Sooo, I got a MOPED…granted it needs a bit of work, i.e. it doesn’t run yet, however my good buddy Nate is coming over to help me out on Tuesday…I think I can handle the wait till then. This is the same model from the MOPED ARMY sitea 1981 Puch Newport II (and now you can see the improvement to hypermodern.net, I’ve included indications for external links and wikipedia links…thanks to software guide in Germany for this awesome link indication plugin.
In other news, I went on a little walk to the park today because it was so beautiful (San Francisco summers are in September and October) and there were some kids breaking a pinata in Alta Plaza Park. So there’s a new photoset in the gallery (the blue icon at the top of the page that looks like a camera)…once again demonstrating the mix of cultural influence of Mexico in California. Oh and by the way, if you want to call Mexico cheap…T-Mobile has a great deal where you can pay 5 bucks a month and then get 5 cents/min…it’s maybe a bit more than a calling card, but hey, it’s mad-convenient.
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Pete Ippel, the son of a dancer and a musician, was born in Oak Park, Illinois and has been surrounded by the arts since birth. He moved to Morris, Illinois in 1989 and started to participate in athletics rather than dance. After high school, Pete attended Cornell University where he received a BA in psychology and a BFA in photo / digital art making. He continued to follow his sporting dreams in the high jump, which culminated in a school record leap of 7 feet 1/2 inch in 2001.
In May 2004 he attained an MFA degree in the New Genres department of the San Francisco Art Institute. Presently Pete is a practicing artist whose work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited in New York, California, and internationally.
Mr. Ippel resides in Working Artists Ventura, a sustainable artist community in southern California. In addition, he teaches art, is a web developer, an active blogger, and still high jumps from time to time.
As a passionate problem solver and a pragmatic optimist, Pete’s art and his life are full of exciting challenges.
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Hello,
I hope your Puch Newport is coming along ok and may even be on the road by now. As you probably aware they are called Maxis in the Uk. It is still possible to get them fairly easily though they vaven’t been made since the 1980’s as far as I am aware. I sold my 1974 model a few months ago for £200 (their value seems to be rising a little here). I still have three Puchs, two on the road and one that needs a new frame. One of them is featured on my blog and I will no doubt put my other mopeds on when I am looking for something to do. Safe mopeding. David