Clutch materials

Along with my Christmas Gift exhaust pipe I received Surflex clutch corks and the up-rated springs. The philosophy of both my mentor Mike A. and Peter L., Mods & Rockers Vapor Blasting, is it is better to build up the lower end in the chance that I upgrade the top-end at a later date. It will save me time and money this way . . . not to mention up-rated springs will run just fine in my stock bike I have been told.

Big Bore Exhaust

When I first bought the bike I planned to use a DeanSpeed 190 along with a GP Big Bore pipe. The scoot had no pipe nor carb so I figured if I was going to buy these items anyways I might as well mildly tune it for enjoyable riding. Seeing as I slow to restore, due to cash and time, advances have been made in the top-end options and those advances are beyond my wallet at this time, so I plan to run my bike much closer to stock. It will be treated as a rider as opposed to a museum relic.With that said, I opted to put a budget-friendly Big Bore pipe on it. I was very close to buying the recently-released-again Tutto pipe and honoring the stock TV for a truer purer restore. But at $230 plus for the Tutto and $130 for the AF Rayspeed/KBA/Uni and a mild power adjustment I opted for the Uni. I'd like this bike to leave my garage a couple days per week if possible.

Thanks for the birthday gift mom and dad.

Brass throttle pulley

After hunting for a year plus, at times more aggressively, I came across a Series III Li brass throttle pulley. I bought it from Rudy in PDX for $12.50 including shipping.

He took care to package it so nicely. That's the best packaging I have ever received.

I need to buy some Brasso or appropriate cleaner (after I research options) and I suspect this lil' guy will clean up nicely. The teeth are in good shape, which I made sure before buying.

I have had the part for a few months, but haven't gotten around to posting much lately.

Super thin spanners

You always hear the "right tool for the job makes all the difference." When working with Chris B. on my wife's 1967 Vespa SS180he really encouraged me to purchase these spanners from Snap-On's Thin Line and I must say, though terribly spendy at $25 per wrench, they saved me a ton of time. The third wrench is made by Park, a bicycle brand, and is a great cheap wrench to put in your bike's tool box.