Bike Show and Ride - Brookline Ma.

[RusticoRay]

Bicycle pics

Had a good time a bike show. My mind what little is left was working overtime on what kit for what bike at the show. Thanks to Danny and Shawn for showing up and George who had a vending around that our motoredbikes could hang. A few pics to ponder.

 

[shawnshank]

I had a good time also. Nice meeting you guys.
That blue Hornet in the images is the one that won best of show.
A motorized bike no less!

Hey after I left the show to ride home, about a half mile into my ride I had a major malfunction. The throttle got stuck on full speed and wouldn't release while I was riding so I pulled over to take a look and once I got off my bike the thing went nuts on full throttle. I tried to hit the kill switch but that wouldn't work so I managed to open the choke and get it stopped. I took a look at it and saw that the small screw holding the engine bracket up snapped causing the engine to slip down, pulling the throttle on full speed and snapping the kill switch wire. The throttle cable came loose and snapped my zip ties that held the throttle in place also. I ended up having to walk it a couple miles to Kenmore where my gf picked me up in our truck.
It sucked but I'm glad it didn't happen when any of you guys were riding it.
In retrospect it looks like the only weak point in the whole system and I should have put the backup support zip ties in place like I saw on one of these threads.
Lesson learned.
To make matters worse, a guy in a little electric bike hapened to be riding by while I was walking it and we spoke for a little while. He spoke about an old motorized bike he made from a chainsaw motor, asked me about my set up and then quitely rode off on his little electric bike. I never envied anyone on one of those until that moment.

Had a good time a bike show. My mind what little is left was working overtime on what kit for what bike at the show. Thanks to Danny and Shawn for showing up and George who had a vending around that our motoredbikes could hang. A few pics to ponder.

 

[RusticoRay]

Lessons learned without personnel injury sometimes can be a good thing. Sorry about your walk of 2miles better than 12 that was my last breakdown. I really like your K2 and golden eagle setup. Looks real clean. The snap when first giving it throttle is nice. Looking into making time for Mystic Conn. maybe a go.

 

[shawnshank]

I agree. At least no one got hurt.
The walk wasn't bad, it was watching everyone else on regular bikes ride past me that hurt. Haha!!
Thanks for the compliments on my bike. It took me a while to assemble the right set up for the look and comfort level I was going for.
I won;t be able to make it to conn if it's this weekend. I'm going to Chicago.

Lessons learned without personnel injury sometimes can be a good thing. Sorry about your walk of 2miles better than 12 that was my last breakdown. I really like your K2 and golden eagle setup. Looks real clean. The snap when first giving it throttle is nice. Looking into making time for Mystic Conn. maybe a go.

 

[Danny3xd]

Enjoyed the bajebazs out of you guys! Great time and thank you. Want to do an every Sunday thing.

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