MOHAWK MAMMOTHS

60 miles of foliage, country roads, and sunshine.

Loading up in the rain-

dress rehearsal ride-

Oil math. Aaron from the Ponies was nice enough to lend me some Saber and we mixed up some “shit I think I’m outta gas” premix for the chase truck-

Meetup. To my left-

and to my right-

Country store for thanksgiving-style turkey sandwiches and pumpkin cider doughnuts-

Corn maze + googling stuff about turkeys= free ice cream

Petting zoo for the kiddies and a turkey farm for making you feel moderately guilty you just ate a turkey sandwich for lunch-

Other undocumented highlights include hanging tough with Ian T. & Allison, and Lis’ homemade enchiladas mmmm. Big thanks to Metal Ponies for a really fun day.

Turns out October is just as busy as any summer month.

Lis Pony’s TSM is mostly sorted. She did her own sandblasting and powder coating work. Kudos-

Here’s a sneak peak of a simple mini-magnum resto. fresh paint & powder, new rubber, custom bars, tractor headlight!-

New powder supplier Prismatic Powders. Good website, fast shipping, a lot of useful tech info regarding things like UV resistance and safety-

Final NEMA race was last weekend. Gear prep-

Built a second race bike as a back up in case of crashing/breakdowns. Get the stats at Garage and put your bikes up there if you haven’t already. It’s for everyone!-

And the fun never ends. Metal Ponies fall ride this weekend and the weather man is with us. Prob gonna be the last legit northeast event of the year that doesn’t involve freezing your ass off so come out!

Just doing a little work on Lis Pony’s TSM. Cleaned this and replaced that. Simple stuff. Started it up and it sounded a little fuzzy and trebly. Yup. Exhaust leak. Pulled the header off and this is what it looked like-

No flange! All I can think is that it rusted away and someone tried to repair it. You can see that there’s a hump around the pipe an inch or so down where it looks like a replacement tube was welded on and there are some tool marks around that area that confirm it was repaired. Except they forgot the flared end of the pipe so there was nothing to keep it screwed in. We were asking around but no one seemed to have a spare header sitting around and I’m really impatient so I gave it a shot. Besides you can’t break what’s already broken. Here is my version-

I blasted all that nasty rust and pitting and powdered it high temp satin black-

After our insane summer of rallies, racing and rides it’s nice to just be in the garage making repairs and wrenching without deadlines. Hopefully this will keep her in the game for a while.

BTW we are still rocking the weekly rides every Thursday! Come out for a few more weeks! Also brainstorming an end of season party so we’ll let you know on that.