MOPED ARMY

are you using one of your ported cylinders? if so that could be problem on hills. other than that you were going 30 avg and thats not bad at all.

You forgot, the 'superman' hehe :D

Conor and MopedJay didnt even make it out of Andover on our way down because Jay's piece of shit italian carb didnt want to work with a frog bike...

Maybe next week guys

How fast was fratbone gona in that high speed cop chase and how did it end.

heres thrilling back road video, while i was still actually going fast, i.e., not on a slope of any kind.

<moped ride:

sheila, you kids be careful!

i totally have a head light, and it works surprisingly well. just doesnt show up so good with the camera.

also, i think i found out why my moped started sucking shit: leaking between head and cylinder!

check out these photos, and check out the staining patterns from the premix:

looks like it was escaping from the exhaust and engine side of the head. i dont know whats up with that, as i tightened it pretty good, and using the right procedure. but i think this explains why my low end got worse as the ride wore on, and why i couldnt get enough torque/power to make it up hills.

Anybody know a good place to get a new moped?

and thats supposed to be FUN ?

props to the Boston kids. You guys are seriously getting your shit together.

i LOVE the south boston beaches. pleasure bay, castle island?!

also, i don't think southie cops will bother us.

and, mopedjay is taking bones to his moped infirmary (graveyard?!) tonight.

if by "getting your shit together" you mean breaking down, pushing mopeds for hours, and getting pulled over by cops!

A few more thoughts:

I don't know about you guys but I would have felt a lot more comfortable if I had ridden those roads in the daylight first. I couldn't see shit on some of those black back roads in Weston and Newton. Pot holes and a lot of crap on the shoulder. Some of those roads were just downright dangerous for us to be on.

Need to stay tighter and make sure everyone is okay. A lead rider (road/trip captain) and a tail rider, preferably in constant contact via walkie talkie.

Need to make certain everyone can make the trip. Questions to the group before a trip like; can you ride more that 4 miles without breaking down. Can your bike exceed all posted speed limits. Do we all have fuel, etc. You know, silly stuff like that.

I think it's best that if we're going to ride that we ride safely and that we all remain together. Trying to keep up with peds that can probably hit 60 isn't much fun for me. If I want to go that fast it'll be with something with a suspension system that can handle those speeds - like a motorcycle. Besides, I don't like ANY chance encounters with the pigs - particularly in one of those towns that begin with a W. The other half who got pulled over last night were lucky they got pulled over by Barney Fife and not Buford T. Justice.

Regroup... Plan B maybe?

What is plan B?

Mopedjay, Sabat, Conor and Susan, we missed you, but you didn't miss much.

in total, i had a pretty good time, mostly because i was familiar with the area, and despite the fact that i was having moped problems. i pulled the whole thing at 1AM LAST NIGHT, finished the porting job, cleaned it up, put it back on, and it rode like a champ this morning. i dont think the head i have fits properly on this cylinder or something. when i hold up a bright light behind it, i can see a thin gap on the edges, even though i tightened it properly, so im going to need a head gasket.

also joe - i have actually been doing plug chops throughout, including with new plugs (this one was new as of a few days ago). luckily by next week this one will officially become a project bike and i'll have a fast moby.

Good idea Susan, let's do that. It sure would have alleviated a lot of stress last night... not that anyone could have heard their phone ringing or anything like that.

email me and I'll shoot out my number. I think Phil has a group email, if not, I'll put one together and send it to everybody. That is if this is something everybody is cool with.

onepercenters@gmail.com