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Hipster Moped Rally

AbsolutEnduser said:
You talk like you know "sheet", REALLY? Have you talked to any of these MOPEDoofuses? You think they even change the oil on their MOPED???

Newsflash.. most of the time these craps are being garaged in a garage paid specifically by mom and dad while the kid is studying at the Art Academy. No they don't do anything mechanical themselves, EVERYTHING is done for them at the shop on 16th at Mission next to the old theater.
True some of them actually do racing on one track that organizes this.. but making noise on city streets and then not being able to take-off at the next light is hardly racing.

Exactly what the poster below says, too:
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you seem really smart.
 
shoelace said:
you know what's so fucking cool about those shitheads that are riding those mopeds? they take a 30cc engine... they port 'em, they bore them out, they put a bigger carb on them, they put a lighter flywheel on them, they put a pipe on them, they put drop bars on them, they put sticky tires on them, and they have a fucking blast making them as fast as possible and they don't look back.

and then faggots on 600 four strokes that they don't even change the oil on make fun of them because they are on pussy bikes... retards.

anyone who races out anything that they own is cool with me. all the rest can eat shit.
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Thank you man! :thumbup Someone that gets it! Not only is it all about wrenching on bikes to make them better, faster, more unique... It's also a huge community that is more akin to a family than any other hobby/lifestyle that I have experienced. As a member of the Creatures I am honored to have friends in fellow gangs across the country. If I am ever in Seattle, LA, Kalamazoo MI, Chicago or any number of other cities where other gangs are located I most likely have a place to stay and a bike to ride. Best thing that ever happened in my life. Not only were mopeds my entrance into two wheeled vehicles, but also my first chance to get my hands greasy.


CalLax said:
Do you really believe that even 25% of the hipsters riding around on a modified Puch moped did any of the mechanical modification themselves? I love it when people tinker with stuff and really make it their own but come on dude, the people riding around on these hopped-up 2 strokes just bought their fucking mopeds from 1977 Mopeds in the Mission and chances are they paid pretty good coin for them too.
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As an employee of 1977 and the guy who use to manage the service department I can for a fact tell you that you don;t have a clue what you are talking about. In out 1.5 years at that location we sold around 15 bikes, 10 ground up customs (yes they cost a pretty penny) and around 5 bikes we sold for friends of the shop on consignment.
On the repair side we might have had someone on the new Tomos come in once a month for a 500 mile service (fluids, brake adj, cable lubrication). Most of the other service was people needing help in one aspect or another of getting there mopeds "souped up". be it porting the cases of a cylinder kit, basic motor rebuild, swapping tires or getting the bike re-cabled and having new bars fitted.
By and large moped kids wrench on there own bikes. If you don't know basic repair and maintenance skills you better own a truck because you will be pickup your bike up in it quite often. Probably half of the people in SF that own mopeds have performance cylinder & pipes on there bikes. How many bikes top ends have you replaced, carbs tuned, ignitions timed, motors rebuilt?


takaaki44 said:
is this the same group of crazy mofos that were in SF? I saw a MASS (as in critical) of these guys in the mission this friday. not bikes though, definitely mopeds. idiots were stopping traffic to make illegal right turns last i saw em. good thing they didn't get in my way...
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Yep same people, we stop traffic for our safety as well as keeping the ride together/ organized. During our rally we will block all stop signs and red lights to cross traffic. I personally would rather have 350 mopeds confined to a few blocks vs getting stopped at red lights and having us spread over a mile. We are not critical mass we have no interest in keeping people from getting where they are going. If we inconvenience people it's only for a minute or two. If you don't like it feel free to pull out and hit one of us and see what happens when 300 mopers find out about it. There was a guy in a Mercedes that ran one of us off the road, don't think he will be doing that again. What would you do regardless of the circumstance if someone intentionally hit your friend?


It's our sub-culture, if you don't experience it you will never understand. Kind of like trying to explain to someone who have never been on a motorcycle what it's like and why you do it.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
You talk like you know "sheet", REALLY? .... You think they even change the oil on their MOPED???
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:rolleyes

I think that the 2 Smokers are pretty cool. Actually, I am starting to get involved in that scene. And I love motorcycles. I agree that groups should not impede on others "right of way". But it isnt that big of a deal. Just get around them or let them pass. Enjoy the spectacle. :thumbup

Miguel
 
87cr250r said:
Whoa, I know nothing about mopeds in the city. I don't go to San Francisco. I just wanted to complain about the mopeds in my lane (well it was a single lane road but they were on my side of the lane).
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Well good on you. This is what the BARF spirit is all about: Bitchin' and moanin' about what the other guy is doing. Those fodder-muckers.
:bigbarf
 
Demoni said:
Thank you man! :thumbup Someone that gets it! Not only is it all about wrenching on bikes to make them better, faster, more unique... It's also a huge community that is more akin to a family than any other hobby/lifestyle that I have experienced. As a member of the Creatures I am honored to have friends in fellow gangs across the country. If I am ever in Seattle, LA, Kalamazoo MI, Chicago or any number of other cities where other gangs are located I most likely have a place to stay and a bike to ride. Best thing that ever happened in my life. Not only were mopeds my entrance into two wheeled vehicles, but also my first chance to get my hands greasy.




