MOPED ARMY

not as sexxxy as this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-2012-49cc-2-speed-automatic-pedal-moped-first-usa-patent-pending-/190606985565?pt=Motors_Powersports_Under_50cc&hash=item2c610fc95d

looked like a nice clean bike to start with,,, i like to color alot

cool bike

Bath time! for a few parts. Could not do much today. not a lot of time.

also, measured my shocks. 300mm and 10mm eyelets. only found one pair on treats in stock. snatching them up. and found out 1977 is the only one that carries my brake shoe size. and wonderful. they are out of stock. \

Also, ready to port match! need to find my rat tail file first..

.... Motron sprint silly xD the model is the sprint ;)

I like pictures so I like this thread. Keep going.

Dude. You had a bit of a bumpy start, but it looks like you figured shit out fast.

"next i want to repack the bearings in the wheels and replace the brake shoes."

Perfect. If your loose ball bearings aren't corroded or don't have flat spots from grinding around in old grease you can probably just reuse them and put fresh grease in - don't lose any though! Are your brake shoes really worn down or is the action rusty? If not, just rough them up with non-silica emory cloth and file some diagonal grooves in 'em so they spit the brake dust toward the "open" side of the hub. I'm sure you're perfectly capable of finding the relavent threads on your own by now.

Now you just have to get some sweet clip-on bars. (edited)

Nice.

If by "brittle" you mean they're hard - like with no give - then that's normal. As long as they're not cracking or flaking, you're fine. Brake shoes get all smooth and glassy from rubbing against the inside of the brake hub - basically, the brake hub is constantly polishing your brake shoes smooth every time you slow down. Two smooth surfaces rubbing against each other tend to not create that much friction, hence why your braking ability gets worse and worse as the brake shoes get smoother and smoother. So yeah, just clean 'em with brake cleaner and rough 'em up every once in a while until they grind down enough to justify replacing 'em. I also like to take the same non-silica emory cloth and rough up the inside of the brake hub in an even cross-hatch pattern, just to add more friction.

Okay some set backs on paint. Painted in to enclosed of an area and got over spray and it felt like dang sand paper. no picture today sorry chaps. soon! soon! probably will be a week? because I have to re sand prime and paint oh well. round two!

Dude sick work! My senior project is a Puch Maxi!

I'm really slow compared to you though, but wow

I'm impressed and inspired with what you did here.

i have a moliassi e8 its red :) and i will consider the light bucket.. hmm the front dose seem to be absent of the color... not changing my grips though :P I love mine

and I just love the red rims with white walls... so classy.. idk might leave them chrome... but they are half way taped now x) soo..

get a haircut!

yeah def dont keep em chrome. thats like what everyone has

Lookin good hombre!

Here be the tank, decals look freshh and OG

Here are the rest of the parts.

here is the fan cover!

my freshly painted rims, The tires for the love of god will not go on.

and that's about it for now! currently in the process of splitting the engine, and replacing all of the bearings, seals and porting the case. I've never done any of this before and the only source of help is you guys on the interwebs so I am going slow. wish me luck! going to put her back to a rolling chassis on Wednesday