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It sucks I haven’t been able to update this in awhile, but sadly, most of what I’m working on falls under the umbrella of semi-classified. I’m back at my old job doing product testing at MSOE, so my free time … Continued

I wrote this post a few weeks back, but its currently about 2 pages and only halfway done. Even i dont want to read it, so i’ll try to condense the knowledge and answer most of the questions i’ve been … Continued

As indicated by my previous post, i’ve been busy as heck. I’m trying to get a bunch of projects finished up over my ‘quarter break’ coming up at the end of the month here, because next quarter i’m headed back … Continued

Holy cow, this blog is going down in flames. I’m sorry, i’ve been too busy to post, but there are a lot of fancy things in the works. Sometimes it seems like the amount of real mopeds v. internet mopeds … Continued

On wednesday, i was bored, and still frustrated with not having fixed the leakage issue on the ciao, so Alex, Joel, Jimmy and I tore it apart again (I can get the whole engine out in about 7 minutes now, … Continued

Recently I discovered the library. Rediscovered, is more like it really, I used to spend a lot of time in Eau Claire’s LE Phillips Memorial Library reading and perusing all sorts of interesting things, but since coming to MSOE and … Continued

After a few recent conversations, It has occurred to me that I’m not the best self-promoter or businessman. Its apparently unclear here and other places I post my knowledge, that I do moped work for-hire. I spent the summer doing … Continued

The lowly Vespa Ciao is one of the most elegantly designed motor vehicles ever produced. Truly the ‘volkswagen beetle’ of mopeds, its simple, rugged, compact, and designed for cheap mass production. Its no wonder the tuning scene in Europe has … Continued

So the chainsaw article put me over the top, couldn’t keep this little chunk of the internet quiet anymore, so I announced to the MA performance tuning forum, that this is what i’ve been up to for the last month … Continued

Most of the people who have gotten hooked on mopeds have come into this hobby as their first foray into mechanics. As amateurs, their approach to tuning takes various routes, but sooner or later the inquiring tuner discovers the power … Continued