The title may be a bit misleading. No this isnt an XK8, E-type Coupe, or F-type roadster. It is a Schwinn.
The story of this bike dates back to my 13/14th birthday when i wanted a "50's bike". Found this particular bike at target, fell in love with it and soon after was given to me for my age turning ceremony by my father. As the years progressed, the bike didnt see much ride time, I had taken an interest in anouther form of bike culture-BMX.
Fast forward to Summer 2015, I had just turned 20 years of age, and went to visit my best friend (known since we were 5/6) after he had moved in to his new apartment on the edge of North Carolina State University's Centinnial Campus. As i walked up to his room, i noticed that his neighbor had a bike with a small engine on it chained to the railing. Later that night, while shooting the sh!t, we got on the subject of the neighbors bike. Whipping out my phone i surfed google and later stumbled upon BikeBerry.com and after about a day or two of contemplating I had a MegaMotors 66/80cc 2-Stoke engine on the way.
A month passed and the engine was nowhere. After annoying the hell out of bikeberry, they informed me that some of the parts were out of stock and it would arrive shortly. 3 weeks later it was on my doorstep. The next week was spent mounting the engine to the Jaguar frame. Once everything was mounted and no parts were left, i took it out for a test run. After a few coughs, it fired to life. I let the bike sit for a day or two and tried to start it again. No dice. I then noticed that i had my wires backwards and did a spark test. No spark. A trip to ebay resulted in a new CDI and Magneto loop set.
Fast forward to today (Nov. 28, 2015) and my father and i loaded up the bike, took it to his auto shop, and tried to get it running. We did a spark test and were confirmed that it was getting spark. We took it for a test ride and it coughed to life but it didnt have much power and didnt crank again. He told me to check the plug and sure enough, it was soaked. We determined that the bike was flooding and that i incorrectly mixed the fuel and oil resulting in too much oil.
After the bike is running, it will be used for recreation and for transportation. I am (hopefully) planning to move into the same apartment complex as my friend and will use the bike to make the 2-4 mile trip to work and back occasionally as well as going to grocery store or coffee shop.
P.S. We never did figure out who's bike the neighbors was, even the people who live there dont know. It will just appear and disappear at random intervals in time....
Now for some pictures. The red bike in the later pictures is a Huffy that my father acquired from someone. We are unsure the size of the engine.
The story of this bike dates back to my 13/14th birthday when i wanted a "50's bike". Found this particular bike at target, fell in love with it and soon after was given to me for my age turning ceremony by my father. As the years progressed, the bike didnt see much ride time, I had taken an interest in anouther form of bike culture-BMX.
Fast forward to Summer 2015, I had just turned 20 years of age, and went to visit my best friend (known since we were 5/6) after he had moved in to his new apartment on the edge of North Carolina State University's Centinnial Campus. As i walked up to his room, i noticed that his neighbor had a bike with a small engine on it chained to the railing. Later that night, while shooting the sh!t, we got on the subject of the neighbors bike. Whipping out my phone i surfed google and later stumbled upon BikeBerry.com and after about a day or two of contemplating I had a MegaMotors 66/80cc 2-Stoke engine on the way.
A month passed and the engine was nowhere. After annoying the hell out of bikeberry, they informed me that some of the parts were out of stock and it would arrive shortly. 3 weeks later it was on my doorstep. The next week was spent mounting the engine to the Jaguar frame. Once everything was mounted and no parts were left, i took it out for a test run. After a few coughs, it fired to life. I let the bike sit for a day or two and tried to start it again. No dice. I then noticed that i had my wires backwards and did a spark test. No spark. A trip to ebay resulted in a new CDI and Magneto loop set.
Fast forward to today (Nov. 28, 2015) and my father and i loaded up the bike, took it to his auto shop, and tried to get it running. We did a spark test and were confirmed that it was getting spark. We took it for a test ride and it coughed to life but it didnt have much power and didnt crank again. He told me to check the plug and sure enough, it was soaked. We determined that the bike was flooding and that i incorrectly mixed the fuel and oil resulting in too much oil.
After the bike is running, it will be used for recreation and for transportation. I am (hopefully) planning to move into the same apartment complex as my friend and will use the bike to make the 2-4 mile trip to work and back occasionally as well as going to grocery store or coffee shop.
P.S. We never did figure out who's bike the neighbors was, even the people who live there dont know. It will just appear and disappear at random intervals in time....
Now for some pictures. The red bike in the later pictures is a Huffy that my father acquired from someone. We are unsure the size of the engine.
