Hello guys you can call me irate , i live in detroit michigan and i obtained a grubee skyhawk engine on a garbage picked beach cruizer about 3 years ago.My buddy bought the kit and picked the bike out the garbage never even got it started due to it coming broken then after it sat for like 6 months he moved and decided to just give it to me.I had allot of fun on it for about 2 days then bolts started snapping , i replaced 80% of my bolts with good grade 8 stuff.Then my clutch cable broke then my throttle cable.Then bearings in wheels went i replaced them.then the chain broke replaced it.I went to grainger to get a higher quality chain that was mentiond here but it would not fit so i am just using the reg chain ( 410 or something? ).The chain tensioner gave way after that followed by petcock arm breaking.I was jobless at the timeso the bike went to the garage and sat for a year now i am working and i want to get it back up and running again.So i am coming here trying to get help assembling a parts list with links,I would love the help of you guys in doing this.so here goes
1. i want to hear the motor fire up before i dive to deep.For i need to replace the chain tensionor . i would like to stay awat from that nylon p.o.s it came with if i can help it.u[pon putting this back together i want quality stuff.So the first thing i ask for is a link to a good tensioner or a parts i can make my own.
2.My cables are toast throttle and clutch the wheels i have now are 26 inch old beach cruiser wheels.I plan on goign to disc/drum.It had a coaster brake on it but i removed it when re building back wheel so i was not using any brakes.i would like to go hydrolic levers to avoid cables on clutch not sure if that is possable or not throttle i assume has to be cable.being as i am goign disc/drum i may need a DUAL action lever or something? any tips/advice wonderfull again any links to cable set up would be greatly appreciated.
Once cables and tensioner are out the way i should be able to atleast get her started from here is my next main concern.
WHEELS!
3.So i went through bearings twice now using good grease and re greasing after 100 or so miles.This is not a big deal but i would really like to get one of set ups that the sprocket bolts right to the hub vs spokes.I would be willing to assemble the wheels but not something i am gung ho about.So again a link to a solid set of 26 or maybe 24 inch wheels with disc/rum brakes and hub that the sprocket can mount to would be excellent.
once these things are taken care of i can move forward help with this three things would be great i am un organsied and can get confused semi easly so a lisat of these 3-5 things would make it easier for me.ThANKS in advance your time is greatly appreciated.
back tracking a bit i had so much fun with this thing i rode it all winter through snow i called it " snow bogging " i would look for places were snow wasnt shovled and see how far i could get LOL
1. i want to hear the motor fire up before i dive to deep.For i need to replace the chain tensionor . i would like to stay awat from that nylon p.o.s it came with if i can help it.u[pon putting this back together i want quality stuff.So the first thing i ask for is a link to a good tensioner or a parts i can make my own.
2.My cables are toast throttle and clutch the wheels i have now are 26 inch old beach cruiser wheels.I plan on goign to disc/drum.It had a coaster brake on it but i removed it when re building back wheel so i was not using any brakes.i would like to go hydrolic levers to avoid cables on clutch not sure if that is possable or not throttle i assume has to be cable.being as i am goign disc/drum i may need a DUAL action lever or something? any tips/advice wonderfull again any links to cable set up would be greatly appreciated.
Once cables and tensioner are out the way i should be able to atleast get her started from here is my next main concern.
WHEELS!
3.So i went through bearings twice now using good grease and re greasing after 100 or so miles.This is not a big deal but i would really like to get one of set ups that the sprocket bolts right to the hub vs spokes.I would be willing to assemble the wheels but not something i am gung ho about.So again a link to a solid set of 26 or maybe 24 inch wheels with disc/rum brakes and hub that the sprocket can mount to would be excellent.
once these things are taken care of i can move forward help with this three things would be great i am un organsied and can get confused semi easly so a lisat of these 3-5 things would make it easier for me.ThANKS in advance your time is greatly appreciated.
back tracking a bit i had so much fun with this thing i rode it all winter through snow i called it " snow bogging " i would look for places were snow wasnt shovled and see how far i could get LOL
