Hi, name's Walt, I've been reading lots and lots of things from this forum and another motorized bike forums.
Thing is, this is my first bike (As expected from the title) and I happened to buy it second hand.
It was built and the man said the rear wheel wasn't running so he sold it to me at 200$ CAD.
I know a little about engines from reading all the How to trouble shoot and MUST READ threads on here.
But it seems, no where does it tell me actually how to operate this thing?
Everyone just seems to know like it's riding a bike?
here's some pic
1. What is what? It seems the clutch is the lever underneath the left hand side of the handle, I press it and it pulls the clutch plate outward.
What's the resetting thing? It's the trigger facing forward on left side when pressed, resets the gears back to 1. When I pull the clutch thing it goes from 1 to 2 and then to 3. No Idea what all these does.
2. The rear wheel won't move if I install the clutch pads. I can roll the wheel forward but it's very hard, when ever I move a few inches, it jerks forward and I can hear that engine sound when you're trying to hand start a lawn mower, That engine cranking sound before it turns on.
so i removed them since bike wouldnt budge with them on. I used break cleaners to clear out some grimes inside the large gear.
http://s1006.photobucket.com/user/merry0331/media/P7070120-1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=10
3. Is the oil I have it the right one? I bought a 5L regular gas from Esso that means if I put in 50 ml oil every 1L of gas (1:20) it should be ok?
4. Can I ride the bike without engine being reved up with it? like how a car free rolls when you have the clutch pressed. but i have no idea how this bike's clutch system works.
thanks for reading such a painfully obvious questions to you pros, I'm just a guy trying to get in to this.
I'm hoping to extend the stock exhaust pipe by wrapping a metal can stuffed with steel wool. would that make things quieter? or somehow cause engine failure due to failure to properly exhaust???
So how do I even get this thing operational? There's no manual anywhere. Do I just keep pedaling until I reach some speed and press some button and it happens?? But my bike's rear wheel won't even move when I try to move unless I take the clutch pads out??
so many questions...
oh by the way, the person who put this bike together tried to hide the kill switch, (i'm guessing it is since it fits the description)
http://s1006.photobucket.com/user/merry0331/media/P7070123-1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4
Thing is, this is my first bike (As expected from the title) and I happened to buy it second hand.
It was built and the man said the rear wheel wasn't running so he sold it to me at 200$ CAD.
I know a little about engines from reading all the How to trouble shoot and MUST READ threads on here.
But it seems, no where does it tell me actually how to operate this thing?
Everyone just seems to know like it's riding a bike?
here's some pic
1. What is what? It seems the clutch is the lever underneath the left hand side of the handle, I press it and it pulls the clutch plate outward.
What's the resetting thing? It's the trigger facing forward on left side when pressed, resets the gears back to 1. When I pull the clutch thing it goes from 1 to 2 and then to 3. No Idea what all these does.
2. The rear wheel won't move if I install the clutch pads. I can roll the wheel forward but it's very hard, when ever I move a few inches, it jerks forward and I can hear that engine sound when you're trying to hand start a lawn mower, That engine cranking sound before it turns on.
so i removed them since bike wouldnt budge with them on. I used break cleaners to clear out some grimes inside the large gear.
http://s1006.photobucket.com/user/merry0331/media/P7070120-1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=10
3. Is the oil I have it the right one? I bought a 5L regular gas from Esso that means if I put in 50 ml oil every 1L of gas (1:20) it should be ok?
4. Can I ride the bike without engine being reved up with it? like how a car free rolls when you have the clutch pressed. but i have no idea how this bike's clutch system works.
thanks for reading such a painfully obvious questions to you pros, I'm just a guy trying to get in to this.
I'm hoping to extend the stock exhaust pipe by wrapping a metal can stuffed with steel wool. would that make things quieter? or somehow cause engine failure due to failure to properly exhaust???
So how do I even get this thing operational? There's no manual anywhere. Do I just keep pedaling until I reach some speed and press some button and it happens?? But my bike's rear wheel won't even move when I try to move unless I take the clutch pads out??
so many questions...
oh by the way, the person who put this bike together tried to hide the kill switch, (i'm guessing it is since it fits the description)
http://s1006.photobucket.com/user/merry0331/media/P7070123-1.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4