Category: Miscellaneous

Jake's Gyro

My buddy Jake got a Honda Gyro, it's pretty cool.

Lambretta Twist

Here's how Lambrettas were made back in the day.

Just Setup A Newsletter

As with most personal blogs posting is rarely consistent. This isn't a job (if it was I shoulda been canned a long time ago), life gets busy, projects are set aside, sometimes I just want to tinker and not have to worry about documenting what…

How to mount a moped tire using zip ties

No tire irons? No problem. Here's an easy way for anybody out there to mount there own tires without any tools other than some zip ties.

Back in that Tomos game!

A coworker of one of my neighbors graciously donated his Tomos to me. It's going to need a little bit of TLC to get it up and running again, but it's been extremely well kept. Seat is in good shape and the bike itself is…

Picked up a Honda Trail CT110

So previously I mentioned I'm selling off my ST1100 and downsizing to a smaller bike for my work commuter. Here's what I came up with a 1984 Honda Trail 110. It's currently non-running and non-titled so I'll need to do some work on it to…

I'm selling my Honda ST1100

When I first got this bike I had aspirations of my wife and I doing all sorts of long distance rides cross country. I wanted something with decent power, some storage space, and relatively comfortable for two people. It accomplished all of those tasks without…

Thinking about snowmobiles...

So I keep kicking around the idea of getting a snowmobile. I grew up in a somewhat rural area with easy access to lots of places to go snowmobiling. Once I moved to minneapolis I got rid of my last one and haven't had another one since then.

The Standard By Which All Mopeds Are Measured

This is so true, all of my mopeds are approximately 1 Peugeot long....

Ring a Ding Ding

http://vimeo.com/70035072

TOT FEST 2 - Sept 14-16

Come ride, race and eat tater tots in Minneapolis with us this weekend! totfest.com Facebook Event Page Casserollers Facebook Group

2 of my favorite things

Taking A Break From Working On Mopeds

Hobby Killers! My wife and I recently had triplets so I'm officially on hiatus from repairing and servicing mopeds, I was doing it mainly out of the pure enjoyment I get from wrenching on them, but now with the kids I need to adjust my…

Norm's Motorized Stroller

So three weeks ago my wife and I had triplets. All boys Oscar, Mylo and Victor. I've already got 3 mopeds earmarked for them, but murphy's law, they probably won't be into any of the same stuff as me. We'll see! My dad being the…

PROFESSIONal

I stumpled across this short video over on the Knucklebuster blog. Here's a little synopsis from the vimeo page. Metal-fabricator Neil Youngberg never planned on taking over his grandfather's business and is now faced with passing on his legacy. http://vimeo.com/16435404 Very interesting story and very…

Kevin's 4 Wheeler

My brother Kevin picked up a four wheeler over the winter and gave it a nice paint job. It's a Yamaha Banshee, I'm not sure of the year and he's got a bunch of aftermarktet cool stuff on it.

Back to the Garage!

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…

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…

Top Gear MGB Buying Guide

I found this kind of interesting, tonight I stumbled across this video on youtube. An old episode of Top Gear circa 1990 that highlight the MGB family of cars.

The 2uettottanta is Pure Awesomeness!

Alfa Romeo's unpronounceable new concept car has stolen my heart! I sure hope this ends up in America some day.

Who makes the best cars nowadays?

It really got me thinking how much everything is changing right now in the auto industry. Toyota it seems is really letting quality fall to the wayside. I really don't think you can just say "The Japanese make the best cars" nowadays and just take it at that. Everything really seems to be in a state of flux at the moment.(who woulda thunkit?) I really feel that American manufacturers are starting to build better cars finally,

Fake, but funny

This is a pretty good spoof of an iPhone app

Rev 2.0 iPhone App

I'm really really tempted to pick up this app for my iPhone. I've been kicking around the idea of getting a little netbook just to use for car diagnostics and shop stuff, but this is looking like it might be slightly more convenient.

Beer + Man + Couch = DUI?

A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers.

New Stuff Tonight - iTunes Feed Broken

Running a little late this week but I'll have a new episode up tonight. I've noticed that my feed to itunes appears to be broken and as a result the episodes available @ the itunes store only go up to #36 for some reason. Luckily you can still watch them right here!

MG 44 – iHUD

I play around with a new app I got for my iPhone, iHUD

MG43 – OBD-II Reader Tutorial

I respond to an email about some possible ignition trouble and talk about what do do when you get a check engine light.

BMW's Car of The Future

BMW has some videos out showing off their design for their diesel/electric hybrid.

MG39 - Project Badass Air Compressor

I bought a used industrial air compressor parts off craigslist and decided that I wanted to do some painting.

Makin' Minis

I just finished watching these video over on youtube, it's interesting how much has changed and how much is still kind of the same when it comes to building cars.

How Cars Are Disabled For The Cash For Cunkers Program

But moving on since the whole idea is to get these cars that receive poor gas mileage off the streets permanently, the stipulation is that they need to be disabled/destroyed. I saw this on Jalopnik the other day.

DIY Steadycam

This should make for a fun project I can do an episode on the making of the steadycam and then I can use it for various stuff it's a win-win.

Crazy Car Detailing

Wow and I thought I was a stickler when it comes to cleaning my cars.

More Fiat 500 News

At the launch of the Fiat 500C last week, designer Roberto Giolito confirmed that Italy's de facto national automobile will make its American debut in early 2011. As expected, the 500 will be built by the company's new American partner, Chrysler, though it's not entirely clear where vehicles will be manufactured. Factories in the U.S. and Toluca, Mexico are the most likely choices.

Martune gets a makeover!

I changed up the theme of the site a little bit since I felt that the text was kinda hard to read. I think it looks a little cleaner now. I still want to come up with a new car graphic for my title logo,…

Custom Dash Ideas

So I've got some time to think about things, I alluded to it previously but I'd really like make my own dash.

Ugliest Camaro Ever

Wow this camaro leaves me absolutely speechless, this guy is dreaming if he ever thinks he'll get $45k for it. Horrible, just horrible....

MG 29 - The Kokes Fam Czechs out the Minneapolis Car Show

My dad Norm and my two younger and far less handsome brothers head down to the minneapolis car show with a singular task.

I'm a slacker but I promise to make up for it!

Ok so it's now Wednesday and I still haven't put up a video this week yet. I try to put them up sunday nights, but I just haven't found the time to do my editing etc. Well next week I'm going to be going on…

Fiat 500 is coming to the US

When I first saw the Fiat 500 I thought damn that's a cool looking car too bad we probably won't be seeing them here in the US. Well it looks like there's one thing good that's coming out of this global economic meltdown. Sounds like…

New Marty's Garage Project Incoming!

I just got off the phone with my brother Kevin and it sounds like we've got a pretty cool project coming in. He just bought a repairable 2003 Chevy Silverado SS. It sounds like it'll need quite a bit of work the whole body needs…

MG 19 BMC - British Automobile

This week on Marty's Garage I head up to visit Brian McCullough of BMC British Automobile. Brian shows us some of the projects he's working on at the moment. You can find out more about BMC @ http://www.bmcautos.com

MG 16 - Driving to the MN MG Group

In this Episode it's just me yacking about going to the MN MG Group

MG 15 – How An Alternator Works

This week I go a little bit more in depth on the alternator and it's workings.

MG 11 – Welding Lessons

This week I swing buy my dad's place to get a little lesson on how to weld stuff together.

MG 5 - A Furnace and A Driveshaft

My dad stopped by in this episode with a little surprise for me. A new old furnace! Norm and I install the furnace and I take advantage of my new warm garage!