Half Man, Half Garage, Completely Awesomehttps://martysgarage.info/https://martysgarage.info/2018/08/how-to-shorten-pit-bike-forks-for-a-moped/https://martysgarage.info/2018/08/how-to-shorten-pit-bike-forks-for-a-moped/Here's what I had to do to shorten a pair of KX80 forks for my moped. Most other hydro forks will be similar, but your mileage may vary.Wed, 08 Aug 2018 11:30:02 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2018/07/coming-out-of-moped-retirement/https://martysgarage.info/2018/07/coming-out-of-moped-retirement/It's been a while but I figured I'd be coming back so I kept most of my moped stuff. I drove to Eau Claire over the weekend and picked up another Vespa Grande. I'm pretty excited to be wrenching again. My plan is to fix…Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:38:34 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2016/07/mopedgp-north-totfest-race-day/https://martysgarage.info/2016/07/mopedgp-north-totfest-race-day/Here's a couple of videos I streamed during the races this year at Totfest. Stock Races - First Heat Stock Finals Variated Finals Variated & NonVariated combined finalsThu, 28 Jul 2016 05:20:28 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2016/06/sv650-project/https://martysgarage.info/2016/06/sv650-project/I picked up a new project recently, I got a really good deal on an sv650 that just need a bit a TLC. Here's a video of the bike before I dug into it... To get it roadworthy wasn't too bad, below is how it…Fri, 03 Jun 2016 00:49:49 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/10/mylo-at-the-junkyard/https://martysgarage.info/2015/10/mylo-at-the-junkyard/I brought my son Mylo with me to Sport Wheels, he loves it there. I got lucky and scored some plastic the new vespa was missingTue, 27 Oct 2015 02:56:03 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/10/grande-teardown/https://martysgarage.info/2015/10/grande-teardown/I started going through the Grande I acquired recently. Overall its in pretty good shape, but it sat for a while the crank bearings didn't sound the when i tried turning the engine over and the carb most certainly needed to be cleaned. Subframe off…Sun, 25 Oct 2015 02:24:14 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/10/jakes-gyro/https://martysgarage.info/2015/10/jakes-gyro/My buddy Jake got a Honda Gyro, it's pretty cool.Fri, 23 Oct 2015 02:00:40 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/10/got-a-grande/https://martysgarage.info/2015/10/got-a-grande/Local Vespa aficionado Tyler Augustine like to go on and on about how amazing and awesome Vespas are. He built a pretty fast Grande for our raffle bike this year. I took it for a spin and thought it was a blast. So it seems…Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:22:56 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/08/new-kicks-for-the-grumpy-dumpies/https://martysgarage.info/2015/08/new-kicks-for-the-grumpy-dumpies/I recently acquired some puch snowflakes, I hate spokes so I decided to put them on the Grumpy Dumpies. The rear was no problemo, but I wanted to keep my disc brake up front and I was running a stock 17" kx80 front wheel prior…Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:59:26 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/08/fume-free-moped-tuning/https://martysgarage.info/2015/08/fume-free-moped-tuning/I was getting pretty sick literally of tuning my bike in my garage with all the fumes so I tossed some dryer hose I had lying around on my exhaust, worked like a charm.Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:57:44 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/08/maxi-for-sale/https://martysgarage.info/2015/08/maxi-for-sale/In my own going quest to thin down my moped herd I'm selling this Puch Maxi I picked up on a trade for my MGB parts. It's very clean, powder coated frame, rebuild bottom end, new crank, 50cc TCCD kit. It's a nice little bike.…Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:29:51 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/08/puegeot-103-progress/https://martysgarage.info/2015/08/puegeot-103-progress/Getting closer to Totfest race day and I've almost got my bike race ready. Here's where I'm at now.Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:59:34 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/03/fz600-stuck-oil-filter-bolt/https://martysgarage.info/2015/03/fz600-stuck-oil-filter-bolt/Picked up this 1987 Yamaha FZ600 recently and it's sat for years, just doing some basic restoration and I ran into a little bit of trouble pulling the oil filter. The bolt rounded off when I was using an impact driver to try and remove…Sun, 29 Mar 2015 02:02:34 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/03/honda-trail-110-for-sale/https://martysgarage.info/2015/03/honda-trail-110-for-sale/Kind of a bummer after all the work I've put into it, but I'm selling the Honda trail I fixed up over the winter. I've got a decent commute, some of it at highway speeds and the trail just isn't fast