Muncie

Looks good after a wash, thought it was satin black for a while. Like the wheels they certainly pop!

I'll admit that muffler is around as structural as bean tin and is birdshitted in place. Cringed at price but bought one of china's finest supertrapp knockoffs which absolutely has to be the end of this project or the mrs reckons she will castrate me (shes a nurse too so shes capable)

Hell yes i do i look like a right twat all geared up. More tuning today had to chuck a tiny sprocket on the back as it was well off from being right, added a tiny pit bike muffler that i bashed bigger holes in and stuffed with stainless pot scouring pads actually sounds ok but is a bit choked is pretty quiet though. Decent blatt today at area 51 Cvt is the shit bloody love it! Full launch hits 4000rpm and just pulls and pulls till Cvt maxes out then revs take over. So much grip too with proper motorcycle tyres wonder if Hampton downs track cruises are an option.

Shims in chains adjusted up and off for first ride needs a few revs to get going but fuck shes off as soon as the clutch engages not snatchy either which is nice. Annoyingly the starter solinoid has shat itself and its running a bit shit. And that exhaust is awful sounds like a fart through a trombone. If weather isnt shit i might try an extend ride out back of nowhere as the carb usually sorts itself out after a few minutes, keen to run the Cvt through its range to see how it behaves at like 80-90 k

Thought they might be "presenting" to the elder gingas. Back on the topic Micras i remember back in the early 2000's Performance Car featuring a few that made 150 odd horsepower. Wonder if a head from a bike could be stuck on the 1300 with a prepped bottom end for big revs.

Change of plans this is going to be in the drift quad now it is far easier to fit and will get running way quicker than the turbo engine which was going to be an ass to find a suitable drive setup (which incidentally has been sold for a criminal amount). Back down to a manageable hoard.

What on earth are they looking at?

It runs but things need shimming the chain isnt quite right either. Quickly fashioned pipes look cool but are deafening so will add some muffling.... later maybe a bozusoku sytle supertrapp. Will get a sack of 8mm washers and make some clearance happen over weekend.

Cool its going to work. Bees dick clearances but a gap is a gap chain appears to fall in right spot. Exhaust will not sadly.

Right that on the floor needs to go right where my lovely swoopy exhaust is..... might just experiment with new pipes at same time. CVT Time excitement! off the line punch and top end, up till now ive only been able to have one or the other. And the compromise of the exploding pocket bike wheels or a slipping clutch on take off for top end. Was on special finally from Motiveparts (nz company) so i decided to finally do it. The long suffering clutch was only ever rated to 8hp this one is 13hp the guy i bought from assures me it'll take my power easy because its light and gearing is pretty decent.

It looks wrong but probably isn't looks like a normal sidedraft must be internally different for downdraft duties. Failing that i have a pair of 32mm Mikuni's...... nope must not fuck with it ffs im terrible.

This will be happening BTW have found it to be lazy easy fit to the quad i was building so will just make it be and get it ridable asap Sprocket and disc have been fitted to axle just need to change sprocket to 428 pitch on engine and start moving mounts around to make chain line up. Currently needs to move 20mm to right and thats it. Unsure if carb is actually downdraft looks wrong to me so may need to jam a 90 degree silicone joiner in there.

I got in to work yesterday morning and theres an envelope on my desk with the full wiring loom diagram and some hand drawn notes, The good bugger that gave me the motor found them when moving house and made a trip in to work make sure i had them. So i unboxed the loom and started plugging stuff together and quickly realized this is an entire bike loom, brake lights indicaters dashboard plugs the lot. Here i was thinking it was an extremely complicated stand alone loom. Its going to need some extras plugged in to make it run, ill grab an aliexpress digital bike dash so i can have some idea whats going on and go from there. Meanwhile theres Engine mounting to be done.

Would a 125 spool a turbo up a VZ21? Tiny unit but they normally need a 250cc + and plenty of revs to get them spinning. Failing boost a rapid fire whipped cream nitrous oxide system for max power minimum outlay. Nang till she goes bang

Jam a small blower on it a AMR300 would be about right. EFI could make it really easy or really hard depending how the small engine stuff works.

Found this vid of it first time it worked long enough for kids to ride it. Might actually rebuild it as i still have the exact same scooter unmolested in roof stored away. It then evolved to this

Sparked this up today after pissing around with chain alignment and tension it had this weird harmonic going on when you got to about 40 ks thats gone now. it could do with a roller on the chain that runs to the jackshaft but seeing as I'll be going CVT fuck it I'll just keep it on tight side. Anyway tune is good on 50% ethanol mix with taller gearing the SU is way happier plugs are nice and clean. Went for a 10k ride along a closed stretch of road and used lots of petrol this things effortless though just cruises along and doesn't fuck around for a second when you give it berries! Top speed? Dont know didn't get there just enjoying it not breaking shit and getting pelted by bees and sand flys. Hard to believe it started as this thing now. Very little remains maybe the throttle cable and some tube, and the battery box, the rest was chopped out and replaced with heavier tube at some point i didn't photograph.

If you don't mind me asking whats a vespa worth these days? Your idea about throwing the bodywork over my scooter still is burned into my mind.

Yeah they're what i tell people to buy. They dont need backing off and unless they have been used as a breaker bar seldom go out of adjustment. Been calibrating wrenches on and off for years and they certainly are my pick. Edit* i should of said in my hoard of tools i dont use enough.

Yeah its evolved beyond what i ever thought id do with it and to be fair i don't have a lot of money in it but i hate to think how much time. It feels like it's got as much power as my old triumph Bonneville chopper i built in my 20's Haha. First time ive actually heard it from somewhere other than on it today since i did the port job on heads and switched to running a bit of ethanol, Its pretty barky as soon as it gets some load on it thats for sure!

So rebuilt myself a 300nm torque wrench today essentially was put into work and found to be uneconomic to repair, the good thing is when you get enough broken ones you can raid parts to make a good one. Made it work than decided to try calibrate off my aviation spec deflection beam warren&brown Worked a bloody treat! Got it bang on. Excuse the shit on floor ive been active in shed recently.

Father's day tinkering complete. Let the young fella have a go with the tall gears its really tame. I only let him roll downhill so he could used to it but no real wobbly moments slightly more than jogging pace.

Ok could be changes happening here a lot of things line up nicely and mounts need only be moved around instead of fabricated. And the chain lines up which is always a prick to sort.

Good shit man Cvt for the win bit more space you should have legs to keep the wheels going over any distance.