Moped Madness

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Looks like the ts50 was indeed oil injected, but the cap on the crankcase is probably for your regular oil. The 2 stroke oil reservoir is #2 in this parts fiche;

[yamahonkawazuki]

Hmm dont have that tank. does the line go on to engine block at the rear of it? toward the middle

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Not sure on that yama, here's a thread on another forum showing photos of the pump, but I can't find a good photo of where this is on the engine. No good parts fiches on the oil injection system either.. Snap a couple photos and I'll try to help however I can. You can sometimes tell the oil injection hose from the rest also, its usually hardened from the age and covered in leaking oil haha(atleast is usually is on my 30+ year old shredpeds)

Got my latest order from the land of treats and was bummed they sent me the wrong garelli rubber clutch. Sent me a 1 speed noi clutch instead of the first gear clutch for the 2 speed engine. Shot them a e-mail and went wrenching. By the time I came back upstairs I had 3 e-mail from treats. 1st with an apology, 2nd saying they'd send me the right one asap with a return label, 3rd was shipping notification. DAMN those guys are fast at fixing anything, I'll always use treats for my ped parts!

Put a little more gas in the rx50 and started it again. It starts and idles, but then dies out after a bit. Also dies if you give it any throttle. I looked at the parts i bought off ebay and think she'll be sitting pretty decent after putting them all on. Low balled the seller since the parts had be there for a few months. Got all this for $70 shipped; clean carb with cable, both sides controls, a set of good levers(1 not photo'd, got him to toss it in extra ), kick start lever, coil, recitfier, cdi box, another electrical component(regulator maybe?) Still need to give some attention to the front disk setup. Will probably need a new rotor and caliper..



So stoked i had another running. I went back to the hobbit and finished up the wiring. Swamped a different HT coil on, and tested to see if she had spark with the points ignition. BRIGHT blue spark kicking nicely 

Connected throttle, decomp, brake cables, and tightened rear wheel to get some tension on the belt. Put a new b6hs plug in, and hooked up my aux tank with fresh 50:1 2t mix. Still don't have a my pedal chain on so i grabbed my drill to attempt a start. Pulled the decomp whipped it with the drill and she purred right to life!! Had trouble idling, but I'll pull the carb and do a full spit shine next.



Stoked on wrenching and projects again haha.. Been too long since something has worked out for me on the projects.

[yamahonkawazuki]

have to let the pgs sister go. shes leaving today. taking a big loss, but have to get on the road again via PMW ( goped ) but will start a new build soon enough.

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Ahh sucks to hear yer takin a loss on the pigs sis.. It'll feel good to have a solid runner again, then there's always time to find a new project! Haha you can tell i'm addicted to this..

I got the new 1st gear clutch rubber installed in the LTD. 100% better!! Pulls great, shifts up and down smoothly, and doesn't bog at all on take off. I can stop on the steepest hill and pull off with pretty good speed. the 9/43 gearing is definitely helped. It's still temperamental on idle though. She likes to run up the rpms and won't idle w/o wheel spin. I'm at 17.5 on my idle jet so i can't go any lower.. Will do a bit more investigation.



My gf and I rode around for over an hour last night. Couldn't have been any happier. Stopped to get a bite to eat after which the LTD wouldn't start for me. Kicked till I was pissed off and gave the keys to my gf to go get my durango. As she was riding off, it dawned on me i was out of gas. flipped to reserve, rolled started it and she roared to life. Had a good laugh about that one haha

It was nice this morning and forecast looked low % on precipitation for the afternoon. So I pulled out the LTD on lunch, filled up with some fresh 50:1, and blasted her into work. Passed 3 cars on the way(a new record! haha) Now 2 hours later blackest storm cloud rolling in.. So i stashed the LTD up under the overhang of the office.



And here comes the downpour haha, guess we'll see out the vm20's exposed filter does in the rain in a couple hours

[yamahonkawazuki]

The pig does alright in water. i run it w/o its filter cover. does okay. gripes a bit but she runs. so i guess i cannot complain. lol

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Ride home wednesday was great!! A little wet, but the LTD ran strong. Rode for over an hour yesterday and got home just as the rain started to come down heavy. Got some gopro footy, i'll throw together a quick edit this weekend

Chilly and windy today, but not much rain so i brought her in this morning;


No better way to start a day than on 2 wheels

[steezin_and_wheezin]

[ralph13]

rode the goped out to friends house ( 12 miles) and what did i find? a motobecane ( moped of some sort. said he wanted 140 for it. may postpone goped finish to acquire this thing. body looks near flawless save for a few dings

I used to have a Motobecane; they're great mopeds.

