http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog A moped blog about a moped Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:40:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If anyone out there has noticed, I haven't contributed content to this site in almost a year. My initial intent for the site was to give back a little to the internet community. Most of what we get from the web is created for free by someone else and I ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=307 This is the work of Joshua Jones. Joshua made this bad ass bike from a TFR. Note the rigid frame and variator. Nice work Joshua. Nice work. 70cc polini Kit 13.13 delitoro Carb Modified Polini Air Filter Box Base wiring Cdi Ignition system Promo circuit Exhaust Variated Transmission and Lower bracket from Vespa Grande Hard Tail Mod 17 inch ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=306 Hello everyone and thanks for all the emails in the last few months. I have been taking a break from writing and moped work to focus on some other things including the birth of our son, Charles. The following is from a guy in Holland that i have exchanged email with ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=300 So there has been an issue for a long time getting larger carbs on to Vespa mopeds (Ciao, Bravo, Grande, Si) and Kinetic TFRs. The main issue is that the intake manifold is built in to the larger crank case half and the shape of the port is part of ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=288 I just posted a ton of info on a moped army forum and though i would capture it here as well: You can get Polini Evo engines a few places like: http://www.50cc.nl or from one of these two places that are in Germany and Switzerland respectively - unfortunately, their sites are in German ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=287 After getting some email from a nice guy in Sweeden (Johan), I was told that the Kinetic TFR was marketed and sold in Sweden under the name "Baghee". I am not sure what the word means in either Swedish or Hindi. Here is what Johan had to say about them: I ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=284 So here is my TFR as of right now. It is sort of in a pile in my garage. I have been trying to find the time to work on it lately, but work/family obligations are keeping me. I am also in the middle of modding a Vespa Bravo, Grande ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=281 As I mentioned in a previous post, I bought a case splitter from an eBay store called "sportingforless." I also have another call in to Mike, the parts manager at Cosmo. Hope he has some better news than last time. Or at least returns my call. That would be a start. Anyway, ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=271 So I pretty much knew that this would end in disaster, but I did my first round of port maching/boring a little while ago. Not that you really get "rounds" to do this. Smitty from smc uses the phrase "boat anchor" on his site in several places to describe a ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=258 I mentioned in an earlier post that I didn't have my mix right a while back and my engine soft seized. I was driving down the street and then the whole thing just locked. the engine stopped, and i started to slow down like someone slammed on the brakes. As ... http://www.kinetictfr.com/blog/?p=253