MOPED ARMY

Ya! Congratulations. I live in SF too, the hills are tricky with a stock bike. I used to have to plan my routes and strategize hitting hills at full speed.

Read up dude. There is a ton of info on this site. Jetting isn't gonna help you climb hills, unless of course your bike is capable of climbing hills and it's jetted improperly.

I've never messed with a Puch, only french bikes with glorious variators. But you should look into upgrading your clutch, a 3-shoe or something from treats. It's lighter, it'll grab at higher rpms = faster off-the-line. You could also throw a kit, which will require lots of tuning, if your new, you may want to wait till your bike is running like a top before you dive into something more complicated. Otherwise, you can port the cylinder. Also, you can change the gearing, for more low-end. This could help if you're primarily riding in the city, and you're say, only getting up to 35 or so before the next stop-light. Gearing for low end sacrifices top-end, and vise versa.

PS- you may have a rough time riding with creatures unless you kit or port your cylinder.

There is a moped service shop opening up above SF Moto in the near future (the man says sometime this month). So since I can't do any dremelling right now, I think I'm going to have him do porting and matching for a 50cc kit.

@ Andy-Thanks for the tip on the clutch, I'll pick one of those up in a couple days.

@Zap- 1st ever ever ever.

SF Moped

Yeah, here's the link to the dude's blog. He helped me out with a ton of advice before buying. He even offered to help me find a ped in the Santa Cruz area and truck it up. (edited)

terry dean runs sf moped. srsly check him out, he's gorgeous.

Yeah I missed the Sunday BBQ, but I'll try and go out next time. Hopefully ride with some other slowpeds until I get my chest hair.