Welcome to Moped Luau!!

Aloha!! Welcome to Moped Luau!! A blog devoted to Two-Stroke mopeds and scooters. On da menu: Puch mopeds with side order Hondas, Vespas, Yamahas, and whatevah else that go braaaaap. Get some grindz and feed your Two-Stroke face.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Red Baron Origins

Courtesy of the Red Baron's owner.  The Red Baron in its original state back in the day (90s?). Magnum Limited still representing after all these years:

Magnum
LTM


Wednesday, November 23, 2016

END OF YEAR RIDE



Anybody interested in a ride?  Trying to see if interest is out there to plan a ride sometime at the end of this year.  Shoot me an email mopedluau@gmail.com or hit me on instagram @mopedluau if you would be interested.  I probably got half a dozen Puch riders ready to go.


Potential routes:


Option 1:  Meet up at Wailua Sugar Mill.  Unload and ride to Kahuku (or further) and back.


Option 2:  Meet up at Minnow Motorworks (Kakaako).  Unload and ride to Waimanalo and back.


Let me know all!!......AND GET THOSE BIKES READY!!

Puch Vintage Moped Hawaii Shirts

Some custom Puch Vintage Moped Hawaii shirts courtesy of the Red Baron.  He collaborated with his school's graphics department and came out with these beauties (Thanks MHS!!).  Unfortunately, these are limited pressed.  He only made about a dozen and wanted to keep this an exclusive item.  Only a select few can get these.  It's especially limited to the Hawaii riders.  If you want them hit me up and I'll get you a contact.  They only come in Large.


Monday, October 24, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016

DRESEARCH in the house!!

Check out my friends adventures on his Honda Tact. He hooked up with a bosu crew and rode from Nara to Kyoto, Japan. Awesome trip and photos. Enjoy:


Monday, August 8, 2016

Check out Soma's Corner

Soma is back in his latest adventure with a newly improved Honda MB5. He recently made his annual MB5 rally to Ibaraki Prefecture. Traveling over 100 miles one way to meet up other hardcore MB5 Japanese owners.

Monday, July 25, 2016

Tomodachi no Honda Tact

Check out my friends Bosu Honda Tact. He just got into the two-stroke game. Looking good!!

Monday, July 11, 2016

Ohisashiburi Updates

I finally got the coveted Puch Maxi N Rigid frame.  This is the last Puch frame I needed to complete my collection.  Been hunting around on Buy and Sell for years with no luck.  Either I encountered flaky sellers or inflated prices.  This one guy was trying to sell me the frame for $400!!  And he got mad at me for not taking the deal and when I told him I saw cheaper ones.  Of course he told me I wouldn't find one cheaper than his.  I managed to score this frame locally for a hundred bucks!!

Friday, July 1, 2016

Hawaii Vespa Five-0

My 1980 P200E Vespa scooter was used in one of this season's Hawaii Five-0 T.V show. Check it out:

Hawaii Vespa Five-0!!






Saturday, May 7, 2016

Help Stop This Bill!!

Please take the time to sign this petition to block Hawaii's moped registration bill:

Thursday, May 5, 2016

THIS SUCKS!! Moped Registration in Hawaii!!!

We should of made bigger noise to stop this BILL!!  This is going to royally suck for us mod guys.  Just another method to suppress the Tuner in all of us in Hawaii.  We just got to ride dirty!!  Click on the link for the sad news:

Mopeds Like Cars Will Now Need To Be Registered Undergo Safety Checks

Monday, April 25, 2016

Hawaii Five-0 Blue Maxi Second Cameo

Hawaii Five-0 SupaSta





My Blue Maxi made another appearance in this season's Hawaii Five-0 TV show.  Check it out:






Check out my Blue Maxi's debut here.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Rider's Misadventures With The 1977 ZA50 Roller Bearing Crank


The Red Baron
One of Hawaii's old school Puch boys, originally from Manoa, recently got back into Puchs. He is fixing up his 1981 Magnum LTD as he is claim for his kid (I used that excuse on the wife too!).  I definitely can relate.  It's a perfect time in our lives to revisit our Puch obsession we had back in high school and/or in college since we got some time, money, and more importantly available PARTs (not just Moped Connection)!!  He went all out: Powder coated tank, frame, and rims.  The works!! As he calls his bike: The Red Baron!!



Monday, March 14, 2016

Blast From The Past: Failed E50 Metra Build

I'm still here.  Been posting on Instagram lately @mopedluau.  Just a lazy way to blog I suppose.  But this Blog is still the best place to get info for all things Puch.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

1977 Moped Auto Tuner

Its been a while since I posted anything but just want to say I'm still here.  Still active in the Puch builds.  Got some projects going on and will post more stuff in the near future.  With that being said...

I just wanted to pub 1977 Moped's Auto Tuner feature in the Garage section of their page.  Its a good start when trying to find out if your in the jet range of your builds during tuning.  Its based on historical data on past Garage rider builds.  Try it out.


Thursday, January 28, 2016

ZA50 Clutch Mods To The Extreme!!

Just wanted to share this video from Europe about a sprinter ZA50 with extreme clutch mods.  You can see the mods in this Moped Army thread here.