[yamahonkawazuki]

since i let the 78 go, am missing it. BUT ill find a frame and build one fropm ground up. hell could always put a briggs engine on it lol while building a proper engine.

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Another project and 1 parts bike for $100. Project runs, need tubes/tires. Parts bike came with all missing parts, but engine is seized.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Where the frig you keepin all these at?, all the photos i see looks like a condo/apt. storage has to be at a premium

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Nah my brother and I own our house here in radford. Now we don't have a friend renting our basement, I've claimed another room for my parts room haha.  Also have my shed where i can store a few if the parts room is full. Parts room is stacked right now, I'll pull out the gopro and get a photo of the chaos

Some of those photos are at my office building and my gf's appt though

[yamahonkawazuki]

Thats what i was seeing lol. tis all good Eh?

[steezin_and_wheezin]

indeed!! Tis all good expect this shaZam!;
http://www.dmvnow.com/general/#news/news.asp?id=7306

All VA mopeds will be required to title and pay an annual fee for theirs moped or mopeds in my case.. The thing they don't mention is if peds will be required to have insurance and inspection as well. This might kill my joy of peds and limit me to having only a couple.

Some bullshit.. What's the point of paying for all that when I can spend nearly the same amount of money and have another motorcycle??

It will allow me to title and sell moped frames more easily to people in states with stricter titling laws. So that's a plus on my part out side, hell I may even see a surge in mopeds for sale due to the owner not wanting to pay for title/yearly registration

We'll see how this all pans out..

[jestercinti]

Ohio you have to register mopeds.  There are some exceptions like motorized bikes (20cc and less) and if it's older, but just a way for the MAN to get more money.

Oh, and to add insult to injury, the state says it must be one of these models in order for it to be 'legal':  http://publicsafety.ohio.gov/links/bmv4865.pdf

[yamahonkawazuki]

cop gave me hell over the pig. calling it a moped WHICH required to be titled. however i POLITELY informed him under TCA statute it is NOT a moped. OR a scooter. a moped in tn is defined having a seat and pedals, a scooter, seat only. the pig has neither one. stand up only. COULD be construed as a scooter if i installed a seat kit on it. if i did, id just have to stand up every time i saw a cop.

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Moped laws seem to be better than I thought. I'm going to the DMV today to title a project frame as a test run.

25mph or less peds riding on 25mph roads will be exempt from all fees/titling. This works for my gf who can ride 25 mph roads to/from work. She'll just have to watch her speed(her tomos tops out ~39mph haha). Unfortunately there aren't any 25 mph roads to get me to/from my office so I will end up having to title at least 1 of mine.

Same 35mph max speed limit for all peds, but they are cutting us a break on fees!!

DMV will not require/collect the following for mopeds:
-Hybrid fee
-Insurance
-Odometer reading
-Safety inspection
-Sales and use tax (You will still have to pay retail sales tax if you purchase a moped in Virginia. Mopeds are exempt from personal property tax)

So just a $10 title fee and $20 a year for registration. Still sucks if I want to title and ride all of mine, but at least they aren't reaming us too bad.

Got my shop cleaned up and organized after finishing wrenching on Gabby. Next on the list is to get the parts room whipped into shape. Will be working on the shed(parts bin) after I get the parts room finished. Here's where I house most of my broke ass mopedZ haha;





Under the table are boxes and boxes of parts. The closet behind where i'm taking the photo contains all my shipping materials for parting out.

[yamahonkawazuki]

My gf and I rode around for over an hour last night. Couldn't have been any happier. Stopped to get a bite to eat after which the LTD wouldn't start for me. Kicked till I was pissed off and gave the keys to my gf to go get my durango. As she was riding off, it dawned on me  i was out of gas. flipped to reserve, rolled started it and she roared to life. Had a good laugh about that one haha

I had an annie sportster ( 2003) why i bought the sticker for the helmet said "turn the gas on dummy" was used to the gs' valve. once i did the engine work on the gs that was no longer an issue. wondering if one of those pipes would work on the pig. lmk if youve got any pipes for sale Eh?

[steezin_and_wheezin]

Well I flipped that latest tomos pair for 3 times what I paid. It went to another moped friend so i tossed in a few of my older parts bins to sweeten the deal.

I had to sell 2 to make room for the 1 I was ready to buy;









A sexy 1975 Garelli Eureka Flex. Got it from a cool old war vet over the weekend. Came with a complete 1 speed noi, parts noi engine with radial cylinder, and a good used polini(70cc) setup. Got a running engine in the shop ready to drop on this one. It'll stay 50cc for a bit, while i work out the kinks, then a 70cc kit and aftermarket clutch. Stoked to finally get a step through style!