As an employee of 1977 and the guy who use to manage the service department I can for a fact tell you that you don;t have a clue what you are talking about. In out 1.5 years at that location we sold around 15 bikes, 10 ground up customs (yes they cost a pretty penny) and around 5 bikes we sold for friends of the shop on consignment.
On the repair side we might have had someone on the new Tomos come in once a month for a 500 mile service (fluids, brake adj, cable lubrication). Most of the other service was people needing help in one aspect or another of getting there mopeds "souped up". be it porting the cases of a cylinder kit, basic motor rebuild, swapping tires or getting the bike re-cabled and having new bars fitted.
By and large moped kids wrench on there own bikes. If you don't know basic repair and maintenance skills you better own a truck because you will be pickup your bike up in it quite often. Probably half of the people in SF that own mopeds have performance cylinder & pipes on there bikes. How many bikes top ends have you replaced, carbs tuned, ignitions timed, motors rebuilt?




Yep same people, we stop traffic for our safety as well as keeping the ride together/ organized. During our rally we will block all stop signs and red lights to cross traffic. I personally would rather have 350 mopeds confined to a few blocks vs getting stopped at red lights and having us spread over a mile. We are not critical mass we have no interest in keeping people from getting where they are going. If we inconvenience people it's only for a minute or two. If you don't like it feel free to pull out and hit one of us and see what happens when 300 mopers find out about it. There was a guy in a Mercedes that ran one of us off the road, don't think he will be doing that again. What would you do regardless of the circumstance if someone intentionally hit your friend?


It's our sub-culture, if you don't experience it you will never understand. Kind of like trying to explain to someone who have never been on a motorcycle what it's like and why you do it.
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Word.
Thnx for posting. Its a good reminder to a lot of narrow minded folks out there that the two wheel life has many speeds and not mono-cultural. Sure I'll poke fun a little, but IMHO anyone that doesn't have a sense a humor and rides should probably just shoot themselves in the face to begin with.

The very few moped/scoot folks I've met in my locale are legit, and they really dig riding. Heck, I even went on a memorial scoot ride for a fallen Vespa Club member about 2 years ago. I think I was one of 5 folks that showed up on motorcycle. And even though the pace was mellow, the routes we took
would have made the typical sportbiker piss and moan about road conditions and achy wrist.


:ride
 
Please stay on your side of the road. And... Tight pants lower sperm count.

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Demoni said:
Thank you man! :thumbup Someone that gets it! Not only is it all about wrenching on bikes to make them better, faster, more unique... It's also a huge community that is more akin to a family than any other hobby/lifestyle that I have experienced. As a member of the Creatures I am honored to have friends in fellow gangs across the country. If I am ever in Seattle, LA, Kalamazoo MI, Chicago or any number of other cities where other gangs are located I most likely have a place to stay and a bike to ride. Best thing that ever happened in my life. Not only were mopeds my entrance into two wheeled vehicles, but also my first chance to get my hands greasy.

As an employee of 1977 and the guy who use to manage the service department I can for a fact tell you that you don;t have a clue what you are talking about. In out 1.5 years at that location we sold around 15 bikes, 10 ground up customs (yes they cost a pretty penny) and around 5 bikes we sold for friends of the shop on consignment.
On the repair side we might have had someone on the new Tomos come in once a month for a 500 mile service (fluids, brake adj, cable lubrication). Most of the other service was people needing help in one aspect or another of getting there mopeds "souped up". be it porting the cases of a cylinder kit, basic motor rebuild, swapping tires or getting the bike re-cabled and having new bars fitted.
By and large moped kids wrench on there own bikes. If you don't know basic repair and maintenance skills you better own a truck because you will be pickup your bike up in it quite often. Probably half of the people in SF that own mopeds have performance cylinder & pipes on there bikes. How many bikes top ends have you replaced, carbs tuned, ignitions timed, motors rebuilt?

Yep same people, we stop traffic for our safety as well as keeping the ride together/ organized. During our rally we will block all stop signs and red lights to cross traffic. I personally would rather have 350 mopeds confined to a few blocks vs getting stopped at red lights and having us spread over a mile. We are not critical mass we have no interest in keeping people from getting where they are going. If we inconvenience people it's only for a minute or two. If you don't like it feel free to pull out and hit one of us and see what happens when 300 mopers find out about it. There was a guy in a Mercedes that ran one of us off the road, don't think he will be doing that again. What would you do regardless of the circumstance if someone intentionally hit your friend?


It's our sub-culture, if you don't experience it you will never understand. Kind of like trying to explain to someone who have never been on a motorcycle what it's like and why you do it.
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I'm glad you posted up. I've never been into mopeds, but I got my motorcycle itch after starting with a 2-stroke scooter. It was also my introduction to performing my own maintenance as well as mods (all by me) to double/triple the stock speeds of the little machine. I'm not into scooters anymore, but I had fun and learned a lot with mine.

I don't know how it's possible to live in the Bay Area and be close-minded about different lifestyles and interests but this thread reeks of too much generalization and all-encompassing hate (and how fun to jump on the hate bandwagon :rolleyes ).

:jaded
 
whatever whatev said:
I don't know how it's possible to live in the Bay Area and be close-minded about different lifestyles and interests
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I agree! I do love all two-wheelers. For example: Bicycles, .. SCOOTERS.. Mopeds--of course they are the coolest.

And of course everybody on this forum loves all of these two wheelers. Right? ;)
 
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