Schwinn Stingray build

[carrot_top]

these are the killswitch wires?

it doesn't matter, cause they just ground the circuit to the frame.

nice looking bike, btw.

so i just solder one to the wite wire and ground the other to the frame?

 

[carrot_top]

ok, carb turned the right way around..

gas tank will probably have to be zip tied on....cant find anything i could use/make from what i have lying around, and drilling the frame isnt an option....

as for the exhaust..it hits the bottom bracket....ill just have my friend bring over his blowtorch...just heat it up and bend the pipe a little until it doesent hit....

 

[eltatertoto]

why is drilling not an opiton? i used molly bolts..

 

[carrot_top]

why is drilling not an opiton? i used molly bolts..

just trying to avoid drilling as much as possible....but as far as i can tell, from the matarials i have on hand, zip tying seems to be the only option next to drilling....

well....what options would i have if i bolted through the frame? And im not sure ill be able to both through the front part of the top tube due to the large metal flange...i dont have a dril bit that long....

 

[mikaleno]

just trying to avoid drilling as much as possible....but as far as i can tell, from the matarials i have on hand, zip tying seems to be the only option next to drilling....

well....what options would i have if i bolted through the frame? And im not sure ill be able to both through the front part of the top tube due to the large metal flange...i dont have a dril bit that long....

Everything I tried to hold the tank on the OCC failed at some point, (for me anyways). So I braised mounts on. I self-taped a bolt on the front and used a nut & bolt on the back.

If worse comes to worse ship me the tank and I'll do it for you.

 

[carrot_top]

thats actually a pretty good idea.....too bad i dont have any of the tools to do something like that......maybe if i can find some long, thin strips of metal...i could wrap those around the frame like how the stock mount would work.....similar to that flimsy little mount that comes with the kit (im guessing its for the ignition box)....just bigger...

i still have a while before i will get it running (still need different sprocket and chain...) so ill have some time to ponder over different ideas

 

[carrot_top]

More progress.....had a friend come over today to do some soldering...and i also torched the exhaust and bent it so it clears the BB and cranks.....

all thats left is the gas tank as far as modding goes....

and i found a local place can carries the chain i need....and ill be ordering the sproket soon as well...so ill probably have the bike running soon

 

[carrot_top]

well its almost together now....everything is mounted....all i need to do is put in the fuel line, and get that chain and sproket and it'll be ready to go...

i decided to do a temp mount with the tank anyway, just for the first few runs...once its broken in, ill make a more secure mount...

heres some pics of the progress

(the reason i took off the fender is because the chain would rub it....looks kinda better without it anyway.....ill probably put it back on tho...so i dont soak my backside if i run through some wet ground....

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k87/saleens7_01/IMGP2391.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k87/saleens7_01/IMGP2392.jpg

(you can see the discoloration from where i took the torch to the exhaust)

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k87/saleens7_01/IMGP2393.jpg

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k87/saleens7_01/IMGP2394.jpg

 

[mikaleno]

You can also loosen the screws holding the fender and push it over or bend it a little like I did.

 

[carrot_top]

You can also loosen the screws holding the fender and push it over or bend it a little like I did.

i tried that...but the mount that the fender attaches to only allows for forward anf backward adjustment....not side to side