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BigB

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Hello, from Washington state. I've been lurking for a while.
Anyway, I am an avid hiker. In my area there is a large number of Forest Service roads which have wash outs far from trail heads. They have been washed out for years and will still be years to fix them. I've bicycled some of them. Then i had the thought, maybe i could motorize a bicycle, to save my energy for hiking. During my research of what is available i discovered this site.

I've identified some must haves.

1. Light weight. As i will be traveling washed out Forest Service roads, they have not seen any maintenance in quite a while. Sometimes there is a tree of dozen fallen over the road.

2. Frame mount, not rack mount. A frame mount will allow the use of rack for cargo.

3. Must be able to climb a 15% grade maybe more on a rough road.

4. Must retain petal function

I've settled on two options. A Chinese two stroke\sickbike parts shifter kit. And a kit from the Scooterguy.

From what i can see. It appears the sickbike parts kit, offerst the best opportunity for some extreme gear reduction. Which i see as an asset on steep rough roads.

But i am leaning on the Scooterguy option, because it has fewer moving parts to break in the middle of nowhere.

With the scooter guy option, will i be able to gear the thing low enough for my requirements? I weigh 270lbs, plus i will likely be hauling 30 to 40 lbs of back packing gear.
 
i hope you find what you need. i dont think you will find a muffler/spark arrestor for your needs. your best bet may be c/l for an old honda trail 50/70/90/100cc. where are you? there are many in nw.
 
Welcome aboard.

I don't know anything about the scooterguy's set-up, so I'm not going to be a good source of advice there.

But I have the feeling that these MBs are not really suitable for serious off-road riding. They take too much of a beating.

But with the sickbikeparts shift kit, then maybe you can get it slow enough that that's not a problem.

hope it works for you.
 
stude13,

Honda trail 50/70/90/100 are all heavy. Just try and dragging one over a tree or dozen. Spark arrestors can be built form scratch if necessary. I'm in Everett.


Bluegoat.

If i was going to do serious off roading, i would just buy a dirt bike.
I have no intention of going 30 mph. I'm just looking to get from point A to B a little faster than walking while saving my energy for walking where the bike does not belong.
 
sounds like -- your best bet is to contact The Scoot Guy
send him a PM and from what I have found -- he will get right back with you

just a thought regardinging that
if I bought the Scoot Guys setup
I would get a quality engine with it -- not a cheap one...

so as to ride that THING a long ways
 
Welcome!

Titan jackshaft would be my choice. DAX is also working on one contact duane, and compare to the scoter guy. Have you thought about a hybrid/tribrid? If you go with either of the three jackshafts, you will have a major component of a electric system. Wouldn't you rather have an electric motor as your plan B or pedaling with a lot of gear? If interested in hybrid/tribrid I will give more details. I'm just trying to avoid a bunch of unnecessary typing.LOL
 
I took a long hard look at electric. The lack of engine noise is very appealing. But batteries have too many short comings, weight, cost, limited range. I like idea the plan b of switching to electric. But again....weight becomes an issue. I will likely have to drag the bike over a few trees.
 
from a person whom is switching from electric to gasoline I can say that electric is somewhat disappointing
 
G'day & welcome to MBc.
IMHO,no current setup will do what u want....they won't be able to take the beating.
If your really keen purpose-build something yourself,make it as LIGHT & STRONG & SIMPLE as possible.
Sorry to say,the Titan system will fail(guess how i know :()
Ask TheScooterGuy anyway & see what he sayes....Jerry is honest.
 
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