Favorite places to ride?

[SEGACDX]

I like riding the canal banks, it's like our own Autobahn.
The bike lanes on the wandering divided roads between towns are nice too.

But I grew up with dirt bikes and lived on the edge of town so my backyard was open desert ;-}
MB's that can take some off-road are cool.

This Surley built from the frame up to be mountain goat.

It was jack-shafted to retain the back disc and the geared way down with a big sprocket on the right.

It was build for off-roading and it liked it ;-}

It could be beat that pretty hard just 'test riding', but not as hard as the MotoPed.

That's the king. Basically a motorcycle with pedals also built from the bare frame up.

88cc 4-stroke power and really HD frame.

The Surley as good sized well equipped bike, but MotoPed was considerably beefier and a softtail

Anyway, the parts exist for an offroad MB, but they don't come cheap.

I've always wanted a MotoPed but they are much to expensive for me. I do however have an oil-cooled 140CC Lifan from a pit bike, This one: http://www.pccmotor.com/lifan-140cc-engine-motor--oil-coo.html that would work perfect for one if I have the money for the kit. I used to also have a VERY nice 29" with Front shocks, front Disk-brake and Rear V-Brake that got stolen from my workplace due to employer negligence, with one of the best kits I ever had. All black hex bolts, even the studs where the same high strength metal, Speed carburetor, Expansion muffler, Huge 4L gas tank, 4 hole chain tensioner and a nice thick 41 tooth sprocket best bang I ever got for a kit. I sure miss that thing I used to ride it absolutely everywhere including off-road and on the trails. Anyways those are two fine looking builds, you've done a fantastic job making them look good and I'm sure they ride great too!

Also a link to the bike I used for that build: http://tinyurl.com/jc2eqxk

It's one of my favorites because of the front disc read v-brake with front shocks setup, the only downside is to absolutely need an offset intake, the universal frame adapter with the bigger U-bends the stock one will not fit and you have to rotate the slant head to it's facing forwards. It's very similar to the Surley minus the Shift kit and the rear Disc brake.

 

[bakaneko]

For me, it will be a nice curvy country road with mountains in the backdrop on a well paved road with no cracks and potholes. Not an off-road fan. As you might know we don't really have great road suspension and literally I feel like every bump in the road even with lower PSI tires and front fork. It kinda sucks tbh. And, the fact that we have to ride in the side of the road where most of the cracks and rocks resides... It is a small price to pay to enjoy the bikes, but you know just complaining...

 

[KCvale]

I've always wanted a MotoPed but they are much to expensive for me.
I do however have an oil-cooled 140CC Lifan from a pit bike, This one: http://www.pccmotor.com/lifan-140cc-engine-motor--oil-coo.html that would work perfect for one if I have the money for the kit.

Ya, the MotoPed is an expensive frame and parts kit, but really great parts for $2K.

I bought the engine on a whim and decided no regular bike frame could take it and that's when I found the MotoPed frame and thought what heck, I'll try it ;-}

Anyways those are two fine looking builds, you've done a fantastic job making them look good and I'm sure they ride great too!

Thanks for the Kudos.
You can take the Boy out of the Desert, but you can't take Desert out of the Boy ;-}

I messed with Fat Tire off-road bikes too.
The Sun Crusher was fun.

It loved the desert.

That's my back yard ;-}

And even took on a 4+" Dolomite fat tire.

Had to go electric shifter, but 980W of pure power would really move the thing, it was just awkward to ride.

I have since found a 4-stroke shifter with 3" tires to be ideal for on-off road use.

The Desert Boy is very happy with this new design ;-}

 

[SEGACDX]

For me, it will be a nice curvy country road with mountains in the backdrop on a well paved road with no cracks and potholes. Not an off-road fan. As you might know we don't really have great road suspension and literally I feel like every bump in the road even with lower PSI tires and front fork. It kinda sucks tbh. And, the fact that we have to ride in the side of the road where most of the cracks and rocks resides... It is a small price to pay to enjoy the bikes, but you know just complaining...

My bike has no suspension at all which honestly sucks. I'd like to find a new bike with Front suspension for cheap on craigslist. I just enjoy the joy of having my bike tuned and leak free for a bit in the nice trails around my area, well until something breaks inevitably and I have to fix it or have to find and pull apart used engines like in my resent case with my camshafts clutch arm snapping off. I find what helps with a better ride is better tires, rims, freshly packed bearings, bigger wheels like 29" instead of 26" and of course good front suspension, if your really lucky full suspension.