IF YOU'RE NOT BROKE YOUR MOPED WILL BE

Mopedhead (in conjunction with Barack Obama, President of the United States) has approved this rally to stimulate the moped enterprise by sponsoring an emergency bailout rally.Free rally packs will be provided to all participants, as well as camping, foods and other prizes.Hosting will commence between June 12 through the 14th. Bring your moped bike and party attitude (Silly string recommended).Chili cheese fries are good, but a chili cheese dog will suffice. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood???

Maps, meeting spots and further details to be posted in 3...2...1....










We're currently working out tons of space for people to stay while they're in town, so if you need a place or simply would like a place to crash, you can contact, me, Matt Man at Zofeone@gmail.com

For More detailed Info, visit our website http://www.geocities.com/nirvana_853/index7.html


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Well, we made it to LA. Saturday night…

We (Mattman, Droid & Migs) left Wednesday evening (3/25/2009) from Mattmans house in downtown San Jose @ around 9pm, with the intention of renegade camping somewhere around Monterey, or, to be more accurate, on a small country road called Oakridge or something like that. When we got there, we found the perfect place to camp, in a ditch off the side of the road, next to a cow pasture. A herd of about 20 cows hung around our campsite all night long. They made me very hungry.

Here is a picture of the campsite taken in the morning…



Anyways, so our plan was to try and ride 200 miles this day (Thursday), but it was taking us a while just to navigate through Monterey. Once we got through Monterey , it was pretty smooth sailing for a while. We brought extra gas with us because of the horror stories about there nor being a gas station for 100 miles… bullshit. Our bikes were efficient enough, getting around 70mpg, but there was never a stretch of more than 40 between stations…









So, we cruised along at around 40mph, then pulled over at Hearst Mansion to top off the tanks, I believe. After that, we tried to start the bikes and discovered that on Mattmans moped “the Hog”, the engine was frozen. So we tore it apart and found the crank was wasted. We had brought an extra crank and bearings, but no seals. bummer. It was approaching night, so we decided to camp there tonight and found a spot in the bushes at the driveway entrance to the Hearst Castle. We pulled the bikes in there and crashed for the night. It was cold as fuck.

The next morning it was decided that I would ride into San Luis Obisbo with the engine to try to get it repaired, while Mattman would attempt to hitch a ride, Migs would keep Mattman company in the meantime, then we would all meet up at the first gas station in SLO off the HWY1. Engine comes off, away I go. Smooth ride for the most part, but my bike (Felix) started hesitating. hmmmmmmmmmmm….....

The weather turned sunny and warm shortly into the ride into town. When I arrived in SLO, the people seemed helpful and generally cheery. The first guy I asked for help gave me directions to a motorcycle shop. When I got there, the mechanic suggested a bearing shop called Central Coast Bearings and he gave me directions and the address.

The bearing shop had the 22×40x7 seal that I needed. Fuck yes! Hopped back on Felix and started heading back on Santa Rosa (Hwy1 north). almost out of town I see Migs and Mattman’s mopeds at a Chevron across the street. So we go around the side of the station and tear the motor to pieces.





Putting the motor together went pretty smooth until we started it up and soon realized that the flywheel was not tightened down enough & had spun and shattered the woodruff key. Oh joy! I will spare you the details, lets just say it added on another 3 or 4 hours of dickin’ around. Then, out of the blue, the head gasket on Felix gave out. Scared the crap out of me at first. I was almost sure that I had a broken ring or had a hole in the piston… phew!



Anyways, we rode for a while and ended up at a rest stop on 101 south around 30 miles from Santa Barbera. While camping there it seemed as if the wind was going to rip the tent out from around us. very relaxing.

The ride was confusing as hell the next morning. We were on 101 south along the coast. A sign would say “end freeway” then, 2 miles later “begin freeway”,”end freeway”,”begin freeway”... for fucks sake. make up your damn mind! So, we rode until a sign said all bicycles must exit and on the way to the top of the offramp, the Hog’s top end took a crap. Broken ring and piston smear. The Airsal Tomos a55 kit cylinder looked alright at least. We put on a stock Magnum top and piston. The exhaust was a perfect fit. yes!





The Hog was running rich, but we ran it like that since the used parts needed time to fit. 20 mph. at best. the last 120 miles took a long time. eventually we messed around with the air filter and soft siezed 3 times. eventually we arrived in LA at the warehouse. The Woolie Bullies gave us a place to stay and were super awesome to us and we love them so very much for their hospitality. On Sunday I hard siezed Felix. I think it’s the crank.

Needless to say we hopped a ride back to San Jose with Crazy Wayne. Thanks Wayne for saving our sorry butts.

Sooooooo…. MOPEDHEAD!!!!!

for the win????????

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