Having just moved back to the midwest it means I was moving into a new region of moped racing. I spend the last 12 years racing west coast at the Pacific NW tracks, Tomahawk Cup, Moped GP West, and a visit to the OG Polini Cup as well. The concept is the same but the …
I will start with an apology. I tried to craft a reader base and that requires frequent, preferably weekly new posts. I have not held up my end of the bargain. Been so busy actually doing the thing I haven’t had time to talk about me doing the thing. I still don’t, spoiler alert, but …
Some people on the Portland Puddle Cutters text group where asking if Tomos Racing Transmission Fluid (TRTF) was as great as it appeared. I didn’t know honestly. I had seen the article before but it never occured to me to try it. Right about this time I had put Royal Purple ATF into my Tomos …
It’s one thing to do sweet dyno pulls and post graphs that look cool, and I was excited to do that. But ultimately I’d like to sell these as a functional part to the masses that crave them. For that I have to actually test these in the real world. By trade I’m a metal …
So far I’ve done only street testing with a butt dyno, which are notorious for weak accuracy. To be a bit more scientific I called up my friends at Scooter Swap Shop and set up a dyno session on their rolling dyno. They are super nice guys who know their tuning so if you are …
There were issues with the last test part. The rubber was still too soft with the 60A blend and the airbox would try to fall off when I rode. The plan was easy, just get the next harder rubber and make another. Well, thing is, that was the hardest rubber they made in that compound …
The first test was really successful. My only issues was the softness of the rubber , the fleshtone color (not very A E S T H E T I C) , and how well it stayed attached to the airbox. The original rubber was a urethane compound with a shore hardness of 40A so I …
First up, I love the A55 Tomos. They are great. I’ve owned a handful, I used to work on them when we sold them at a shop, and my girl currently owns one. I’ve built 3 different gila A55, piles of other kitted ones, and run 10 of thousands of miles on stock ones. Easily …