go where water wants to go

LA Tiger Ride

2010-01-21T20:41:00.000-08:00

LA Tigers stylin on you!

Choke in the morning

always late but all the time in the world. Robert fixing his axle in the morning. This is seriously like his third axle he's broken recently. I'm still not quite sure why. Luckily, Choke had everything he needed

Choke is the bestest

last minute carb tuning on Ernies dellorto

Fastest Yamahopper i've ever seen

glittery everywhere

Doubles Blasting!! Robert's Pinto had a seize. We rode the rest of the day.

I got some awesome pictures from the back

here's the cast.

Tiger Matt. We gave him a 50mph+ wedgie.

he vows to get us back, but I dont see that happening

Tiger Ernie. Garelli top tanker. All around Bad Dude

Tiger Blaster Lindsay. Shaw ported e-50. newly brunette

Tiger Andrew. too legit. videos soon dude??

Tiger Stevie riding chase

Tiger Lauren with a Shaw especial! Ssshhheeeoooowwww!

LA Tigers! so much fun! rawwwwr!

afterwards, we all went back to Tiger Matt's house to see that short film he did for school.

It was rad to see all of us in it. Ill post the short as soon as I get my copy. but thats it for now.

Ill post the Woolly Bully Escape from LA ride pics soon.

Long Beach Knuckleheads

2010-01-14T16:00:00.000-08:00

Elena and Bryan. we all went out for drinks for the fuck of it. Saw James, haven't seen that dood since the accident. He's already expressing interest in riding again.

KnuckleHeads new goal is trying to get Elena's bike blast fast. It's getting the a35 treatment. good reeds, good pipe 50mph. We ditched the sach's 60 Austisa. it was terrible

Bryan and I finally got his Simonini on his bike. Fabbed up and bracketed. 28x22 gearing, ported Alukit, 4 petal malosssi. 320 Sebacs. 2.75 rear wheel. 55mph+ its all over. and Bryan is a big boy

some pics of whats up. Some other pics of whats goin down soon

garage spaces

2010-01-13T18:29:00.000-08:00

Took a nice little ride to see Trev from clubb55 for an idle jet. Finally an end of stupid low end bog that has been plaguing me for weeks.
Well its nice to see the boys have been keepin themselves busy with some new builds, even a welder.
Trevor's new bike bench. It reclines as a ramp for easy setup. totally cool

these guys are the kings of arrows. 4 Arrows and counting. two here, one on the rack and one in the back. The red one is an easy 56mph. crazy

clean, clean freespirit. a55 cylinder. soo solid

in other news, Knuckleheads have a new mission of making Elena's bike fast. also, LA Tigers ride. that shit was so fun. you missed out. Ill post some ride pics later for you to revel in your own misery

airleaks

2010-01-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

Manila folders make super cheap and effective gaskets. slap on a little Ultra Grey for peace of mind and blammo no more air leaks. learned this trickery from big B. try it. you wont be disappointed

Woolly Bully New Year

2010-01-03T15:08:00.000-08:00

chilled with christopher bully on New years. rebuilt some puch mags, ran some brake cables on the maxi Chris is selling and did some wiring. We were gonna ride to the parties but didnt think it was such a good idea on account of Chris' fractured knee cap. Some blurry pics of New years eve. Carries tomos and some LA skyline. met some rad new friends and partied on their roof top. my pics dont do the view justice

man i gotta move to LA as soon as possible!! Moped house is still in the works. well friends, thats it for now

white elephant christmas

2009-12-28T19:04:00.000-08:00

some pics of old friends

the bestest. Nancy!

in other moped news, Ride Report 2010.
Casey who has taken over the Myron's rides is hosting a ride to Pasadena on January 3rd.
LA Tigers are having their first official ride, 50 miles + on January 9th. clicky here details
Woolly Bullies putting it down!! for the Second Annual LA Desert Run and Partay. 100+ miles for moped madness. If you think you'll survive, show up for this one. January 16th. MA thread for details

well thats it for now

no funds

2009-12-21T19:32:00.000-08:00

underemployment, no monies for a big boy carb rite now. im gonna make the Cobromos build a mild mannered one til i can discover a way to make money grow on trees. For now gotta make due with the little guy 14SHA.

