2 posts tagged “pucho”
Over the past few weeks I have been helping a buddy of mine tune his recently kitted Puch Cobra. While I enjoy helping others tune/fix mopeds, it made me want to work on mine a bit. So last night I took apart my Tomos top-end to find massive amounts of buildup and rust in the exhaust. I spent about an hour cleaning it and will hopefully finish up tonight. This little cleanup should provide me with a bit of a boost and overall better performance. However this little maintenance brought some much needed attention to my addictive hobby. While I can clean, tune, and assemble parts in my 1 bedroom apartment, I can't make parts or modify them. It's just something you can't do in your living room. I need a garage or even better a workshop. So until that time, which is probably years away I am giving up my dremel. This upcoming weekend I will be coming home to visit family for the holiday. I will be wrenching mopeds with my father and possibly bringing one moped home to store for summer.
Last week we had a bunch of people show up to our weekly ride, some even came down from Indy. It was AWESOME! 10+ riders going through town with 60 degree weather is about as good as it gets. I was really hyped up and so was everyone else. We rode until the wee hours of the night and got to fix 2 mopeds. I was able to get a Puch Cobra running for a friend and it was a great feeling. It was nice to meet new people and now they will be coming down every Thursday to ride with us. Good times.
I will have to post some updated photos of my fleet before this weekend. My Pucho is now my daily rider, a solid 35+. The Moby is also a daily that was used the other night to haul around 2 people with no problems. My Swinger is now incomplete and a non-runner. I sold some parts from it to help pay for other needs. Hopefully come summer I will be able to fix her up, but as of right now the Moby is my fastest ped at 37.7mph. Going slow has never been so much fun.
