I won’t leave you hanging though. My friend Tyler and fellow Casseroller would be happy to help you out, he’s very knowledgable in the moped realm and is more then capable to help you out with whatever problem you may be having. Filling out a submission on my contact form will send him an email and he’ll get in touch with you from there.

After getting a feel for motorcycles last year I decided what I really like them for is touring. Around town and shorter distance trips I’m more apt to go with the moped, it’s just a more engaging ride.

The Nighthawk while being a great starter bike, isn’t the greatest touring machine. At 55-65mph the RPMs are sitting around 5,500, there’s a fair amount of buzz through the handlebars and foot-pegs in that range.

So I decided to go with more of a touring bike, something I could use for my daily commute and take on some longer rides. Plus being able to cruise comfortably with a passenger now and then would be nice too. I had it narrowed down to either an older kawasaki concours or the honda st1100. I basically ended up going with the st1100 mainly just on looks and from looking at dyno charts it appears to be a bit more torquey.

At first I thought I my hang onto the Nighthawk just for fun, but after riding the ST1100 I can say there’s no way I’m going back, it’s just a better bike all around. Rides better, quieter, more power, no buzz, built in luggage, the list goes on..

The one I went with had some scrapes and scratches so the first thing I did was fix all the damage and repainted it. Instead of the stock red color I went with Jeep’s Recue Green that you see on some of the later model wranglers.

Iron & Resin : Fall 2011 from Scott Toepfer on Vimeo.

Another trailer for the upcoming Gaskettes documentary

ManCub – Sound – Official Music Video from Kirk Anderson on Vimeo.

Another Moped Video w00t!

Here’s kind of what I’ve got brewing this winter. I’ve been picking up parts here and there and I think I’ve got the majority of the major pieces now.

MOPEDS from Rebecca Dreyfus on Vimeo.

An inside look at the lives of a handful of mopeders, Neato!

Audio NSFW

Quite the family business!

Another neat little motorcycle video. Inspiring, but at the same time it makes it really hard for me to ever want to cut the cord and dive right in to opening a shop.

Via ReturnOfTheCafeRacers

So three weeks ago my wife and I had triplets. All boys Oscar, Mylo and Victor. I’ve already got 3 mopeds earmarked for them, but murphy’s law, they probably won’t be into any of the same stuff as me. We’ll see!

My dad being the weird dude he is upon hearing news of their birth began constructing a motorized three seated stroller. I mean what else would a new grandpa do? Here’s a little preview of what he’s done so far.

This this looks redicadonkey fast

via: Pedshow

MACHINE from matt machine on Vimeo.

Absolutely Beautiful Video