Recent content by Chad Illac

The effort and cash they put into these things around here (San Francisco area) is insane, I've seen some very cool looking mopeds cruising around though. Check out Moped Army for moped specific info. Edit: Which has more horsepower, the bike or the blower?

Ahhh, thanks for the info on the banjo bolt threading, that would have been a surprise for sure. Should be easy enough to get a new bolt though.

Any luck on the tic? How did the shortened pipes work out? Looks so much better than the stock pipes.

Piston size aside I think I got the info I needed, thank you.

I'm looking into replacing my stock levers on my 1980 gs450 with one of these universal ebay sets. Does anyon know if these will be compatible with my single disk setup? Is there a functional difference between the integrated and separate reservoirs or just cosmetic...

http://www.venhillusa.com/Universal-Cable-Kits/Venhill-Universal-Motorcycle-Dual-Throttle-Cable-Kit-p698.html They sell directly through ebay. I had to grind down one of the included ends to make it work prefect for my mismatch setup but it worked out just fine, easy enough to install.

turns on, stays on, stops when I flip the kill switch, seems pretty good to me. had it wired wron up near teh starter switch, appreciate the help guys, can't wait to get the rest done and get it on the road.

Ha, first bike I've had that isn't pedal powered so I've never needed a shed to work in before. other things are working, just have to find the time to follow all of these connections, sounds like the honda has the same wiring there, hopefully mine is right. Dove in head first on my first...

It could be that, I'll have to wait for some daylight to check it out.

Sorry if this is covered in another thread but I can't seem to find one. I got a gs450 part way through a conversion with a lot of the wiring disconnected and items like the kickstand safety switch and clutch safety switch removed. I pulled all of the wiring out cleaned it up a bit and put it...