after all this time.........

[Quadranut]

I took the plunge ie: got enough bonus cash, to start riding. With the info I have gathered here this is what I am starting with.

Staton FD 1" roller
35 GX Honda ( small engine warehouse )
Dynacraft 21 Speed MTB (Target on sale 99 bucks with a 15 % discount because of a ding in the frame )
Main reason for this bike is because of 210 lbs of operator. It looked like a tough frame and after a week of riding pedal power it seems so to me. ( Feel free to comment otherwise
I plan on losing the MTB tires after I wear them out tweaking this ride.

Some insight would be appreciated from the group on mounting the FD front mount. take a look at the pic and tell me what you think of this frame and what your thoughts would be on modifying the front mount to this frame.

Thanks in advance
QN

 

[Quadranut]

engine is here ( anticipation builds )

 

[darwin]

The way your rear seat stays are configured going from 1 tube into two the reg staton kit will not work there. Staton has 3 mounting bolts and only one would fit in that center hole then no room for the other 2, then theres the clearance issue with your tire. If it were me i'd have a talk with staton and use a u-clamp off of the single tube then use his 8in extensions to push the channel back to be centered over the wheel. With the honda35 I have the 1 1/8th roller and its the perfect compromise between torque and speed from my experience and I weigh 220lbs.

 

[Quadranut]

Hey Darwin, Yeah I knew I was gonna have a problem with the seat stays. I guess I wait for the kit to get here and go from there. Thanks for your input. BTW engine sounds friggin great, just at idle mind ya, but **** I can't wait to git this thing together.

 

[darwin]

Yea i've had the H35 for a couple weeks now and its a sweeeet lil motor, purrs like a kitten.

 

[Quadranut]

Here is what I have so far........... with the one mounting bolt and some clearance between the plate and the seat stays, I fabbed up some braces that seem to help with the twisting issue. Also, and I knew this in advance, the rear tire is shot already . BUT this thing will scare the heck out of ya, at least it will me, at 3/4 throttle. WHAT A FLIPPIN BLAST !!!!!!!!!!

Today I got 2 thumbs up from a Harley rider and a Q & A session with local law enforcement. Both times I got " Man that is pretty cool ". Officer Friendly said that he had been watching me for at least a week and said that as long as I keep doing what I have been doing it'll be AG. ( ie: follow the traffic rules ) this as some goofball went by on a dirt bike with the front wheel off the pavement. Needless to say the conversation was cut short. LOL. at least the local police don't have a problem with it. and Darwin I gotta agree the 35 Honda is sweet

 

[Richard H.]

Officer Friendly said that he had been watching me for at least a week and said that as long as I keep doing what I have been doing it'll be AG. ( ie: follow the traffic rules )

Good for you and seems like such simple no-brainer advice doesn't it, I don't know why more don't follow it.

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Nice resourceful, low impact solution to mounting the drive assembly IE: "no frames were drilled or injured in the making of this motored bike", lol.

 

[darwin]

Good way to mount it, you have skills and are able to adapt. Thats a skill necessary with these MABs.

 

[Quadranut]

8-20 update: the first long ride and explosive decompression of the rear drive mechanism........ what a bummer, looks like a slime tube and new tire tomorrow. Other than that the short runs are proving to be a blast, the twisting problem seems to be solved but am still dialing in how much air pressure to run on the rear tire/ down pressure on the rack. Any comments on that ?

Keep ridin

Red

 

[pbeggs]

as smooth a tire as possible,.. maximum air pressure enough down force to give good contact patch on roller