Finishing touches
September 2015 Final push to get the Puch 250SGS on the road.Certified. Appraisal booked. Tightened the seat springs (which necessitates seat, gas and oil line removal…) …
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Spring in my step
February 2015 With spring just around the corner, and the annual pilgrimage to the CVMG Paris Rally, I have been working on getting my Puch …
M125 – seize the day
February 2015 I was in the process of ordering parts for my ’66 250 SGS when I thought I “might as well” get fork and shock …
New tires – old Puch
February 2015 The original equipment Semperit tires on the ’66 Puch 250 SGS are getting a wee bit, well, tired. With my current push to get …
Snow can’t stop a Puch
Photographer John Chillingworth took these photos at the 1953 Motorcycle Skiing championships, held at Ehrwald in Tyrol, Austria. The skiers held on to ropes attached to the backs of motorcycles …
Cool Puch
I was at a cabin in the Laurentians last week and I found myself leafing through a 2004 Vanity Fair, as one is apt to …
it all went black
June 2012 In my mania to get the bike together for the CVMG rally, I’ve sprayed the nacelle, chain guard and fender with Tremclad. The …
bondo, primer, fender, nacelle
At long last I am actually doing some real work on my ’68 Puch 250 SGS. I replaced the oil in the tank with some …
Choke on this
April 2012 In response to Ed’s implied question, and I paraphrase here, “What the hell have I been doing?”I could drag out the usual answer …
Puch parts – and progress
February 2012 I bit the bullet and ordered a new (low) Magura handle bar, and a complete headlight assembly as my chrome rim is shot …