Ya know, SOMEWHERE in the garage is a Motobecain(sp?) moped motor with a variable speed centrifugal clutch or whatever you call them. I just remembered it. Seems like it has a starting feature for peddling it to life. It's one of those things you don't think anything about when you are screwin' around with full-sized motorcycles Also somewhere near it is a 100cc Kawasaki Greenstreak engine in a bucket. Now that I'm needing something to keep busy at until money happens and I get back to the Lotus 7 clone, that silly stuff is starting to interest me. Also there is one of only 2 Guazzoni go kart motors in the US. It is 100cc and is supposed to turn 15000rpm and develop 8-1/2 hp. Weighs about 30 lbs though. I put a target plane prop on it once thinking it was just right to blow my fishing boat up a shallow rocky creek, but blowing some blankets horizontal on the clothesline was all I ever did with it. I am 72 now and realistically I have to ask myself, is there time remaining to do it all? Genetically I am good to 'way up in my 90's, but will they be GOOD years? I guess as long as I can get joints replaced and keep taking all the stuff to stay in shape, I'll just keep keepin' on. Does anybody know anything about old Motobecains? Trackfodder
