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reno rally was a success, of course. the ciao is pretty reliable these days. i did have my wire going from the stator to the coil break on me, causing intermittent spark, fouling my plug, but a new spade wire connector and a new used b7hs and ciaociao was back at it!
sorry, no pictures.. forgot about my camera and it sat in my bag the whole weekend.
i ended up leaving ciao in reno again, too many cop crack downs in sac and ciaociao isn’t exactly legal.. reno will be taking it to sf rally for me.
i’ll be throwing on a new belt and grab a new plug while i’m at it and i have faith that ciao will make the whole rally! well, as long as i don’t get it ran over again.. eeeh.
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well, i found my camera. that means i can finally document the damage done at the last atwater race! that also means i can do a better job of keeping everyone up to date on what’s going on with ciaociao. i’m about to convert the old girl back into a street bike. that pretty much just means lights and a real paint job, but still, exciting! right? right.
i have some other projects in the works, too, but they are not ciao related. i think i’ll make separate blogs or pages and have them linked here, though.. i’m sure some of you might be interested in them!
anyway, more soon!
well, i apologize for promising you a rad update and then never delivering it. what a jerk i can be sometimes.
i just moved into a new place and am trying to get everything squared away. that, plus working on mopeds for motomatic, developing crazy race tech for next year’s polini cup and having a super slightly more active social life due to the move into midtown sacramento have left this poor ciao blog neglected for far too long.
nate, rafter and i are just about to head to a machine shop, though, so hopefully tonight once i get home i can finally show you some pictures from the last polini cup and talk about things to come for little ciaociao.
soon my pretties, soon
almost a month since you’ve heard from me! well, the racing and rally season is over, for me at least, and so you should be seeing more out of me here pretty soon.
i had an awesome time at the last polini cup race. i’ll tell you about it and show you some pictures soon!
i’ve got some rad stories about my spectacular fail 2 laps from the finish in the last race, winning some money, crashing for pretty much the first time all season (three times!).. it was an awesome weekend.
more soon!
i can’t find my damn camera!
the next race is two weeks away and i’ve got some things going on. bigger carb, fixing my pipe, new not-sticky throttle. some lame little stuff and some rad big stuff.
i’ll see what i can do about getting photos!
after this last race, i don’t plan on really riding this thing much for a while, so i think it’s time to tear it down and finally paint the fucker. i’ve said that before, though, so we’ll see.
tommy’s been waiting forever for me to paint my wheels.
everyone’s hounding me to update this thing! haha.
i’ve been putting it off because i STILL can’t find my stupid camera.. and i don’t know about you, but i really hate moped blogs that are super wordy with no pictures.
i’m going to dig around in my boxes and suitcases today until i find it, i’ll make it my mission since i think i’m stuck in my room all day anyway. everyone got sick this last weekend and i guess it’s my turn. summerbummer.
hopefully real update soon! in the mean time, here are a few pictures i stole of me and ciaociao at the races. i got 5th in the first race and 4th in the second. poor ciaociao’s just not fast enough to keep up with motomatic and jeff’s derbi in the straights. not yet anyway!
i totally forget who i stole the photos from, but i’m pretty sure you read this blog sometimes. email me or leave a comment and i’ll give you proper credit! they good photo, mister.
if i can get my hands on a camera in the next couple days, i’ve got some things to show you guys. mine is lost somewhere in all the crap i haven’t unpacked from moving.
this weekend is polini cup #4! i have a LOT of work to do to my ciao before it’s ready! gaah! that’s ok, i’m sure i’ll get it together on time.
things i want to show you;
-my variator mods.
-how i cut the crap out of my kit. i hope i didn’t destroy it!
-crappy fork brace i made.
-other stuff.
i’m going to look around for my camera more tonight before i hit the sack.
stay tuned?
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figured i’d do a quick update. i’m keeping magnomos on the back burner and just concentrating on ciaociao for now. i’ve new forks on the way, some cutting and possibly some welding is in store, maaaybe ciaociao will finally get a cute paint/powder job.. lots of stuff coming up. that is all, carry on.
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i’m going to start pulling apart ciaociao today! gotta get it atwater ready!
here’s a horrible cellphone picture of the two ciaos sitting out front of tim and sara’s garage.
i’m going to take pictures of everything i’m doing, so look forward to seeing all that soon!
