Its been slow here. Who's in the garage modding?

[FastDoc]

Any plans for changes or improvements? Anyone doing anything fancy to their hibernating steed?

Not I, I don't think. I just built a bike! That said I'd like to see what you all may be up to. Spud? Whats with the Zong? :P

[Wild_Alaskan]

still trying to find time to build my motor bicycle

[2LZ]

Nothing on the CB's this year...well, accept replacing one.
I will, on the other hand, be finishing up some metal work on my Vic TC.

Other than that, just modding the garage itself! :D Unfortunately, due to the weather, my "All Winter Long" project is almost completed. :(

[FastDoc]

Nothing on the CB's this year...well, accept replacing one.
I will, on the other hand, be finishing up some metal work on my Vic TC.

Other than that, just modding the garage itself! :D Unfortunately, due to the weather, my "All Winter Long" project is almost completed. :(

What weather, 2LZ? :roll: I'll show you weather.

I drove to work again in the 4X4 today. We are going on 2 weeks of white $hit. My nurse asked if I was going to be grumpy again. I told her that the day she looks out the window and sees my bike, or at least my Corvette, I'm gonna be grumpy :? Maybe its time for a drink. :idea:

[MICRider]

Nothing on the CB's this year...well, accept replacing one.
I will, on the other hand, be finishing up some metal work on my Vic TC.

Other than that, just modding the garage itself! :D Unfortunately, due to the weather, my "All Winter Long" project is almost completed. :(

What weather, 2LZ? :roll: I'll show you weather.

I drove to work again in the 4X4 today. We are going on 2 weeks of white $hit. My nurse asked if I was going to be grumpy again. I told her that the day she looks out the window and sees my bike, or at least my Corvette, I'm gonna be grumpy :? Maybe its time for a drink. :idea:

I feel your pain Doc, I'm dying to ride again but know it will be... Hmmm, lemme see... Probably 4 months before I can :evil:

Cheers,
Stew

[FastDoc]

I just sent my resume to a hospital in coastal Central Kalifornia. Just putting out feelers. Winter's killing me.

[Weldangrind]

We have tons of junk that we intend to work on, and all it will take is time and money. :?

We've gotta put the new China motor in the XR200R, and then we'll see about getting the China bike trail worthy with larger rims. If that is successful, we'll sell the current buddy bike and go all four stroke.

TurboT and I have some maintenance to do to our Beast as well. The fun never ends.

[FastDoc]

Do you need any lawnmower engines, W&G?

[Weldangrind]

No thank you. We're quite replete with mowers.

[Barnone]

Changed the air filter today on my SYM HD200 scooter and rode it to the beach.

[SpudRider]

I don't have a heated garage to work in, Doc. ;) I have been shoveling snow! :roll:

Spud :)

[roketa200E5]

Doc,

I cleaned up my garage already. Yeah, I nailed a few peg boards. No, I didn't chalk the shapes of my tools on them. I can never figure out why people do that. It's not like I'm an idiot and can't remember what goes where. *rolls eyes* Oh, what is up with the prices of these pegboard pins. Got like 6 of them from Home Depot and $20 is gone.

I pass by Downtown LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills before I get to Santa Monica. I still enjoy going up to the mountains through route 66.

All good. All year round. Come on guys, just go ahead and hate me.

[Cal25]

I have found usable peg hooks at dollar stores for pretty cheap.

[katoranger]

I don't have a garage. :cry: My work time gets pretty limited by weather and time of day. I did fix the lights in my shed so that I can work past dark.

[FastDoc]

Doc,

I cleaned up my garage already. Yeah, I nailed a few peg boards. No, I didn't chalk the shapes of my tools on them. I can never figure out why people do that. It's not like I'm an idiot and can't remember what goes where. *rolls eyes* Oh, what is up with the prices of these pegboard pins. Got like 6 of them from Home Depot and $20 is gone.

I pass by Downtown LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills before I get to Santa Monica. I still enjoy going up to the mountains through route 66.

All good. All year round. Come on guys, just go ahead and hate me.

