1968 Yamaha YAS1C

1968 Yamaha YAS1C Twin 125cc

The old seat was totally rusted out. The foam and cover had been eaten by a mouse or rat. This is the old seat pan from a 1974 Yamaha DT100.  I hacked the mounts off the old seat and welded them on to the "new" seat pan.

Won't win any awards, but it's better than what it was before. Probably going to rivet the vinyl in the corners.

Here it is with the side trim and Clubman bars.

This is how you know it's barn fresh.

New sealed battery, EBC brake shoes (thanks Benji!), Michelin Gazelle tires, tubes, and replaced some broken spokes. Oil pump has been bypassed, and seized steering dampener removed. No permanent modifications have been made.

More tasty AS1 pix: http://motonut.com/YamahaAS1GYTKit.htm

A Day At FMW

Honda SL70

Gino's dirtbike came in for some new rubber & love....

Wheelie city!

1977 103 Build

- Teknix 50cc kit, case matched

- Dellorto 14:12 carb

- Malossi 2-petal carbon fiber reed block

- Domino controls

- New electrics

- New tires

- New chains

- 45 mph

1977 Vespa Bravo Rebuild

Freshly rebuilt motor

00140 Puch Magnum

74cc Gilardoni kit, Simonini pipe, 28 mm OKO. Powder coating by West Coast Powder Coating. Gonna rip once it's finished.

QT 50

Coil case was cracked and needed a carb rebuild. started up first kick to my suprise, a testament to Yamaha's rock solid engineering. I love the QT50. 

103 metrakit kit port match to teknix case

Continued from 103 polini seizure. I'mma hack this kit to this case.

See the marks from where the old kit transfers were?

1 wurd: blowtorch.

See them little flecks of metal?

That's one there.

And another.

Masking tape to keep metal out of the seal.

yuk.

oh yeah lookit that sludge.

Ok here we go:

Gettin' there.

Oh yeah she oughta breathe good now.

 What a nice ignition.

 
Ever give a motor a blowjob? Fun explaining that one on the invoice....

 
Time to go back on the bike.

Fired right up. Tuning notes as follows:

Teknix cases matched to 64cc metrakit polini head carbon fiber Malossi 4 petal reed block & intake, Dellorto PHBG pilot: 40 main: 100 W7 needle leanest notch simonini circuit two ball vari stock 12v  NOS peugeot points sys pulls hard chickened out speedo read past 120 km/h, so that's at least 60, right? zowie....pipe seems pretty decent - not too peaky.