Hawaii Rallys of the Past: A Preservation of Puch Tuning Heritage

I wanted to upload these photos for the next generation of some Hawaii Puch Rallys back in the 80's.  These bikes were Old School Autista and Zeta kitted bikes as well as L-Ring Magnum Bores.  All with the capabilities of going well over 60mph on mostly stock "modified" pipes.

Photos courtesy of the de-funked website project76puch.com (Rigid76):

ZA50 MetraKit Motor Build

Full detail of the build found here.

E50 Kickstart Dio Polini Motor

Puch E50 Polini Dio Motor Build

Full detail of the build found here.

Golden Hour Magnum Ride

Golden Hour Magnum Ride around my block.

One Minute Puch Pinto Build

Puch Tomos Motocross Build - Photo Shoot

Puch Tomos Motocross Build: Scope Creep

Scope Creep
The cost of obsession

Puch Tomos Motocross Build Story: Chapter 2

Chapter 2:

Trash to Treasure 

After an epic fail in Chapter 1, it was time to tear down the kickstart motor and go for a kit.

Tear down begins

Puch Tomos Motocross Build Story: Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

The Ups and Downs 

  
I built a motocross bike with a Tomos Sprint frame as the base coupled with various Puch parts.  The inspiration came one day when I stumbled upon a European maxicross build by #therealribens and his crew #ejowpuchacademy, and #banana.  They used a Puch Maxi frame as their base and converted into a motocross bike that they took off road and raced around a dirt track.  Their bikes looked super cool and looked super fun to ride.

I initially set out to build this bike for my sons and niece to tear around on her uncle's farm.  It supposed to be a cheap build using all the left over parts I had.  But as you will see, it turned out to be anything but cheap.  #mopedluau build to the scope creep degree. 

The build story begin with a rusty barn find at my cousins house:

Barnyard Tomos Sprint rusting in the rain at my cousins house for over 10 years.

Puch/Tomos Motocross Bike Preview

Puch/Tomos Motocross Bike

From the barnyard......

Sat in the rain for over 10 years

 To the Moped Luau garage.....

Restored within a year