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Peugeot and Lego rhyme

Now armed with a pile of formerly working parts, I needed to turn them into a new vehicle…I should of thought this through.

I realized I wanted Green 2.0 to be more than just a top tank conversion.  Time to make a list.

TSM-SP must haves:

  • Disc brakes
  • Seat big enough for riding dubs
  • Mount points for panniers
  • Turn signals
  • Green paint (should look like Green but updated)
  • Use as much of the SP as possible

Seems pretty straight forward but that was before I started looking at what parts I had and how these were going to fit.

Fit/ No Fit list:

  • SP swingarm – fits (Yay!)
  • SP shocks – fits (Woohoo!)
  • SP engine and exhaust – fits (Wot!)
  • SP handlebars and controls – fits (I would hope so!)
  • SP seat – doesn’t fit
  • SP rear fender – doesn’t fit
  • SP panniers mounts – doesn’t fit
  • Tomos front forks and wheel – sort of fits

No idea why I thought this would just bolt up but here we are.

Taking a look at the frame there are a lot of mounting parts that I just don’t need…and this frame needs a little fresh paint anyway so it’s grinder time. (Use your imagination…I forgot to take pictures)

Poof! Done.

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Now to out these parts together-ish…

And there you have it!  It’s looking like a moped…but it’s not green yet!

Next up…wires and gauges and what the heck was I thinking!

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103SP to TSM-SP or Mini TSM or whatever, you get the picture

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Green Machine was my first French moped and the start of my love of silly swinging engines.  From the first time I took a ride on a stock 103SP, I was fascinated with the performance of the “Cadillac” of mopeds.  (Not my term that credit goes to Jerry Murray from his book; Mo-Ped The Wonder Vehicle)

Green was the most exciting thing I had built and even a fast Honda MB5 didn’t change that.  I put thousands of miles on the bike and eventually the fact that I didn’t have a crossbar on it for much of its speedy life finally caught up to me.  The tank started leaking and brazing is not my strong suit…yet.

I decided it was time for the 103SP to evolve.  I loved everything about it except the fuel capacity.  The ride height fit me well and it could handle dubs without issue…so where to go next?

I thought about removing the tank and fitting on a bigger one but then remembered that I had a tank and a frame.  Oh right I have a blog about a moped I’ve never built!

Time to transition Green the 103SP to Green the TSM-SP?  Why a TSM-SP?  Well I’m short and a regular TSM is tall…like me on my tiptoes tall.  My 103SP is lowered and I like to think the SP stands for “Short Person”.  Thus the TSM-SP is born!

Thankfully it’s the shocks, fork and seat that make a TSM tall just like a 103SP…so let the parts harvest commence.

I’m going to use everything from the 103SP except the frame, seat and side covers.  The 103SP’s tank now is empty with a coat of oil in it and it tucked up in the rafters of my garage for when I get around to fixing that leaky tank.

Next up…why Peugeot mopeds are not like Legos.