meantime, ordering parts like crazy for my cousin's build. Couldn't pass up the strong dollar and week euro. On top of that a 10% discount Easter sale!! Got new black powder coated stars, 260mm shocks, and a HK racing clutch!!

Dutchland express

Oh Yeah!!

Work done by mopedcrankworks.com

Sent my crank and case to mopedcrankworks to get my Top Racing roller bearing con-rod and bearing races pressed in. This is the second crank Chris did for me and it turned out well as usually. Pretty spot on tolerance work. I highly recommend his services. This is going into my Gila ZA50 Puch No.5 build. Stay tuned for whats to come...



Roll out...

New bearing action!!

Brooks Seat

Ordered a Brooks Seat for my Puch No. 5 builds. The brown leather seat action compliments the leather I bought for handle grips. But these seats are expensive. I might have to chain the seat to my bike!!

Straight from England

B66 Honey baby!!

Honey seat..Honey grips..

Sweet..but not too sweet...

Match porting ZA50 Gila after all these years

Finally got a chance to do my ZA50 Gila right. I've been running this motor with very minimal match porting for years. All I did was port the transfers as big as I could go without compromising the sealing surface on the sides and honed the case to accept the cylinder and piston. That's it!! And I've been blasting around Hawaii and Japan with this set up with no incidents. I finally was able to Alumiweld the sides to add material so I could truly match the sizes of the transfer ports.

Let the port pr0n begin

Ohhhh...

Ahhhh...

Oh yeah...

almost there...

..and the money shot!!!

Ghetto machining

I kind of F-ed up the sealing surface of my case when I added weld. Found a ghetto style from a pretty ghetto dude on Youtube on how to take down high spots without a machine. Surprisingly it work. I got ghetto love...

wesside!!

Follow me on Instagram #mopedluau or stay tuned for more up dates.

Happy Tuning...