had these two pedal reeds laying around from a previous project. pretty good reeds

busted out the Dremel today. had to remove a lot of material from the manifold so it could flow smoothly

smoothed out the transitions a bit. square peg in a round hole kinda thing, ya know? nothing impressive. Still got to finish her up a bit

Awww well. im tired. thats it for now. Tomorrow, some cylinder work

stuff

2009-12-18T01:02:00.000-08:00

some tinkering with fellow knucklehead. got the 24mm intake manifold fabricated. also STILL had to hack and weld the Simonini to fit. Pedal clearance? forget about it

80 metra ported to the heavens and freshly rebuilt. The wiring is still not done

On the left are Tomos brakes. On the right are Puch. huge difference

the recent rain storms have passed and hasn't rained for 3 days here in california. We ride soooooon soon

madness

2009-12-10T23:59:00.000-08:00

no bloggy for a couple weeks. family stuff. went to Texas to see my dad for thanksgiving. saw alot of stuff, met alot of family, ate bunches of delicious foodstuffs. stopped by the Grand Canyon, which was amaaaazzzing! the canyon looked like a painting. those pictures to come sooon. Well some moped updates:
Knucklehead B's new tomos. he's stoked. It came from Nick of Choke to Woolly Bully Chris then to Big Bryan. Its got some tomos dirt bike swing arm ( senior, juniour??) and a big 2.75 Pirelli tyre in the rear. these Pirelli's are no joke. grip for days

Alukitty with the intake bridged removed. case matched to a55 cases. Malossi 4petal

The Alukit is very nice compared to the Airsal one. the manufacturers of the alukit uses a closed pore cast. feels and looks better constructed than the airsal, although the stock porting and transfers are slightly more aggressive on the reedvalve Airsal kit.

Bryan's Magnum. freshly rebuilt. 80metra, case matched and bored by ShawShaw. gettin the Simonini injection. blaster setup

It just started raining down here in socal. rain riding anyone?

myrons mopeds

2009-11-20T11:48:00.000-08:00

Shaun's vegetable garden. since he hasn't been hosting Myrons Mopeds monthly rides anymore, he's been busy being calm

other updates. Bryan and I cleaned out his crunchy a55 yesterday. damn metal chunks in the bottom end are scary. Did a pretty good job of gettin all the metal out. his bike is getting a Malossi 4 petal alukit treatment. Put in some secret tomos clutch tech. manifold is sweet. should be rippin sooooon!

orbits

2009-11-19T01:43:00.000-08:00

yummmy greens

fruity smoke

coloring out of the lines

glowing lights

magnumb build. not even close

2009-11-18T18:51:00.000-08:00

Knucklehead B's new magnum!!! sans engine. tank painted, cafe seat almost fabricated

motor goin on the magmag. e50 80 metra, 24 flatslide, simo pipe. better pics coming soon

turbocharged

2009-11-17T18:48:00.000-08:00

After months of broken car and under employment, I was finally able to save up enough extra scratch to pick up my rebuilt turbo from TurboCity in Anaheim. YAY! seriously the best place ever!!! Geary was great. when i walked in the shop, he already knew my turbo was from an mr2! wayyyy knowledgable and super trustworthy. This was the ORIGINAL TURBO!!! and lasted 290,000 miles! HA! hopefully this one will last at least half as long. He upgraded the turbo seals to "dynamic" seals which are supposed to seal better? i dunno.But really did do a super high quality job.well the good ol' CT-26 got cleaned up, ceramic coated, intake/exhaust compressor wheels put back to spec and all the seals and internal o-rings replaced.

dual entry!

Sweeeeeet. little turboToyota is ALMOST back on the road. my brother will be uberglad im not askin for his car anymore. more to come sooon.

malossi manifold

2009-11-13T14:57:00.000-08:00

knucklehead Bryans manifold. Its pretty rough right now but seals well though. 21mm id going on Alukitty with malossi 4 petal, simonini pipe, 21 dell race. ripper for sure

update Cobra

2009-11-12T13:40:00.000-08:00

got some wiring done while im under-employed. cleaned up the connections and grounds. put in a LED taillight which is cool, sleek. Good for the me, good for the cherry toppers.

