The world of mopeds is a small but passionate world. There is a whole network of people making helpful content, interacting, creating art, new parts, or just simple recording histories of bikes and groups. There are clubs, rallies, racing, forums, shops, and plenty of other ways people have been contributing to the scene for a …
Preface: Andrew Brown, one of the Puddle Cutters in Portland, OR (aka, my club) recently put on a carb tuning class at Sabatino’s Moped Shop in St. Johns, Oregon. To prepare he dived in deep and created a handout file for every person at the event. I was so impressed that I asked him to …
A friend sent me a screenshot of a bike for sale at a local shop. It was a Free Spirit with a ZA50 swap, piston port 70cc kit, 15 bing, boss pipe, and some nice paint and details. I had no history with the bike but it seemed nice, she liked it and that was …
I’ll start the year with admissions. I’m not good at keeping a schedule for things like a blog. I take on too many projects and then shift focus too frequently to keep the plates spinning. But, as so many other fools do this time of the year, I’m going to attempt to shape up. I …
Many years ago there was a Pacific Northerwest Moped Racing series. It ran from 2010 to around 2015 or so when it ended due to lack of participants. One of the locals built a bike to race one year but it never ended up on the track. That was the Gary Flyer. It passed handed …
The world of mopeds is a small but passionate world. There is a whole network of people making helpful content, interacting, creating art, new parts, or just simple recording histories of bikes and groups. There are clubs, rallies, racing, forums, shops, and plenty of other ways people have been contributing to the scene for a …
Preface: Andrew Brown, one of the Puddle Cutters in Portland, OR (aka, my club) recently put on a carb tuning class at Sabatino’s Moped Shop in St. Johns, Oregon. To prepare he dived in deep and created a handout file for every person at the event. I was so impressed that I asked him to …
A friend sent me a screenshot of a bike for sale at a local shop. It was a Free Spirit with a ZA50 swap, piston port 70cc kit, 15 bing, boss pipe, and some nice paint and details. I had no history with the bike but it seemed nice, she liked it and that was …
I’ll start the year with admissions. I’m not good at keeping a schedule for things like a blog. I take on too many projects and then shift focus too frequently to keep the plates spinning. But, as so many other fools do this time of the year, I’m going to attempt to shape up. I …
Many years ago there was a Pacific Northerwest Moped Racing series. It ran from 2010 to around 2015 or so when it ended due to lack of participants. One of the locals built a bike to race one year but it never ended up on the track. That was the Gary Flyer. It passed handed …