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Distinguished mopeds, marriage and Adventure Truck

With the TSM-SP wrapped up I thought it would be a good idea to participate in the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride and convinced Leah to participate too.

She had been meaning to upgrade her Motobecane ignition to a CDI.  After a day at the garage is back to the test strip.

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Enter Adventure Truck…time to head back to the old airport.

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The original plan was to ride in NYC but our friend was getting married in Providence,RI the day before the ride so we moved to that ride.

DGR was quite the ride with some surprises.  Leah was a trooper and hung in there when we ended up on I95.  I was glad Green 2.0 was up to the challenge and could keep up with the big bikes.  After a raffle and some fun we packed up and headed home.

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Next up…classic reading, A Tale of Two TSMs.

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Bolted-up and beautiful but broken?!

Everything is together and looks great but no matter what I do I can get this carb jetted correctly.

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After getting a mediocre idle I discover that my engine has a bad seal.  Not a big deal and while replacing the seal I discover the crank is out of true.  The wobbly crank is what shortened the life of the seal.  I thankfully have another crank and new bearings on hand.  Thanks to Chris from Tomahawk mopeds and Nash for sharing ideas around pressing on bearings.  Time to build my own tool.

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It works great and now it is building time!

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With the engine back on the bike the idle is better but still not great.  No idea what is going on here.

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I suspect that maybe there is a leak around the clamp on carburetor.  I try a new shim and that doesn’t work.  I then try using a completely new carb with a spigot mount. It doesn’t really fit and the issue remains.

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In a last ditch attempt I break down the carb and rebuild it completely…still impossible to jet.  On a fluke I took the intake off and low and behold it has a hairline crack…insert swearing here…

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If I’m anything I’m tenacious, but try as I might I couldn’t save the old intake.  Ordered a new one from Treatland.tv and I’m finally back in business.  My assumption is that the out of true crank caused excessive vibrations and the strain caused the crack.

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After dialing things in its done!   Time to ride!

Next up…weddings and wanderings with wife and wheels.