I've been too busy even to go out to the shop and finish up my welder dolly that I hacked together early last week. Its all done but for some weld cleanup and a coat of paint and having its wheels reinstalled. Then the dolly can go on the floor and the welder can get strapped to it. And I've got to find a permanent spot for it to live under the bench which will, no doubt involve a general shop cleanup and throwaway session. I've got to do all that before I can get busy with my scooter's engine upgrades.
I have received some good news on the exhaust pipe replacement plan after last week's unsuccessful search for a local pipe fabricator. Last night I swapped some email with Alan who is the general manager of Power Sports Factory, the same folks that I bought my big-bore kit from. Alan's away from his shop right now and setting up a display at this week's Motorcycle Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, but he promised to bend me up an exhaust pipe to accommodate my slip-on muffler when he gets back. He's even thinking that he might make up a batch of these pipes for folks like me that want some flexibility in their muffler choice.
PSF is in a terrific circumstance to make my exhaust pipe since they already make an entire exhaust system of pipe and muffler. But the way they sell that is all in one piece and I was too cheap to pony up for their shiny, chrome plated version.
So I'm getting kind of anxious to get all the parts gathered up, the shop swept out and the conversion of my scooter into a full 150cc, fire breathing speedster completed. The cleanup may get started this weekend but I'll be waiting until I have all the parts on hand before doing the scooter upgrades. An additional 10 degrees of warmth wouldn't hurt my feelings any as well!
Anyway, I'm pretty excited to have found a builder for the last piece of my upgrade kit and I'm getting anxious for scooter riding season to arrive!
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