MOPED ARMY

they looks pretty badass... thats all i know

What's your plan for closing off the intake in the case?

Close it off?! hell no! I'm going dual carb on this bitch. Also since the stock intake is timed by and rotary valve, all you really have to do if you don't want dual carbs is to just plug it. Doesn't need to be air tight. I bet a cork or rubber plug would do. Here's a pic of what I got from fred.

It should be air tight.

Yep! It's a super deal. I thought about it a little more and it does make sense to plug up the old intake. Having it open might prevent the necessary vacuum in the case from taking place and thusly nothting would be pulled from the reed valve intake. That's total speculation though. I'm definitely going to experiment a lot with this kit. It's just so cool! I really want to see if I can get dual carbs to work on it. As of now i'm planning for this set up:

-Reed valve athena kit (duh)

-19mm phbg w/ K&N filter (possible 13/13 on the old intake)

-Ciao techno estoril (hacked and welded on to the provided header)

-70cc Polini high comp head

-Polini Variator

This is a total shot in the dark, but I'm guessing I'll main jet somewhere in the upper 70s to mid 80s

i got the same kit though am still preparing my frame. My girl just sandblasted it for me. Stoked I also would like another intake for this beast but we shall see. Perhaps we can have one molded up by the wizard. I've hi-temp jb welded the intake and polished my old malossi matched case with emery cloth for a nice tight fit. Bought a real 10m TOP race crank (not the one from treats) It's the one with the polished arm. I plan on running a 19mil phbg with short screen air fliter because at this point my feet can almost kick the carb. Oh and did I mention a freshly repaired kinetic cdi..... As soon as the frame is powder coated I'll be in business.

One problem that i foresee is the exhaust stud is almost touching the case. This could cause problems because carving out that area could affect the cooling done by the flywheel. I will also need an adapter to mount my simonini pipe or I'll just throw on a tomos or puch. I'm still undecided.

If anyone modifies a pipe with that header I would really like to see pics..

I'm also interested in hearing more about other people trying this kit. like how you broke it in, or if the ring broke because of the pin being so close to the intake.=(

I'll be sure to post pics soon though.

you can use the polini/malossi 4 petal intake im pretty sure. and i think a minarelli pipe will work. it seems like it wouldnt be that far off.

that intake that comes with it is the worst design ever.. i understand it was made for bikes other than a ciao though, so it needs to be shaped all weird, but maan

i hope you ciao guys come up with something more clever than that!

also, someone hurry and get one running, i'm interested in knowing what a cheap fast ciao/vespa can do!

Thanks for the update Rob

let us know when you get it running!

the exhaust studs are 44mm apart from center to center if that helps. Thanks!

Anyone got one of these running? I have been peeing myself over here with suspense.

don't you need to swap out to a 10mm pin crank for one of these bad boys?

It looks a lot like a daelim intake would work on there. You can't really go much bigger than a 17 on a daelim, but if you double carbed that would be more than too much.

I would really like to run one of these, but the whole new crank thing like doubles the cost of the kit.

Willie you're awsome. Nice work. I have a feeling thats really the only decent place to mount the carb, maybe make a custom intake, but where else would the carb go without being in the way. The bike looks great tho.

Here you can see the crossbar, it's two lengths of 1/2" bar stock welded horizontally across the frame.

It's this pipe

It mounts up surprisingly well. it's spring mounted, so it's kinda "floating," allowing for quick pipe changes. Super rad, I love that pipe!

Dig the bike. any heat issues running w/o the fan shroud?