Noob with a frame candidtae question

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Justjoined and a Noob question regarding a bike type to make motorized. I found a Trek "Woody" with the spring-type old style front suspension. It is aluminum framed. $100

What i most want to avoid is grabbing a relatively cheap donor bike to add a motor to and find out it is not at all an easy conversion.

Does any one have any experience with this frame? The weird hump for me mentally to overcome is matching FRAME- To - ENGINE - buying them separately, and installing with little to less major issues. Also with an aluminum frame - simple welding to overcome small things becomes a bigger issue for me. The front down tube is fatter and dont want attachement problems with the front engine clamp.

Thanks for helping a noob like myself sniffing after this project in Portland!
 

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Welcome to the forum. Tubes look thick in the pic. Hey that rhymes I should copy write that. With some fabrication folks on here have managed to make a lot of stuff work. There's even bigger brackets you can buy if we're talkin HTs.
 
Thanks- yep getting used to forum terminology, but yes a HT motor will be added. Thanks. Still getting some info from the seller regarding frame size. But the style, suspension in front and a sprung seat helps. $100 aint too bad

Lots of decals...:sick:
 
I had the same questions about motorized bikes when I joined this forum. If you wanna go with a 4 stroke kit which are now legal pretty much everywhere compared to those 2 strokes, your frame should be 8 inches wide at most where the motor would mount and at least 9 1/2 inches from the bottom of where your mount would go to the top of the frame where the engine would sit. A typical HS 49cc 4 stroke engine is 10 (11 with the mount) inches from it's base to the top and around 7 or 8 inches wide from carburetor to exhaust. If you want a 4 stroke try to make a frame template out of cardboard that's 8 inches wide and 9 1/2 inches tall and place it in your frame to see if it would fit. If it don't fit in the frame then you could try a rear rack mounting option but that would mean sacrificing your rear rack.

P.S. I'm still technically a bit of a noob to as I have yet to acquire a motorized bike kit. I'm saving up for a Grubee 4 stroke kit tho. I have some experience with 2 stroke kits because I put one together back before they were outlawed in my state. It was a lemon of a kit so I sold it for parts to some guy on craigslist. Also check out YouTube. There's lots of how to videos about motorizing bikes.
 
Well the Trek was sold before I could get there. But I snagged a similar one for $90. Some olive paint, a front brake, wheel work , and HT engine kit, Blah , Blah , Bah. Off I go!!


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Well the Trek was sold before I could get there. But I snagged a similar one for $90. Some olive paint, a front brake, wheel work , and HT engine kit, Blah , Blah , Bah. Off I go!!


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I actually like that bike better than that Trek you almost got. Your size limits are probably going to be 2 strokes but if you can get a shop to cut that tube in the middle of the frame you might even be able to fit a 4 stroke. I like the looks of that bike tho. Nice lines and pretty sweet fenders and wheels. I like the red rims. The springer fork is pretty cool to. What's the make and name of that bike?
 
Thanks- I will just be headed towards a 2 cycle HT motor. So no frame cutting. It is a "generic" bike - The wheels say "Motiv, " the name on the bike is "The Realm" -

Wide enough at the dropouts, fenders, at least a comfy seat, front suspension. I am sure there will be lost on the recommendations check list I have seen that will need to happen.

Add front brake ( maybe an extra rear one too)
Zippy the spokes- re-grease the bearings
Re-Paint the frame
Re-work the fenders for some left side clearance
Lay back the to of the seat post
a rear rack
maybe sweep the handle bars a bit
Upgrade tires, add thicker liners, slime or PP tubes
Like to add F& R lighting ( I am in a "bike" town and being seen more is how I want to roll)
Maybe even figure out a brake light??
Twin leg stand
Then all the engine stuff.......and that alone is a list. Lots to study and learn about

Slowly but surely
 
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