Remind me where in Kalifornia, in general, you're at? I'd rather freeze up here than be warm in in LA but I just sent my resume to a hospital in San Luis Obisbo County.

[roketa200E5]

Cal25,

$1 stores around here are more miss than hit.

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I would go without a garage if I have other places to store things. A car port will be my best choice. That way, I won't be the target of lawn blowers, instead enjoy their power to keep a clean working space with ease.

Oh, I also don't have to worry about gas fumes. Around here, people get in/out of their houses through the garage far more than the front door.

[roketa200E5]

Remind me where in Kalifornia, in general, you're at? I'd rather freeze up here than be warm in in LA but I just sent my resume to a hospital in San Luis Obisbo County.

Doc,

LOL, you got me. The congestion and road packed with tourists and people who are foreign to drive here will harden any rider's gut. Ride too long and the congestion will be transferred to your gut. Hey, I had to say something to feel a little better.

That's a little far, Santa Barbra is a good mid point if you do get here.

[FastDoc]

Looking at Paso Robles. I was offered a job there 3 years ago and turnied it down due to marital issues.

[roketa200E5]

Doc,

Sorry to hear about that.

I don't think the "congestion," I was talking about applies to Paso Robles. I hear it's a purdy wine country. From there, you'll probably be same distance away from PCH as me, except I'm hundreds of miles south.

I live east of Downtown LA. Yeap, near the infamous East L-A.

[FastDoc]

I may be in SLO between Christmas and New Years.

[roketa200E5]

Doc,

You're going to ride...wait, you fly. That's right, you fly.

What I had in mind was if you do move here and rides along PCH, which I'm sure you will, we can meet up somewhere mid point sometime. Holidays are crazy for me.

[FastDoc]

I have no idea what I'll do, just looking at my options.

In the 12 years I lived in Kalifornia I bet I logged 3,000 miles on the PCH.

What the heck were you guys doing electing Moonbeam?

[roketa200E5]

Arnold didn't deliver. Boxer still clings on to our ____ with her nails. Ah, we're pretty screwed either way.

[2LZ]

I have no idea what I'll do, just looking at my options.
What the heck were you guys doing electing Moonbeam?
Doc.....I don't even want to talk about it, it makes me so upset.... :evil: :x Let's just say, "Red Fish in a Blue Pond".

I can tell you this....there are a lot of voters here who didn't live through his first time around to remember how badly he screwed things up. He screwed Sacramento, in particular, after the state displaced all those families out of their homes to build the Cross-Town Freeway....and after the construction started....he cancelled it as an unnecessary budget expenditure, then raised taxes. Memories are short.....
As beautiful as you may find it....the political winds have turned horribly Socialist because the economy sucks here worse than almost anywhere (due to policy)...and those who don't contribute and just take, vote.
We also have no problem putting people out of business to save a frog.

On the upside....Paso Robles is BEAUTIFUL and also, the riding here rocks.
All things concidered, I ain't leaving. I'm at an age now where, "For the first 50, I tried to change the world. For the last 20 or so, I'm partying."

WOW! Is this a typical case of CR Thread Wander? :oops: :lol:

I think we should start a garage thread, now that much of the place is done riding for a while.

[TurboT]

Arnold's gone???

[SpudRider]

I think this thread is more appropriate for the Miscellaneous Forum, so I'm moving it over there. ;)

Spud :)

[Weldangrind]

Back to the garage topic, Son of Weldangrind and I were talking about something new tonight.

We have enough junk laying around to make an old school style bobber, and we can make it small and light. We're considering powering it with a 50cc horizontal Hondoid engine that will be obnoxiously loud. The point is to satisfy all of the criteria of a 50cc scooter without looking like one. Son of Weldangrind will be old enough to get his learner's permit in a few months, but he won't be able to insure his Ranger for full time use. A bobber would at least allow him to get home from football practice on his own, and he could get to a weekend job as well.

This is the concept that we have in mind, but we don't like ape hangers. Our version would probably have drag bars. http://www.kikker5150.com/hardknock.html

We'd need to find a 50cc engine that is fully automatic with no gears or clutch. Anybody have one laying around?

