I dove head first into the deep end this time!

hory mory! 

Yesterday was a good day for Death Rattle!!

Sold 4 of the 11 in that last photo for 90% of what I have invested. Looks like I'll get to keep that Urban Express(nu50) and will still turn enough profit to fund my next ped pick

Got home with some motivation. Tied the last few loose ends up on the Garelli and got to hear her run for the first time in 2 years!



She brapped to life and purred OK. Gave her a few heat cycles then putted around the neighborhood to start setting the rings. Still have to dial it in to get 100% tuned, and a few little ghetto rigs I need to polish off. I have too much time/money in this one, feels good to finally kick her over.

That's a great feeling.  Tradition is a jig dance when I get one to brap brap brap,....heheh

Haha yup, definitely busted a little boogie

Oh yeah, my 'mission success' dance!! Its an elusive creature hardly ever showing its face, but when it is spotted laughter, celebration, and high levels of stoked factors can be observed.

Swapped the 5 star mags, rebuilt top end, and installed a front fender on The General;


Test fitted the 80cc setup on my tomos frame. Going to lower the engine mounts to gain some intake clearance;




Then I swapped the spokes back on the general and trade her +1 crusty project ped for this beauty;










She stands tall. Nearly 4-5 inches taller and over 6 inches longer than my Garelli.


Took me 2 years of it on my line to finally reel her in. This is 1 of 2only 5 Sapporo bikes built by a company in CA called Moto-Matic. She's a little rough, needs transmission rebuilt and a lot of TLC. I will shine her up all minty and then will make her as fast as possible.

Here's a cool video they made to explain the build
http://vimeo.com/24324281

Whoa... I didn't know Tomos exported their mopeds to USA.

A friend of mine has 20 or more of them (various types and models) in his collection.




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Yup, we have tons on Tomos' here. Sounds like a pretty killer collection. Have any photos of the lot?

Here are a couple of photos taken off his FB profile, but next time I pay him a visit, I'll try to photo all of them... 
He also has a couple of Puchs and MZs, but that's another story... 

its the law. when you get her running, youre obliged to do a happy dance of some sort

Rad collection!!

$50 special

changed spark plug and a carb clean - started right up. Who wants it??

Picked this one up from DC for one of my buddies in NC. A little shop time and she'll be heading down to her new owner

$50 dorrar,...sweet! 

Is that masking tape on the seat???

(They could have gotten $55 if that was duct tape....)   

ShredPed madness is still going strong here. Love my little oil burners. Over 170 bikes sold and enjoy time with each one. Took a little while to get my bearings down and all the tools/parts unpacked from moving into our new house a couple years back.

My last pick up and last one sold

$100 tomos pick from right across town. Will be cleaned up and sold off after I finished a couple other bikes from the heard


A Derbi flatreed ripper I sold to a fella in NE. Crated it up and shipped via freight. Messing with wood has me itching (pun not intended) to get some more sawdust flying!




My better half (fiance) helping to hold in place while I take a final photo

"170 bikes sold"



I like that debri