Really dont have much to say except had a nice 4th of July, BBQ and saw the fireworks with Roberta, JJ and my sister inlaw and her family. It was a good firework show JJ being only 16 months freaked because we were to close but other than that it was good

 Here she is with back wheel painted to match but of course i forgot the spokes

So this morning was my first ride in a month, for those of you who dont know or didn't see any of my threads i was having speed issues.

For 2 weeks my speed was decreasing and by the end of that 2 weeks i was hitting around 5-10 mph i actually got off and walked it home because it was too slow.

I reached out to MA for help and got a lot of good suggestions and even an offer to look at it (which i never took up the offer but i still owe you a beer for offering)

Luckily my mother is dating a mechanic so he said he would look at it, which he did and he came to the conclusion it was a carburetor problem and said he would take it apart and clean it.

he had it for a week and finally brought it back and put it on....and i hit a top speed of about 15-20mph better but not best.

he didn't really know much about mopeds came up with some theory about blow-back then i told him(with info from MA Thanks!) that blow back was normal so he was stumped, i started to think maybe i needed new piston rings but with one more theory to try i didn't want to buy a new piston and rings just yet.

The muffler! i wanted with some research to see if this simple device as the issue so i pulled it off last night and i could see with out a doubt that the silencer core was clogged, so i drilled out and cleaned the holes and made a couple of new ones(Vlado's suggestion from another thread) cleaned all the parts with oven cleaner and slapped all back on.

I went for a test ride and hit off awesomely so i knew i could ride it to work today so let me tell you how that went; I took off this morning and first thing i noticed how much faster it took off once i was on open road i WOT and i hit top speed quicker and it was faster than usual too think i hit just below 40 maybe 37-38 mph, my take off from the lights were much quicker with a pedal or 2 i was at top speed so high end and low end all very much better in performance.


also i painted the rear rim yellow to match the front so that added another 5mph i just need to get an updated pic



So in conclusion to this tldr tale i implore you this week end clean out your muffler and blast all summer, i for one can not wait for the next local area ride. so thanks for the help and later....

Moped issues

Having issues with the ped took some pics

Getting old

Going to be 33 in a month and i realize how much of my life Ive wasted, it is true that you should live like no tomorrow and youth is wasted on the young.

The only thing i know for sure is that i love my wife and son and have just recently started to live, I ride a moped and yes it has its economical reasons but mostly because i enjoy it.

New Headlight Grill

I think it looks awesome

Paint or no paint?

Got some used rims should i paint or not?

 This is whats on my ped now 1 yellow painted by the previous owner and one white stock