Gonna have to figure out better mounting for the taillight. is ok for now

got a new bike stand. its cool for my bikes that dont have the center stand

Sooo other Knucklehead news. Bryan picked up that magnum from Eric. he's sellin it to big B because of the previous tickets he incurred on said magnum. No license, no registration, no mirrors, no reflectors(???) and speeeeeding. threw the book at him. Eric just got the bike too! after he was looking months for one. man. serious bummer. awwww well. more to come soon. It hasn't rained yet in LBC

84 Cobra

2009-11-05T17:42:00.000-08:00

a35 airsal reedvalve, homoet, 5-stars. stoked on this one. still got lots more to do. early pic

Hard Haunted Mansion 09!

2009-11-04T20:32:00.000-08:00

out to LA! for the best lineup ever!!!

main stage

Burkana SDM Sistema

A-Trak, Basement JAXX, Justice!!! ARRRGGG Justice fucking killed it

Steve Aokiiiiii!!!!!1one!!!1 stage dive

Wheew. what a blast. my body is still sore from dancing all night. NYE Hard?? maybe?

shiny new things that are rat as fuck

2009-11-03T16:33:00.000-08:00

New Knucklehead build. Eric picked up this baby last week. Magnum frame from Shaw and Colby. 80 metra, Simo, 24 Mikuni flatside, super secret clutch, other secrets shhhhhhhhh, backyard ingenuity, elbow grease yada yada yada

maybe some paint???

tires, tubes and wheels. Cobra Madness!

2009-11-03T16:11:00.000-08:00

putting the Pirelli's on the new 5 stars. 2.5 with a nice soft rubber. easy mounting

Tomo 16's stripped down and cleaned up

sprocketed, painted, repacked bearings, tires and tubes

almost done! mounting the rear wheel. finally! took me all day to do both sets. As these are tomos wheels trying to mount to Puch stuff. Most of the time was spent trying to find the correct spacing in between the forks and swingarm. They roll smoooooth smooth

Cobra! new toptank madness

On a side note, I fucked up my paint on the top side of the gas tank when the bike was flipped over like that. It also leaked tranny fluid everywhere. Test ride tomorrow! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Sachs 505/D build. David's G3 motor lives on

2009-11-03T15:39:00.000-08:00

Naked Sachs. somethings missing. cant wait to get it back on the road

Dave's G3 motor. Sachs 505/D motor goin on my Balboa. I was hitting 35-38mph on my 505/C. Should at least hit 40 maybe a bit more with the D. mild case and port matching

I just installed the front 12 tooth sprocket which i truly believe is amongst the only handful that was available times long lost. I got it at Mopeddwarehouse. go figure

I dremeled the intake to match the port of the cylinder. it was pretty off center. Luckily, the intake was the cool 14.5mm one. only came on the C and D's.

Sachs Clutch what a pain. ive read on MA somewhere if ya put another plate and clutch plate in there (3 in total) it'll give ya better super slippery engagement

all i need is a headlight, gasoline and tranny fluid. then road bound!

FourPetalGoodness

2009-10-28T01:01:00.000-07:00

real four petal rips. good upgrade over the stock polini "four" petal which is actually a two petal. plus it came with screws already tapped, which makes changing to different reeds a breeze

better reed cage in the works. v-force maybe?

David and the goliaths

2009-10-27T04:43:00.000-07:00

David, Happy 30th. wish you were here. you would've loved what big B done to your g3 dude. Shaw ported the shizzzz outta that a35. i miss ya too much man

Roscoe's!

2009-10-27T04:27:00.000-07:00

If ya haven't had Roscoe's chicken and waffles then you suck. hmmmmmm yum OM NOM NOM NOM

Long Beach County

all in the details

2009-10-23T03:53:00.000-07:00

I know you've seen too many kits from the factory or from shipping or from whatever with casting defects, warped barrels, factory porting gone too far into the stud holes, misaligned iron bores, bent skirts, asymetrical transfer timing, other random terribles yada yada yada i guess quality control isnt what it used to be. some of the things i do to EVERY kit since my first kit is the ring gapping, chamfering, leveling flanges for airleaks, strong wiring and other secret piston mods. Cant stress these ones enough boys and girls. Little attentions to detail will either make or break your bike. Too important to overlook because if ya dont know do some research! so kiddies prep your kits properly, and they will love you. ive been reading 2-stroke handbook recently cant ya tell?!

