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.
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!