enough that I'd feel…Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:17:54 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/03/oily-tomos-fix-hopefully/https://martysgarage.info/2015/03/oily-tomos-fix-hopefully/It's basically the number one problem that most if not all Tomos mopeds succumb to. Oil begins to leak out of the crank case via the output shaft. The oil gradually sprays off your chain turning your rear wheel into something like a colorblind grateful…Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:36:46 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/02/winter-wiring-video/https://martysgarage.info/2015/02/winter-wiring-video/Here's a little demo of all of the wiring I did on the trailSun, 15 Feb 2015 01:51:50 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/02/wiring-up-the-trail/https://martysgarage.info/2015/02/wiring-up-the-trail/No Lighty No Happy When I got the bike there wasn't any lighting of any sort, it had all been smashed or torn off. I slapped on an ignition, a moped headlight and a tail light just so I'd be able to ride it last…Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:51:42 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/02/high-five/https://martysgarage.info/2015/02/high-five/Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:35:49 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/01/one-winter-project-down-two-to-go/https://martysgarage.info/2015/01/one-winter-project-down-two-to-go/The Tomos is back together again after tearing the engine down and doing some porting. Cut a new gasket for the transmission cover When the piston is at BTDC the spot colored in with black sharpie was blocking the transfer path Cut the piston window…Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:35:32 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/01/the-art-of-bike/https://martysgarage.info/2015/01/the-art-of-bike/http://vimeo.com/115733204Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:06:02 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2015/01/honda-c90-through-the-arctic-circle/https://martysgarage.info/2015/01/honda-c90-through-the-arctic-circle/I stumped across this video today. Makes me feel like a huge puss for not riding in the winter, this should help me at least work up the courage to take my trail around the block. http://vimeo.com/66523665Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:25:05 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/12/project-worst-to-first-underway/https://martysgarage.info/2014/12/project-worst-to-first-underway/This year I 'won' the slowest moped award at the Totfest races this year with my Tomos A3. My goal for next year is to win the stock races with the same bike. The rules are pretty loose, basicly it amounts to you need to…Sun, 28 Dec 2014 02:01:49 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/12/lambretta-twist/https://martysgarage.info/2014/12/lambretta-twist/Here's how Lambrettas were made back in the day.Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:50:57 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/12/two-stroked-a-love-story/https://martysgarage.info/2014/12/two-stroked-a-love-story/http://vimeo.com/114829258Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:32:28 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/12/cylinder-porting-bits/https://martysgarage.info/2014/12/cylinder-porting-bits/Cylinder porting is a great way to release the unseen potential of a stock moped(or kitted for that matter). I'm going to do a more in depth writeup on cylinder porting in the future once I finish building my port timing calculator tool, but in…Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:59:22 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/12/mopeds-a-documentary-short/https://martysgarage.info/2014/12/mopeds-a-documentary-short/Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:21:27 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/12/mbk-commercial-circa-1987/https://martysgarage.info/2014/12/mbk-commercial-circa-1987/Mon, 01 Dec 2014 08:41:10 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/11/moped-safety/https://martysgarage.info/2014/11/moped-safety/Old video that pops up every now and then, enjoy if you haven't seen it before.Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:16:35 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/11/maizes-seat-magic/https://martysgarage.info/2014/11/maizes-seat-magic/My buddy Maize has gotten into the whole seat upholstery thing. Here's a pretty good video he did of a hobbit seat he made.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:30:07 GMThttps://martysgarage.info/2014/11/all-wired-up/https://martysgarage.info/2014/11/all-wired-up/I mounted up one of these terminal thingies up to my race put frame and finished up the wiring. I suppose I could have done a nice neat job and hid the wires a little better, but with this bike I'd rather just have them…Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:21:26 GMT