Mechelke was hooked and soon brought home a 1978 Puch Magnum that he found advertised on Craigslist, about 40 minutes from home. “I had a grin on my face the entire time,” he said. He bought his first one five years ago after a co-worker let him take his for a ride around the block at lunchtime. “Mopeds slowly become an obsession,” said Shane Mechelke, a 36-year-old vice president of technology for an advertising firm who lives outside Minneapolis. The business started five years ago as an extension of co-owner Peter D’Addeo’s riding club, Mission 23 and has grown to serve about 1,000 regular customers from around the world, he said. Many riders, however, say the ease and joy of riding these vintage machines mitigates nagging guilt about pollution.Īt Second Stroke Mopeds in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn-which sells, repairs and restores vintage models-the sound of customers cruising in and out competes with the clatter and screeching of the elevated trains that pass in front of the shop. The oily exhaust is clearly visible and has a distinct odor. Unlike the four-stroke engines found in cars, motorcycles and modern scooters, which store lubricating oil internally, two-stroke engines constantly burn oil that you have to mix into the gasoline manually (as you do with a gas-powered chain saw or leaf blower).
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It took them with my wife’s nice camera that I don’t know how to use well, so some of them are blurry.Īnd a remind of what it looked like when I got it.In fact, the root of the moped’s eco shortcomings is also the bike’s signature feature: a 50-cubic-centimeter two-stroke engine. Here are some more pictures of what she looked like. My son Daniel found this all very interestingĮngine all bolted up, headlight and handlebar controlsĪt that point I called it a day. Next were the rear shocks, seat, rack, and handlebars. The front forks and fender still have rust that I couldn’t get off. I cleaned the wheels and put them on next The picture below is what they looked like before. I was a little skeptical about this stuff, but it ended up working really well. I used metal rescue to clean up some of the rusty hardware. The decal place said they would sell me another one just for that side for half price. I tried fixing it and it only came out worse. Notice how it doesn’t really sit in the indent. Next, another frustrating process of putting on the decals. Its the kind of thing where you just have to say…. While getting everything ready to buff, the frame fell over and got a big dent in it. This is what made me want to pull my hair out. This is what it looked like after being buffed. It was time to start putting all the parts back together.įirst, I sanded everything down with 1500 grit sandpaper and then applied a rubbing compound. I still need to do a bunch to this engine like: 1) seal the cases with gasket material, 2) replace the stator and magneto, 3) clean the cases more Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bearings, crank, e50, engine rebuild, gasket, gasket material, moped, puch, rebuild | 2 Replies A few (almost) final touches to the Maxi Sport
I recommend reading them both if you are doing a similar rebuild. I used both of these websites to help me in the rebuild. I swapped out the screws with allen bolts Stuck the crank in the freezer so that the bearings would slide on easierīoth bearings (and I burnt my finger turning it on) I kept the bearings on the counter shaft but replaced the seals You can’t tell from the pictures, but they were much cleaner after some scrubbing I cleaned out the cases with some engine degrester I’m excited to get the project finished to see how it runs. Even though I’m only half way through the rebuild, I must say its at least 10 times simpler then working on a ZA50. This is my first time working on a E50 transmission. I got a new crank, sealts, and bearings from treats.
I spent some time today working on rebuilding the E50 engine that came off the yellow moped.
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