the kinetic tfr project

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, the splitter looks like this:

And […]

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 crank case that was incorrectly […]

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 I was decelerating, I looked […]

So if you have ever been to this site before, I make mentions of the similarities between the kinetic TFR engine and the vespa piaggio engines (bravo, si, grande, ciao). Here are some side by side pics of the engines.

I am still planning on putting together a variator (cvt) system from a Vespa […]

A while ago, I installed a Malossi 70cc kit on a tfr. This is not the TFR that I ride on the street or the one that I have insurance for. It is for off road use only.
Anyway, It was a while ago. About 100 miles and 6 weeks ago that is. It is a […]