Uncategorized – Wreck Rebuild Repeat

July 7, 2017

It was the best of primes, it was the worst of primes.

Back from the DGR ride and inspired by the smell of fall in the air, it was time to start building TSM #2.

A year earlier I had started mocking things up for the build but other obligations got in the way. This bike would get a CR80 front end and have my favorite Shinko 244 dual-sport tires.

I had laced the DIO RIM to the Peugeot hub using some curved washers…if this was a good idea or not still remains to be seen.

Now a year later I had the tank and plastics painted from my previous painting adventures. It was time to get this frame in shape.

Cutting off the excess mounting points, moving some and filling in any dings in the frame and it was time to primer.

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I was really liking the primer color so I decided to just sand it smooth and clear coat it.

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I also had time to repaint the seat pan and cut some high density foam for a seat.

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A little clean up on the triplet-trees and everything was looking good.

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Next up…one is fun but two, Woohoo!

June 22, 2017

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.

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

May 10, 2017

Wire woes and how do I attach…these?

Imagine you just put together a completely ride worthy vehicle but you made a list of requirements because you LOVE lists…so instead of riding it around…you keep working…yep…that’s what’s happening…

Fitting the blinkers in the front is pretty easy the hard part is remembering what wire goes where…

Then some holes drilled into the tail light assembly get things fitted nice and snug.

(I couldn’t find a build picture of this so here is a current one.)

Then some gauges

Next it is time to hang the rear fender (I forgot to take mock-up pictures…I get carried away when I’m working). I had another pannier rack floating around the garage and it needed to be shortened up to put the fender in the spot I wanted. I made a hanger for the front of the fender with some strip steel. This is held in place with a bolt and some spacers.

I cut up the existing seat mounts so they would better fit on the TSM frame and then slapped on a tank. It’s time to gas this up and go for a ride!

>>>>fast forward to the future>>>>

The initial rear fender mount idea didn’t work and I had to add a hanger to the back (under the tail light) to keep the fender in place. You can see it in the taillight picture above and below is the video loop of putting it on. This happened a while after the moped was done but I should of done it right at the start.

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Next up…why is my moped a fuel filter!?

April 26, 2017

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.

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!