For all you cheap bastards myself included. thanks Gordon Jennings!

http://www.datafan.com/TunersHandbook/2-strokefiltered.html

Halloweeeen!

2009-10-20T18:07:00.000-07:00

Woolly Bullies! Halloweeen Rally! Oi Oi Oi

alas I dont think im gonna make this one. maybe this one

ummmmmmmmmmmm yea

stuff

2009-10-18T15:57:00.000-07:00

Knucklehead B sealing up e-50. his metra80 is a monstrosity. recently broke two bones in his right hand. no more riding for at least a month. bummer

Box o' carbs. some good some not. some undersized, some overpriced

Oko's suck i guess. B never got one working properly. his oko's didn't like to keep the float bowl full. kept on running dry. hmmm curious...

Myrons Mopedssss. Haven't seen shaun in a while. Really organized his shop since last. I gawked a bit, talked moped theory. Nineteen Fifty Something Montgomery Ward Riverside A3 transplant. sweet

well ive figured that

#1 I need a real camera

#2 I still want that Cobra from Eric

#3 gotta figure a way to come up with some extra scratch for said cobra

#4 my moms still wants to ride my Sachs. I dont really wanna tell her that mopeds stink and are all greasy and oily. Also that mopeds are kinda dangerous. My momma tells me that she had a Motobecane back in Vietnam before the war. so cool. i guess its a nostalgic childhood thing

#5 Permatex Grey Ultra Rigiiiidddddd!

thats it. haven't really figured much else

American Film Institute. unpaid extras means rowdy, rowdy, obnoxiousness

2009-10-13T02:57:00.000-07:00

Saturday and Sunday filming in LA. worked on friday night, slept two hours and I got to AFI with MattD on saturday 8:30 in the morn. It was kinda just waitin around some then some shots then some more waitin around. it was ok and I actually got a line! "Come on Dee!" was my line executed clumsily. waiting around all day to do the same scene over and over takes quite a bit of energy and focus ive realized. we finished about 6pm that day. So beat. I partied and crashed out on Woolly Bully Mike's denim couch. it's very familiar. On sunday Mike and I went for a nice and pretty afternoon ride around Silverlake a little bit. We got some beers and free food to commence the days activities. met up with Mikes girl Dadia, the costume designer for the short. Went back to Mikes house to put together a bike for Jose so he could ride, but soon found out another broken clutch bell which in total numbers four, count em FOUR broken clutch bells. hmmmm interesting. Same exact problem, maybe a different solution guys?? well afterwards we met back at the house where they were filming the house party scene. got some more free taco truck food, fashionably late and already been drinkin. Did several takes of the party with me in a scene with Tiger Lauren and Oscar. hilarious. "QUIET ON SET!" passively directed toward us. hahaha i have a whole new respect for production crews. seemed like pretty long hours for just a fifteen minute short. plus they had to put up with our rowdy rowdy obnoxiousness all weekend. im also pretty sure they're sick of inhaling stinky 2-stroke smoke

Saturday morning filming. shits real hectic. lets get down to business, what the hell is this?

fellow Knuckleheads! Big B and Eric on set ready to do another take.

