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Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Dual variated swingarm

As the engine if off the peugeot and im waiting for piston rings I thought id have a look at mounting the dual variated swingarm. First I had to remove the old rigid swing arm and the large drive pully with peddle shaft. Next I removed the kick stand and found that there was an identical mounting point on the new swing arm for it. Finally I offered up the swing arm. I will need to cut the part of the frame that the kick stand was mounted to in order for it to fit.
So next I just have to cut the frame down, buy an extended pivot bolt to mount the front and a set of rear shocks for the back and it should be ready.

Peugeot Vogue 70cc H2O kit

Today I decided to start installing the watercooled 70cc airsal kit on the Peugeot Vogue. Everything seemed to be included in the kit apart from a base gasket but luckily I had a spare.
Long story short I disassembled the old cylinder and started to install the new kit when for some stupid reason I managed to brake one of the piston rings!!! I'll have to put that part of the build on hold until the new rings arrive.

Sunday, 27 October 2013

AV10 mounted-ish

Today with the imminent hurricane surging towards the coast, cookson and I got going on the Motobecane.
The carb has been rubber mount fitted. Seems it'll need some adjusting to work whilst under power and variation. The peddle near side also looks bent under examination, but these things are all in the dance if you own a 40yr old moped!

Saturday, 26 October 2013

Peugeot & Motobecane

Just getting the Motobecane ready to go back to Mark tomorrow and I thought I'd take a picture of it with my Peugeot.

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Sinclairios Motobecane

Just in case you thought we had forgotten about Sinclairios Motobecane 40T.....
we haven't.
Hes buying up parts at the moment so we can do the whole build in one go.
Heres a shot of it incase you forgot. What a beauty! :-)