{"id":2293,"date":"2014-07-09T21:54:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2023-01-30T23:06:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:06:39","slug":"riga22-progress-update-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/riga22-progress-update-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Riga22 progress update 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think this may be the last update post about it, because I&#8217;m pretty much done with it. Moped has been restored. Looks like it just rolled out of the factory :)<br \/>\nLast time I wrote that I fixed the electric system, wasn&#8217;t much of a hassle. This time I just did some finishing stuff.<br \/>\nThe first thing I did was repaint the fuel tank. The white color really fits with the red body. After the paint has dried, I put a rubber tube around it. Originally there was some rubber around the joint and I didn&#8217;t have that. However I had some nice rubber tube that fit just right and looks as good.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/G3kap8X.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/G3kap8X.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/xAYdK4A.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/xAYdK4A.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/pdTXVrv.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/pdTXVrv.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/GpZO9T8.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/GpZO9T8.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/e4PoTMj.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/e4PoTMj.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next thing I did was work on the turn lights. I had to drill 2 holes, 1 for each side to get the wire through. Before it was ugly and was bent around the back fender. Because of that I had the fires cut off a few times when I was riding along and bumped the wheel on some uneven road, the wheel touched the fender and cut the wire. I decided to solve this by drilling a hole and getting the wire through it. This way the wire is hidden from plain sight, looks better and doesn&#8217;t touch the wheel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/owIQeZa.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/owIQeZa.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/3rMGBz4.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/3rMGBz4.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While working on that I also experimented with LED&#8217;s instead of regular bulbs for turn lights. By idea it requires less energy to operate, so I thought it would be ideal for this kinda stuff. Since with regular bulbs the generator cannot supply enough power to all the components, and so when you want to show a turn while having the headlight turned on, the headlight gets dimmer, or the turn light doesn&#8217;t light up at all :P<br \/>\nWell the moped wasn&#8217;t meant to have turn lights on it anyway, so it&#8217;s only fair that it acts that way.<br \/>\nWith LED&#8217;s the situation didn&#8217;t really change. It draws less power, sure. But the brightness of it wasn&#8217;t anywhere near the regular heat bulb and LED&#8217;s emit directional light, so it&#8217;s not perfect for this.<br \/>\nI did this mainly because I couldn&#8217;t find anywhere to buy bulbs I needed and I needed 2.<br \/>\nIn a few weeks I went to Gariunai market for other stuff and stumbled upon a car part section. Dude had all sorts of electronic parts for old automobiles and of course had the bulbs I needed, all kinds of sizes and power ratings :D with that I ended those experiments with LED&#8217;s and just use regular bulbs for turn lights instead. I don&#8217;t use them anyway, it was just to complete the overall looks :)<\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/eCaVsOZ.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/eCaVsOZ.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/aHKyFAi.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/aHKyFAi.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Having those out of the way, I proceeded with the moment I have been waiting, for a very long time &#8211; to put the stickers on it. I was keeping those until I was finished. I wasn&#8217;t able to find original logos to buy anywhere, one dude wanted as much as 50LTL for 2, which is fucking ridiculous. So I had to make my own, and so I did.<br \/>\nI had one logo which I scanned to use as a sample, traced it out to make it black on white, filled it with red and was done, basically :P<br \/>\nGot them printed out, laminated, sprayed one side of it to hide the transparent laminate with same red paint I used for the moped body and used double-sided tape to stick it on. Result is even better than the original variant and only cost me to laminate them. You can download the <a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/files\/riga_logo.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finished logo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/1fEDKLi.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/1fEDKLi.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/M8hCjZh.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/M8hCjZh.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is basically it. The final thing to do is put mirrors on it, but I don&#8217;t have any way to mount them, gonna have to make something up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/i2WtW9L.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/i2WtW9L.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s ready to roam the fields. I get it out and running on weekends to ride it through grain fields and woods. Really cool, have to use it now while I still can :)<\/p>\n<div class=\"row mt-3 mb-3\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/xSGazwH.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/xSGazwH.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/h5cb4Oh.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/h5cb4Oh.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/X05aHc0.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/X05aHc0.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/NysLDVE.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/NysLDVE.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 g-0 m-2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/0r1Cjv4.jpg\" rel=\"wpdevart_lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/filemgmt\/uploads\/Riga22\/0r1Cjv4.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this may be the last update post about it, because I&#8217;m pretty much<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,707],"tags":[708,709],"class_list":["post-2293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","category-riga22","tag-moped","tag-riga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/9v.lt\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}