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My First Motorcycle

Mar 31, 2011 By Marty Kokes in Motorcycles 1 Comment Tags: honda, nighthawk

My First Motorcycle

Well I picked up my first motorcycle over the winter. For the most part my mopeds are great for cruising around Minneapolis, they’re fast enough to keep up with traffic, they’re nimble as all hell and finding a place to park is ridiculously easy. Not to mention they get like 100+ mpg. The problem is that as [...]

Engine Painting

Mar 31, 2011 By Marty Kokes in Mopeds No Comments Tags: honda, pa50ii

The top end on my PA50 Army bikes was looking little rusty so I decided to pull it off and give it a good cleaning. I taped up all of the places I didn’t want paint to go and gave it a good coating of Hi-Temp exhaust paint.

Pakistan Wheelies

Mar 29, 2011 By Marty Kokes in Mopeds, Motorcycles No Comments Tags: pakistan

Just saw this over on Tomahawk Tuning Party, pretty awesome!

Winter Projects 2011

Mar 13, 2011 By Marty Kokes in Mopeds 5 Comments Tags: 50v, garelli, honda, mobylette, motobecane, pa50ii, puch, swinger2, tomos

Here’s a video I shot of some of the projects I’ve been working on over the winter.

1995 Tomos Targa Restoration

Mar 11, 2011 By Marty Kokes in Mopeds No Comments Tags: targa, tomos

Here’s a Tomos Targa I picked up last night just south of Eau Claire, WI. It was a 5 hour drive for me after work, but I got it for $75 which is a hell of a good deal. It’s not running at the moment it has a few issues that I’m going to need [...]

Back to the Garage!

Mar 10, 2011 By Marty Kokes in Miscellaneous, Mopeds No Comments

It’s been a while! It’s time to resurrect Marty’s Garage and get back to it. My friend Josh and I talked about it and he’s going to continue doing the Shamrock Mopeds business moving forward and I’m going to spend more of my extra time working on other projects. I’ve just got too many hobbies [...]

Shamrock Mopeds

Oct 7, 2010 By Marty Kokes in Miscellaneous No Comments Tags: moped, scooter, shamrock mopeds

Hey Everybody! For the last couple of months my posts have become sporadic to say the least. Now that things have progressed a little bit I figured I’d fill you in on what I’ve been up to. This summer my friend josh and I started a little side business fixing and selling mopeds and scooters. [...]

MG57 – MG Wire Harness Removal

May 20, 2010 By mkokes in Automobiles No Comments Tags: electrical, MG

I’ve chickened out and have decided not to do my own welding, So I’m just cleaning it up a bit and I’m gonna haul it down to my brother’s place so he can weld it for me.

MG 56 – Dodge Ram Steering Dampener

May 20, 2010 By mkokes in Automobiles No Comments Tags: dodge, Suspension

I stop by my friend Matt’s house and we replaced the steering dampener on his 1996 Dodge Ram.

MG55 – Damage Assessment Response

May 1, 2010 By mkokes in Automobiles 1 Comment Tags: autobody, MG

A response to a youtube video I recieved regarding some body damage and door gap issues

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