Tigers. super sexy Stevie. all crotch no rockets

Tigers. Lindsay newly blonde. golden sun, shimmer

Bully Chris' Freespirit for close up

definitely a surreal experience thats for sure. cant wait for the actual finished product. video to come sooooon

curious spaces

2009-10-09T03:50:00.000-07:00

hmmmmm curious spaces. it think i could fit another one in there

burrito run celebration prep yum OM NOM NOM 10.04.09

Well things to come. Tiger Matt is filming a short for his school. AFI!? filming on saturday and sunday. maybe monday and tuesday too. this is gonna be so cool. Definitely a whole new experience. anybody in LA with nothing to do this weekend, come along! everyone who shows gets a free copy of the final dvd and free lunch! TigerMatthew needs all the extras he can get. Click on one of the links below to get a call sheet if ya wants to be in the movie! just email him and he'll give ya all the info needed or the link to this thread on Moped Army
Matts email - chevlen@yahoo.com

or respond here on this Moped Army thread

well supercited about this film. wonder how its gonna turn out. more pictures to come

two-stroke tuesdays. 3 year anniversary

2009-10-09T03:29:00.000-07:00

happy anniversary latebirdies! Four years as a gang, and three years of two-stroke tuesdays. There was a pretty good showing. Pizza and beer. yum

sorry for the crappy pics. until i get a real camera, its all foggy blurriness

latenight sessions

2009-10-04T22:59:00.000-07:00

some maintenance work. checking for any problems before the Knucklehead ride this sunday and before Tiger Matt's filming for that short. The jug is flawless, dripping oil down the cylinder walls. no bluing of the wrist pin or needle bearing.hmmmmm good signs.

very little con rod big end bearing play. considering this bike has 15,000miles+ on this bike. seriously. stock a55 case transfers. humongo for stock.

some pics of other late night random debaucheries. fly by night operations. cover of darkness. low pro

thats it. more to come soon! super excited about Cobra?? maybe? yea.

Beats!Beats! Dance!Dance!Dance!!

2009-10-03T19:53:00.000-07:00

Nocturnal 09. took my brother for the first time hahahaha and it turned out awesome. many many new experiences for him and seen from another perspective of how it was to be at his first dance party!LOL! he was comin out of front row drippin sweat. needless to say, he's definitely coming to the next one. theres something visceral about dancing sweating pulse animalistic raawwr. hmmmmmmm this party had really good beats . glitch mob killed it. drum and bass was wilddd. some crappy pics

The good homeboys Miguel, Grant, Santos riding the swings! WWWEEEEEEEEEEEE! RoLLin ROlliN rOLLiN!

where the wild things are

Hollywood! long hair, tight pants and glam rock

2009-09-24T16:01:00.000-07:00

fucking hell. this was seriously unexpected! =)
We were rompin Mulholland when we happened upon these glam rockers on a very picturesque turnoff in the Hollywood Hills. Quinn told us the photographer wanted all the bikes in the shot. we gleefully obliged. It turned out to be a super rad picture! turns out the punkekes were from Finland. they were super cool.

The lighting from the LA backround and the lighting from the mopeds makes this for such an awesome picture!! I guess Eric's pic was cut outta the picture. he was bustin wheeeeelies next to me and would've added to the radness of the picture. oh well. cool nonetheless

coool night. more to come

Jesus Second Coming! the apocalypse is coming to smite LA. and Jesus is coming on a moped!

2009-09-24T15:39:00.000-07:00

Woolly Bully Summer ride September 20, 2009. Alot of miles tonight. After hitting up Mulholland and Sunset XD so awesome, everyone was hungry. i got caught up with J, Knucklehead Eric and Chris Bully @ UCLA which was a pretty interesting and lucky experience. the rest of the Bullies and Tigers and others met up at Skooby's and lo and behold, Jesus Christ. he was ready to bless us with his good will. Blasting down Sunset Blvd, I saw Jesus preaching down the street. Only in LA

Jesus in Blassst mode lol

In retrospect, it was definitely good omen because whilst me and J were being shaken down by the resident LAPD, we were consequently let go on grounds of not being able to find J's information, and warnings issued. Whew. another dodged bullet. Something was holy that night thats for sure.

exercise in futility

2009-09-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

some complications. He's using a3 bottom end with a35 conrod and ignition with the alukit. We found out something interesting. The mounting for the a35 ignition is a bit different on the A3 bottom end and cant advance far enough on the a3 bottom end to make it run correctly. The low end is still pretty good but if I pull full throttle, the bike has a strange 4 stroke feeling which was determined to be the timing. oh well. Matt has another a35 bottom end. thats gonna be a bit more promising.

MattD tuning some ignitions to no avail

Garage Space!

