Case matching.

The previous owner matched the cases I'm using to some kit pretty deep back so I tried to slope the hero kits transfers to match without going too crazy. I cut the gasket from .8mm rubbery/fibery gasket material. MLM base spacers make making base gaskets so easy peasy. Just trace the skirt hole and stud holes and cut the transfers with an exacto blade when the gasket is on the cylinder. It's worth buying one just to cut your own gaskets since the pre made ones are usualy shit tons off or paper thin junk. Also, I bought crocheting needles at Walmart for a few bucks that were labeled in millimeters. So sick for making cylinders line up perfecto on the studs. Just needed to drill down a little in the cylinders stud holes and press them in. Now it's nice and snug. I also matched the exhaust port to a 26mm gasket since the casting was wayyyyyyy off from the factory. The intake plate was covered with jb weld all around too so there's no chance of leaks. 

Cases.

I got a set of cheep e50 cases for the maxi. The lip around the flywheel cover was ground off and they were all crusty and white with some weird crap corroded on them. I gave them a quick sandblasting to take it off and cleaned up  around where the lip used to be since it was uneven. Then drilled and tapped a new hole for the hpi. Not sure if I even needed to, but ohh well. Better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it I guess. I will weld them up for larger transfers probably this weekend. 

Also started cutting the hole out of the plate for the case induction action. It's not all the way done of course. 

Big things poppin.

Not really. Just some moped stuff. The current project is a Moby 50V with the bottom half chopped off and the bottom of a Jawa Transistor 40 welded in its place. It'll have a Jawa 207 engine with a reed inducted cylinder with 210 sleeve, Pug/Tomos reed, Puch head, vm18, and other odds and ends. The swingarm was extended 2" to accommodate for  17" wheels and I welded up a nice little handbar intake. Should be Fun. I really like Jawas so there will probably be a lot of that going on here. They're unappreciated bikes fosho. Here's a few pictures of the current progress. (The 210 cylinder was more or less practice, and the final result will be the 207 cylinder.) I will try to keep this blog up to date with any big updates.