Showing posts with label vespa grande. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vespa grande. Show all posts

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Weeks of pics, M11, Derbi T.T., Vespa Polini Porn.

Welcome to my blog, prepare yourself for a wild ride. My mac charger finally came from Chile and it only took 3 weeks! It was TOTALLY worth saving $10 dollars, let me tell ya.  In the last few months I have been moving all my stuff to my new apartment in Bridgeport. I really love Bridgeport! I live by some rad mopeders, HNRZ Tony lives a few blocks away, Dougie Fresh lives around the corner and the DRC Kinetic gang lives down the road. The neighborhood is awesome and has a lot of critters to watch scamper down the street. Moving into an apartment from the Castle has been a humbling experience moped wise. To have no garage and not being able to rev bikes out at 3 am is a real bummer! But domestic moped life is fun too, just a little tricky at times.  Here is a few things Ive thought were worth a post in the last few weeks.

This is what I tell people my blog URL is.
 Working on the Moby M11. I'm doing every free mod I can first. I bored the intake out to 13mm and found a 12mm Del sha for the 10mm Gurtner replacement. I couldnt go larger with the boring because I got bored.... Jk actually the intake has a weird bend and was super difficult to bore deeper than 2 inches in. 
It doesnt look like a big difference but hey Im splitting hairs here.
 Fit in well with a Derbi Del sha air filter. 
Hack and weld mild Honda pipe and it sounds great. Went riding but was was seemed to be like fourstroking with a 52 jet..... even without the airfilter. I think I'm going to mess with the timing. No real difference other than the fourstroke... :(
Picked up this bad boy from Tony/Josh HNRZ. Vespa 50cc water cooled Polini W port kit. HOLLER! What should I put it on? The Citta or a TFR? L.A.M.F.
 Beautiful.
 "So that's whats gong on inside there"
W port in full boner effect.

I'm going to widen this a tad to match the ports better.
 Moped apartment problems. 
 Hey it worked dudes! New clutch installation, removed the Malossi contra spring (gained 4mph) new rear brake shoe, and "realigned" my rear wheel on the Grande. This bike will not die, it is such a great little moped.  I was riding the otherday and the rear brake line snapped, and got wrapped up in the rear varo, I skid to a stop, it was rad.
 Derbi T.A.T. Acerbis tank install and Im still working on the engine.
Been playing this a bit, getting ready for the Moon Level of the Derbi T.A.T.
 Derbi gears sent from the Derbi angel Steve Brown. 
I still owe Ryan Nash $100 bucks for this. Gianelli HI-boy looking great. Guys FYI just because it is called the Hi-Boy doesnt mean I will be high when I ride! MOPED HIGH, PEOPLE DIE.
My newest art piece, called Lan Party Swag. $420 dollars for sale on Esty.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Weekly Moped Crap - Blown up Vespa Varo, Garelli Basic + pics.

GOT A NEW KEYBOARD!!! I CAN TYPE!!!
 Inside Varo cheek decided to shoot off in traffic. It was shooting sparks and I said to myself "well you gotta get to work somehow!" and I fucking GASSED IT and blew up like 4 blocks later in the middle of a huge intersection. hahahah fail.
 Good ole flipped belt.
 How the hell did that end up back there?

 Bought another Grande LOOKS NICE.
 Laguna airmailed to the shop.
 Tuned up this nice looking Romeo (Ro-Mae-Ohhhhh) Thunderhawk the other day.
 Chicago Moped Engineers at their finest... wait for it...
 Looking great!
 Handle bars on 1000000! looking great. notice the Oury Grips had to be cut down. I REALLLLY hate those grips, Theyre like holding onto a dildo.
Interesting 1984 Garelli Basic.
 Cool to see a subframe on a Garelli. Also notice the Forrest Gump kickstand (dont worry we replaced it).
 Hard to tell but the intake is offset and diagonal which I'm assuming is to allow the subframe movement without hitting the carb.
 Cool Euro looking headlight. 
Im such a sucker for 83-89 mopeds.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

VIDEOS!!!!!!!! and vespa weights.

Been super busy building junk lately. Hercules is running but in the middle of the tuning process I figured out that the gas is half crazy juice from the past. It's a fun bike and im stoked to have a sachs moped. My buddy Ryan Schimmel of Tennessee sent me some sweet custom weights and I really dig them. I havent taken my grande over a block or so at a time but the low end rules. Theyre 12.5 grams combined and its SUPER COOL.  Doing porting soon to my stock V1 and should post pics. I CANT SLEEP BEFORE 5 AM CAUSE OF THESE DANGED MOPARDS. I hate caps. my hands are so dirty. the fumes are killing me. made these vids and one isnt even about mopeds but its scenic and has a Morrissey song in it.

 12.5g at 2.5g a piece   
 2.5g vs the stock 8g so 12.5g vs 40g all together.
 Hercules rides again. this thing rules, i prob hit 15 mph on it so far. Im stoked to have a bike to send drunk wesley to the corner store on and not worry about the bike.
Does this gas look good? 




















Daniel's Flatreed Laguna project gone wild.