[Jim]

I have that 49cc gio pocket bike, not sure on the specs of it... It's a 2 stroke, pull starter.

Was BrianW selling the one out of the madass?

That sounds like a good project, what are your plans for registration?

[katoranger]

I may have an engine for you. Let me see what I can work out.

It is e-start only from one of the little atvs. I traded it to a friend for a tractor, but I may be able to get it back.

[Weldangrind]

Jim, yeah, we're looking for a four stroke, much like the engine in your CT. We'd scratch-build the whole thing and then go for a U-Bilt inspection. If we do it right, we should be able to sell it for a decent dollar when we're done with it; it will be unique.

Kato, that's exactly what we're looking for, but please don't go to any trouble. I might be able to find a junked quad for cheap around here, I hadn't thought of that.

Have you guys ever seen a 50cc horizontal Honda clone in a kid's dirt bike with e-start and kick? I haven't, and I wonder if it's because a kicker might try to move the bike. Not sure.

It would be great to have both starting options, but electric only is just fine. We'd need a battery anyway, so it might as well be put to good use.

[Weldangrind]

Jim, Brian's engine has gears. That's a no go in a scooter. Even though this bike will look like a bobber, it will meet the definition of a scooter.

[katoranger]

Here is the engine that is in the little ATV.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/50cc-4-Stroke-Engine-Mini-ATV-Auto-/250655046340?pt=Motors_ATV_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a5c347ac4

Notice that is full CVT with no gears and e-start only. I am wondering if you can install a kick start shaft and auto clutch side cover.

Allen

[Weldangrind]

That's an excellent idea Kato. The 50cc (and 150cc for that matter) GY6 engines came with both, so in theory it should work. That said, the GY6 is a very different platform with a dry CVT.

[Weldangrind]

I scored a complete mini quad with a new engine, plus the original engine that needs clutch work for cheap. Once I'm done with the kitchen renos, I'll start mocking up a frame with this engine.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/Weldangrind/Donor.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/Weldangrind/?action=view&current=Donor.jpg)

TurboT, do you want the shocks?

[Weldangrind]

Jim, if the throttle works for you, it's yours.

[Jim]

That's great thanks :) I will just double check what's on mine to make sure I'm not thinking of something else (hard to check on things when it's 20 minutes away). I may stop by after work tomorrow.

I hadn't realized the madass required shifting.

[TurboT]

I scored a complete mini quad with a new engine, plus the original engine that needs clutch work for cheap. Once I'm done with the kitchen renos, I'll start mocking up a frame with this engine.

TurboT, do you want the shocks?

Can't hurt to have spares. I have a set for these already from Gio, but perhaps they are different, work better on the mini beast.

[Weldangrind]

The other parts are up for grabs as well, T. You're free to check out the rear axle, etc if you like.

[TurboT]

The other parts are up for grabs as well, T. You're free to check out the rear axle, etc if you like.

It looks more like the mini atv than the mini beast.. the mini beast is the one with the axel issues.. but I can come eye ball it one day.. have a nice caliper here now
;)

[katoranger]

That one is exactly like the one I had. You tires are much better.

[FastDoc]

Great score W&G!

Glad to see other people spending money on 'good deals' we don't need! LOL!

BTW, is that Son Of Weld And Grinds Ranger? I'd like to see more pics of it. It's looks like the same color as mine. :D

[Weldangrind]

That is indeed his Ranger, but it needs a bath before pics, and it's a little chilly for that right now. Don't want a skating rink on the driveway.

It's a one-owner '91 with no accidents, no rust and a ton of new parts, including a complete exhaust system (with cat). It has 300,000km on it (180,000 miles). It needs some clutch work and it'll be ready to roll.

That's a nice segue way back to your garage topic. I took a giant door in to a door shop on the weekend to have them fabricate a frame for me. That door will be used on the shed, meaning I can then move what is now in the shop into the shed and secure it. I'll then have shop space for all of my mad scientist projects. :D