2009-09-24T14:46:00.001-07:00

not enough space for tools and bikes. let alone a car and working space. ARRRRGGGG!

oh joy, sensitive to color , feel the light

2009-09-18T19:41:00.000-07:00

dreamy dazes up in the sky, some natural some not
for more time cannot be bought with the one i adore
so ill spend them as i please
on this moment in time
as the only soul lying next to you

and you, me

Flowers

2009-09-15T13:19:00.000-07:00

it was nice out today. up with the early light just dazing around for a while.

Decided to be a little bit productive today. drilled out my main jet. The main jet with the new 4 petal polini seems like it was runnin a jet or two lean. Bought this jet drill set from Knucklehead Bryan for 5 bucks. good investment. Never have to buy a jet again. i would highly recommend

Have performance reeds comin in soon from treats. More to come soon

Siftables

2009-09-15T11:46:00.001-07:00

Crazzzy new tech. maybe not. first time ive seen it. Imagine the possibilities with this

Siftables

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memoriam,Motul, myrons mopeds

2009-09-14T01:15:00.000-07:00

Myrons mopeds ride. last one for a while it seems like. end of an era kinda deal. this was the ferry ride over the fjord. the ferry ferries three cars at a time or 51 mopeds at a time

Shaun himself. moped guru for sure. guess which one is Shaun

coooooooooooooool. MB5

moped congregation

lots of people showed today. Myrons mopeds has a big following. Shaw brought a sick sick sick Derbi sport Laguna beefy. Alex brought Infamous 62mph+ 50cc tomos Arciero. no more memory, no more pics

cancerous!

2009-09-09T14:55:00.000-07:00

I got this frame from Matt D for $free.99! I was looking for a different kinda build and he hooked it up with a Motobecane. When he said it had rust, that was seriously a huge understatement. Unbelievable case of the crazy crusty rustys. The rust has eaten up the whole stress point. the thing would be scary to ride, regardless if i patched it up. I think Im just gonna hang it up in the garage somewhere as a wall piece.

oh well for that. Puch Maxi is next in the lineup for fixins

Sad Sack Sachs

2009-09-08T18:17:00.000-07:00

This 78 Sachs balboa is in sad shape! I bought this moped like over 2 years ago. I rode it around everywhere for about a thousand miles until I bought the Sprint. This moped sported the 505/C, which was pretty torquey and very reliable. Solid 35mph. Since then, I cant seem to find the time or monies to get this thing going again. I originally bought this Sachs unknowingly with a sheered key way on the crank. Me and my pops made a janky ass one that held up for months! until the timing kept on slipping again. I think this would cause that.

Seems like the previous owner tried to get to the stator somehow, stripped the threading on the flywheel nut and managed to mangle the woodruff keyway also. Myrons Mopeds had a crank for the 505 at the time but wanted waaay too much money for it than i had at the time. I said fuck it and couple months ago I took the engine cases apart to study and to attempt to change all of the seals, which i did have (cam on to HandyBikes) The seals looked immaculate, so did the gears and internals. Wow really looked brand new. I suspected as much because the odometer read only 400 miles when i first bought the bike. The speedo and odometer was almost always surprisingly accurate too. VDO i think.

But since then, the Balboa has been stripped of headlight, handlebars, some controls and some crank and pedals.

AND and I haven't even finished putting the case halves together yet. Easy stuff right?!? I just don't really wanna put the cases back together with the crank looking the way it does. I guess Ill have to source one somewhere... sometime. or try to use my air Impact to really torque that flywheel onto the taper. That might hold. or maybe wishful thinking. man i hope this works.

2009-09-08T00:44:00.000-07:00

lets dance. Courtship Dating

Woolly Bullies Vol. 666

2009-09-07T16:56:00.000-07:00

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery was awesome. Sitting in the cemtery drinking and smoking. Sacralegious to some? or the best kind of tribute? The Summer nights are still quite warm. Special screening of Ferris Buellers Day Off was extraordinary! Forgot about how ahead of its time the film was. Didnt get too many pictures this time because the camera memory was full. Damn this ride has alot of great camera opportunities. Aw well. next time.

