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woo! this week has been a flurry of activity. here’s a quick recap.
we managed to explode our race bike(a-5) 2 or 3 times last week. then we got it running. then it ripped the engine off of the bike(literally) but now, finally, everything is working properly. variates fully. the engine is very secure. The clutch grabs. we’re not blowing pistons every 30 seconds. woot. next up is tuning the tranny and carb. Lee-o-matic’s other race bike(rounds moby) is almost ready to run. both bikes’ disc brake setup’s are almost complete aswell. I think we may actually be ready for the first race after all.
i forgot to snap a pic of the newest engine. so this will have to do.
Today kevin rose came by the shop to pick up his chrome maxi i built for him. i brought it outside and showed him the ropes. but as he rode it up the street it sounded really sad and horrible. after frantically freaking out for a few minutes i pulled the magneto and saw it had sheared the woodruff slot on the cam. after slapping on a new mag, it started right up and proceeded to rip up and down the alley. i made sure to get a few last wheelies in before officially handing it over to the owner.
Flynn sold his stock tomos on craigslist. yay! soon maybe he’ll have a bike that can do pop-a-wheelies!
Tommy likes soda. and redbull? sure.
MR. SAWYER
I recently aquired a set of NOS peugeot six star wheels for the poochabacane project aswell. special thanks to this man for making it happen.
moto matic’s newest race creation came into the shop for repairs too. 
I spent most of my day today getting my bike in “race mode” for the LA rally races. I rebuilt my ktm clutch setup and actually got it perf this time with lee’s help. i forgot just how sweet this thing is. it’s way to loud for riding around the city though. so i popped my stock clutch back in till the races.
after i finished that, i helped lee mount up his new pipe to his magnum. i should also mention that he put the sweetest engine ever on it today. 80cc manual 3speed awesomeness. i haven’t seen him that stoked in a while
still pedals!
i’m deffinettly gonna be catching some video of the race bikes when they’re running well. so stay tuned.
Filed under: race tech
Every week me and lee buckle down once or twice a week and stay late to work on the teams race bikes. here are some pics from a few weeks ago. 
the newest incarnation of the E-5. The A-5!
tomos a55 case, puch top crank. za50 seals, motobecane variotop, puch polini kit, metra head. everything is used except bearings seals and vario. maybe we can get a new polini before race season? hopefully, as this one is most definetly on it’s last leg.
the only changes to the rest of the bike from last season will be minimal. EBR hydro forks. cr80 disk brake hub laced to gold awesome rim. so our bike will actually be able to stop this year. sebac rear shocks. trac fairing? idk what it is but lee and elliot like it alot.
you can also notice our clutch pulley in this pic. it is the mykitech clutch pulley that is about to drop on the market. we are running the stiffest red springs in it. these are super high quality and are definitely for race. 10,000 rpm engagement at minimal setting. ridiculous for sure.
and some ports. pretty cool eh?
sorry about the iphone pics. i’ll bring my camera next race night!
This engine is by far the scariest engine I’ve ever had to tune. If the jetting is to rich the bike doesn’t move. to lean? polini destruction. just right though? time travel may occur. hopefully tomorrow i can tune it up and take a vid.
…and I’ll leave you all with one of my favorite pictures from last race. get down boy, go ahead, get down.
Finally, i have maned up, and made a blog to document the weird and wild world of building toys for a living. This blog will hopefully give everyone some insight on what it’s like to work at a moped shop. It will also be a place for me to catalog one of my current projects, the poochabacane. For race? absolutely not! for dubs rally blasting? yes! i will also keep everyone in the loop on the ups and downs of the team lee-0-matic/1977 mopeds race team and bikes.
