Puch Magnum Build

Monday, October 21, 2013

Petit Lemans Trip 2013 Pictures

Pictures from this year during Petit Lemans 2013 at Road Atlanta.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Magnum's First Trip Out

Well I took the magnum out of the neighborhood, I made a recent visit to Petit Lemans and thought it would make a great bike to get around the track.

Everything went okay with the moped, but on the first day the clutch started to stick for some reason. The hills at the track are crazy and when I stopped at the bottom of the hill and tried to make it up the hill the bike didn't like it very much. Once i figured that out, I just made sure I kept my momentum up and it did fine the rest of the week.

Of course i still have things that need to be done to get it to 100% but it was fun to actually take it out and show her off a bit even though I did get a little annoyed with the dozen's of people asking what it was.

My current problem is the top speed, it seems to be topping out at 35 mph and feels like it's missing.

Hopefully it's just the timing or something.

Below are some pictures of it at the track.

and here is link to some pictures I took.

Race Gallery

Monday, April 16, 2012

More Progress but not 100% complete

I got a chance to work on the moped again, I didn't take too many pictures this time, but here is a list of things I finished up.

Installed clutch engagement lever correctly.
License plate mount (pics to come)
Re-installed tank and seat after paint jobs.
Adjusted brakes (still doesn't stop worth a crap)
Wired Headlight
Took it for a ride and successfully bump started it. (next cold bump start)

Thing to do:

Buy and figure out how to wire my regulator to get my lights working.
Install brake/tail light and run brake light wire.
Paint intake, tank mounting hardware, and license plate mount.
Cut and stain pegs
....

Monday, February 20, 2012

Brake Cable Thingy & Seat Creation

First I thought I would share our work area as of recent. Since moving into an apartment Bill has been nice enough to let me use his back yard to work in, which i'm sure he prefers. He has been doing most of the work as of recent.

Alright, I got to spend another day working on the moped. Today we installed the rear brake cable and made the seat.

Punch Starter Hole

Drill

Cut

Done

Wood

Sand curve to go over tank

More Sanding

Measure to cut for clearing of stock tank mount

router out area

Done

Marked Mounting Holes

Drill Holes

Hammer Tee Nuts?

Done

Bolts & Rubber Washer

Cut Seat Length

Shape Seat

More Shaping

Light Sanding

Bevel Edges

Done
Staining Required

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Magnum Roars!

The magnum finally took it's first breath and created fire and smoke. Tonight was the very first time this engine has turned over and all went better than expected. I still have a lot to do before I can call it finished but it's great motivation hearing it run for the first time.

Other stuff done last night (spark plug boot, fuel line, grounded, added transmission fluid, a few other thing)

Custom Exhaust Bracket

Using the old left over piece of the L bracket from the tank mounting hardware, a exhaust bracket was born.

Pound It

Grind It

Yay Sparks!

Be amazed that it lines up and tighten.

This design might be reworked, we talked about using some square pipe but for now this will work.

Chain Adjusters

Well it is now time to install the chain adjusters. The only problem is, I only have chain adjusters for a Maxi. So what do we do next; Fab them. I'm going to use the eye bolt from the Maxi adjusters and make the back brackets.

Square Tubing

A Little Sanding

Hole Punch

Drilling

Cutting

Splitting

Rough Cuts

Smoothing

More Sanding

The Finished Product

Painted and Installed

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Seat (alpha)

Bought some nice wood for my seat, this is the alpha build of it. :)
I'm going to cut,shape, and stain it.

Custom Gas Tank Mount

To begin, Bill and I had to ponder the millions of ways we could possibly mount this tank on to the frame. After hours of major brainstorming this is what we came up with.