Tacos! Fill up food for the starved.
More to come...alot planned for the future

DoubleTreated!!

2009-09-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

Double Treated! The best part was the random Bonnie Raitt Tape that they included in the box! awesome. I HEART Treats!! im soo gonna keep this forever

Treats are here! Shipping is light speed with those guys. sweet little Malossi 4 petal and some plug wire and some gaskets. I still wann run the Polini set up, but this no petcock issue is seriously making me think twice. Ah well. I guess i gotta make a manifold proper.

Locked Out!

2009-09-05T03:54:00.000-07:00

its all about the strategery* Need a keysmith

Complication Minor

2009-09-04T20:13:00.000-07:00

Moped under construction

Just picked up a sweet Polini 4-petal and 19mm manifold from Woolly Bully Christopher. It was off from a LateBirdy race bike that was sold to Chris and then consequently blown and parted out and sold to me. I initially thought the manifold was made by Shaw but turns out that it was a Choke especial. It sealed well anyways. All of the electrical wiring on this Tomos ST was on the left side.. the wiring is kinda messy and looking to clean it up as soon as possible. Some off the holes were threaded in the frame from the factory, which made it a little bit easier to wire up.

The 19mm intake manifold is pretty sweet. The intake fits perfectly under the Tomos frame, which seems to be the problem with putting on a 4 petal onto a Tomos. Another problem I ran into was that on a A55 frame, the petcock is on the left side and gets in the way with the reed cage on the Polini. If i was running the Malossi 4-petal, this wouldnt be a problem i think. But if I was runnin the Malossi, I would've had made a different manifold which would have been more time consuming and costly.

Also, the stock carb position is on the right side, which makes putting on a PHBG kind of difficult to adjust, as the controls on the PHBG is on the left. With the new manifold, it shoots the carb on the opposite side of stock Tomos but on the correct side of the controls. Its a good compromise.

For now this seems to be the solution. Running a straight fuel line to the filter then the carb. Im planning on getting an inline fuel valve soon. having no petcock kinda sucks

As soon as I was done, i took the little black Tomos for a ride. I gained more lowend from my previous setup and top screams like a banshee. Feels good all around but i think im jetted a little lean on top i think. I had this weird low end bogging from being too rich and having a crappy manifold with the 2 petal. But alll of that is gone now. The ST idles perfectly, revs smoothly and has no airleaks! sweeeeeet. I suspected the crappy 2 petal manifold, although a healthy 21mm, to be air leaky and unreliable. I guess I was right because as soon as I put that shitty manifold on, I lost alot of low end. Especially compared to Knucklehead Zachs bike, which was almost the same exact set-up except a bitchen 2 petal 19mm manifold made by Shaw. Zachs bike had so much torque that it would pull wheelies in first and second gear.

So now that I have my torque back with a good intake, its blast mode. tootaloooooo

Nocturnal Life

2009-09-04T17:32:00.000-07:00

Nocturnal! lookin forward to dancin and sweatin. Beats

2009-09-04T16:08:00.000-07:00

Free Mumia!

2009-09-04T15:24:00.000-07:00

Some Moped Artwork. I dont remember who did it. but rad regardless

2009-09-04T04:20:00.003-07:00

Bonneville Flats Record Holder. Myrons Mopeds

2009-09-04T04:12:00.000-07:00

Treats on the way!! YAY! getting another 4 petal and other little things.

2009-09-04T04:10:00.000-07:00

Airsal KittyCat. widened exhaust 3mm. intake widened 4mm. transfers matched to an A55. lost some lowend. Im a light guy so any loss is negligible. but when I hit the pipe, it just blasts, all the way to top speed. 55mph+

4 petal Airsal Reed Valve A55

2009-09-04T03:16:00.000-07:00

more pics to come!! Ive run in to a couple issues. Mainly petcock isssues, and electrical mounting issues.

chillax

2009-09-04T03:13:00.000-07:00

LA! Wooooollly Bulllies! This sunday, ride to Hollywood Forever Cemetery and see a special screening of Ferris Buellers Day Off. cool. Its been a while since i've been there last. Lets ride! Picnic pizza and beer. im buyin beer. so should you. 10 bucks at the gate. come out and chill!!!

http://www.cinespia.org/calendar/

2009-09-04T03:00:00.000-07:00

This is the video of the ride. LA Tunnels and bridges! 0:56s blast mode. special thanks to the Halfwits for conjuring up some magic for this video

Sunday Summers

2009-09-03T23:03:00.000-07:00

Fractured clavicle! its kept me outta the moped thing for what seems to be forever! I just missed everything. I missed my moped. i missed my friends! But now im a bit more healed. Let the good times roll. Everything for the past 2 years now have been basically related to these loud smelly smokey silly little machine thingys.

