Calambity in Morro Bay, California
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:56 amHey everyone,
My friends and I decided to ride to a rally in Morro Bay, about 200 miles north of Los Angeles. I took enough time off for it. I replaced the gearbox endplate the day before, of course. My two mates, Dean and Ben, rode up from Carson to my garage in Santa Monica and we rode together on the 10 freeway to the Pacific Coast Highway, US Highway 1, Dean on his cast iron 225 Jet 200, Ben on his Silver Special Li 150 with CP SSR 265 super engine, and myself with my aging TS1. From there we headed north and it wasn't long until problems began.
My mate, Dean, is always working on other people's scooters and as he also works full time, had no time to work on his own scooter. His kept seizing and even stripping the top end and cleaning up the single ring and groove only helped temporarily. He eventually had to be recovered home leaving Ben and I to continue our ride. My engine did alright and did well keeping up with the fast pace that Ben had set.
Aside from a pretty bad air leak, from loosening intake manifold screws and nuts, my scooter made it up and I think would have made it back down to LA had Dean not made it to the rally in his trusty Honda Element, towing his scooter on a 3 motorbike trailer which we of course made use of for a relaxed drive home. After all, the whole point of the weekend was for 3 friends to spend time together.
I recorded many hours of riding videos and have made a playlist out them:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrMfQB68MODJEeLAJnIi8DmrJ-qo2ya0N&si=u9NKgnuRmOstm_VU if you enjoy watching this fly on the helmet sort of stuff.
My friends and I decided to ride to a rally in Morro Bay, about 200 miles north of Los Angeles. I took enough time off for it. I replaced the gearbox endplate the day before, of course. My two mates, Dean and Ben, rode up from Carson to my garage in Santa Monica and we rode together on the 10 freeway to the Pacific Coast Highway, US Highway 1, Dean on his cast iron 225 Jet 200, Ben on his Silver Special Li 150 with CP SSR 265 super engine, and myself with my aging TS1. From there we headed north and it wasn't long until problems began.
My mate, Dean, is always working on other people's scooters and as he also works full time, had no time to work on his own scooter. His kept seizing and even stripping the top end and cleaning up the single ring and groove only helped temporarily. He eventually had to be recovered home leaving Ben and I to continue our ride. My engine did alright and did well keeping up with the fast pace that Ben had set.
Aside from a pretty bad air leak, from loosening intake manifold screws and nuts, my scooter made it up and I think would have made it back down to LA had Dean not made it to the rally in his trusty Honda Element, towing his scooter on a 3 motorbike trailer which we of course made use of for a relaxed drive home. After all, the whole point of the weekend was for 3 friends to spend time together.
I recorded many hours of riding videos and have made a playlist out them:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrMfQB68MODJEeLAJnIi8DmrJ-qo2ya0N&si=u9NKgnuRmOstm_VU if you enjoy watching this fly on the helmet sort of stuff.
thanks for sharing.