The Brown Bastard
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My main mean motherfucker. Original UPS Magnum? Maybe, maybe not. It was brown & gold when I bought it and it looks like it's been repainted brown a couple of times so who knows...
Hits high 50s on 17x45 gearing (I know I could get more top end out of it with different gearing but I don't like to pedal away from red lights). Super snappy trials-type throttle is more like an on/off switch and makes it super blasty and wicked fun to ride.
I've tried (and blown up) just about every clutch there is and keep going back to a braced OEM 2-shoe in a Cornped lightened needle-bearing bell. Low-rise mini moto bars for comfort because my craggly, aging spine has no love for that "cafe racer" bullshit.
Holes drilled in the flywheel cover keeps my mini rotor cool as a lil' cucumber. MLM swing arm and big honkin' 2.75" Michelin M45 tires because I like jumping over stuff and running shit over like it's my job.
Parts
engine
exhaust
electrical
transmission
- OEM 2-shoe, braced w/ blue springs
carburetion
Tuning
Main 150 · Idle 15
Blackumi — 9 years, 7 months ago
Featured your bike on my moped tumblog! Credited and sourced properly http://velomoteur.tumblr.com/post/149940719842/the-brown-bastard-1978-puch-magnum-mkii-by-dave
Evan Folwarski — 10 years, 1 month ago
your build description is gold.