I guess a couple updates first. This was last Sunday. On the way to LA to ride with Woooollly Bulllies! and Tigers! 2pm Met up at Knucklehead Erics house in a pretty rough area of Norwalk. Tightened some bolts, turned some screws, squirted some gas, gapped some plugs, adjusted knick knacks, the usual, ya know? In the process of all of this, found out that my bearing spacers in the rear wheel were shot. This is like the THIRD time this has happened. 1st time, bought the wheel from Myrons with no spacer. wrecked my bearings. 2nd time, the spacer that was put in was of inadequate length, wrecked my bearings. This time, the shims that Marvin had welded to the spacer had ground down considerably, causing this wierd squeaking noise ive long suspected to be the bearings. So Ive wrecked another pair of bearings. Hmmmm makes me think how well the front wheel is shimmed.

Well, Knucklehead Eric being the super genius that he is, bored out an old washer to shim the bearing properly, and it fucking worked like a charm. for the time being any way. I guess we're just gonna go to Ace Hardware and get some nice hardened steel tubing and cut the correct spacer length because it seems like nobody can get the damn wheel right. Mopeds always broken but they're easy to fix!! Off to meet Rad Robert, who also conveniently lives in Norwalk. Met up with Robertooooo then it was a fucking blast all the way down Beverly St to Woolly Bully BBQ tunnels and bridges ride. soo rad

looky all the mopeds! Woolly Bully meet.Such a good showing. Soo many people have gotten all kinds of fast since last

The many many faces I havent seen is soo long! BBQ time. Jerked chicken, rice and beans, pico watermelon......mmmmmmm yummy

Fellow KnuckleHead Eric!!!! my good buddy, expert mechanic, new daddy! Yay for Eric! baby boy Wesley. He is really knowledgable about small motorini, and is the king of backyard ingenuity. Plus he will build the cleanest bikes around. Eric has the touch of knack. Somehow he inherited a Black Widow Pinto Swinger with a 80 metra e50 super motor built by Shaw. He's recently turned and tuned that creation into one of the cleanest Pintos ive seen. When we go ride he just plays with me, sandbaggin his throttle for sure. 80 Metra is seriously boss. 60mph+

damn. soo clean

This is Knucklehead Erics next monster creation. 84 Cobra. oh man. soo jealous of this one. Its gonna get the whole Tomos treatment. A35 bottom, alukitty, reeds and manifold. Gonna be a good reliable blassster. Much thanks to Woolly Bully Maxwell! he is soo rad.

Night ride. Petrol fill. The good dudes. true passion. Mike Matt and Robert.

Kiyoko burned a headlamp. quickie bulb change to no avail. i think its a grounding problem. Taped on Flashlight = good enough to not get a ticket! sweet

Off to Stinkers. Tigre Lauren Djs the bar.

Robert broke his rear axle on the way to Stinkers. We chilled a little bit at the bar, deciding what we should do. The only logical choice was to ride to doubles on my Tomos all the way back to Norwalk. that was a rad experience. The whole way we were blasting at least 50mph+ according to Eric. Doubles at 50+. soo cool. Me and Robert combined probably weigh 250 pounds. maybe thats why. Made it home safely. definitely was beat. This was the first long ride since the LateBirdies Flock yeah II, in account of my collarbone and all that jazz. I heart Woolly Bullies and LA Tigers.

Look out. Some serious builds comin in the future from the Knuckleheads and the Bullies.

2009-09-03T20:30:00.000-07:00

First post! a couple years late on the bloggy thing, but many great things to come