LA Tiger Ride

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.

FourPetalGoodness

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?

all in the details

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

curious spaces

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

exercise in futility

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

Sad Sack Sachs

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.

Woolly Bullies Vol. 666

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!!

 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.

Nocturnal Life

Nocturnal! lookin forward to dancin and sweatin. Beats