My RIPPIN' Photoset.

My friend Rebecca Dreyfus came up with a rad photo projects a while back. The idea was to give mopedders from all over the States a disposable 35mm camera so they could take pictures of their own moped lifestyle. She features people from all over and its real rad! My camera took me a few months to complete and I added captions. Also check her website http://rippin.me/. 

Green Bay JTT4 - Matt Chedda.

 Green Bay JTT4 - Me and Azzy.

 Green Bay JTT4 - Becca.

  Green Bay JTT4 - Campsite.

  Green Bay JTT4 - From our tent.

 Chicago skyline.

Chicago - Peddy Ca$h rally Blk Blk Hotel room.

 Chicago - Bridgeport Coffee run with my dude Thom.

 Chicgo - Logan Lions rally.

 Chicago - Castle shop.

 Nashville - Dead Peds Campsite.

 Nashville - Loaded up with peds.

 Illinois - Amtrak to see my girlfriend.

 Chicago - Observatory.

 Chicago - Castle Hobbit mess.

 Chicago - M.O.P.E.D. Benelli plant.

 Chicago - M.O.P.E.D. Will in the dark.

 Chicago - M.O.P.E.D.

 Chicago - Castle moped roundup.

Chicago - Expired plates and expired movies.

Rando photos of the week + CMON Atomic, really?

Just a week at the shop and snapped some photos of what i thought was rad/dumb.

 Puch Newport with auto start (no starter clutch) and oil injection.

 Oil reservoir. .

 Injector.

 Really though, what color are these? silver? light pink? light purple?

 Cmon dude, take some pride in your first puch. 

More Atomic ZA50 oil injection plugs came in today. Not stoked at all on these. They hand made and you can totally tell. The only time I could ever see these coming in useful is in a shop setting where its easier to just pop one on in 5 mins instead of making one and taking 30 mins all together. I would never use these at home. Atomic makes some good products but these and the puch center stand spacers are pretty poor quality. See them here, not worth $10 IMO https://www.treatland.tv/puch-za50-oil-injection-block-off-plate-p/atomic-za50-oil-plate.htm. The gasket it comes with is nice +1.

 My fav noped! 1986 Suzuki shuttle (FA50) in Lilac with white seat. So hot.

HEY LOOK GASKET GLASSES! HAPPY DUDE YEAR.

Visiting friends who have rad mopeds + Buying a few.

Made a fun little moped related trip to STL yesterday. I got to stop at the Pink Elephant Antique Mall which always rules. It was super nice out and the 5 hour drive didnt seem bad. I went to hang out with my buddy Declan and buy some bikes from him. This dude is into totally weird bikes and has quite the collection. He does have a fast-ish turn over rate so he always has something new.  I went to trade/buy a Vespa Citta and Motobecane M11. I traded the Pepi!!! (END OF AN ERA) which sucks but really no garage should only be bringing bikes in, you have to have a rotation AKA share the love! and Minarellis. So here are some pics of his garage full of Euro weirdness.

 How many vespa powered bikes can you find in this picture?

Super Bravo with kickstart vespa engine and plastic gas tank.

Peugeot Scoper 105 with dual variated engine, ready to ride to bingo.

Personal Fav! Italjet Pack 2. A vespa powered fold out moped, crazy racks and dangerously fun.

Picked up this Vespa Citta, very excited to get it together. The stance is awesome and I'm excited to have a moped that wont take a ton of room, good for rallies. Looks like it will fit in a car trunk with the handlebars down.

 So sweet! Cme with all the sidecovers too which really tickles my fancy.

Motobecane M11. Non-Variated engine with AV7 case resemblance, excited to take it apart and learn about it. Oh and guess what? THE GURTNER IS LEAKY big surprise. 

1977 Moped's Reality Factory Grand Opening.

Went to the Reality Factory grand opening last night, shit was rad! The building is great and hopefully will do Dan & Co good. We all had a great time and got to see some great faces. We didnt get back til 7 a.m. hahah. Thanks for having us dudes.

Pics.

 Gotta LOVE the cheesey original MA comics!! 

 Nerds.

 Looked good.

Fucking love these things. Look close, front pegs, pedals, and rear pegs! Thats so many foot positions for added comfort and riding enjoyment. 

 I talked these newbs into ditching their 28mm flatslides for Gurtners in this isle,  good deed of the day. 

 Sounds good! I'll take 3.

 "So that's how engines work"

 Every botched ebay moped search ends in this pink thing.

 Double tops are dolls.

So cool.