I have a weird problem at hand here.
When I was riding my bike as a regular bike, i had the spring and suspension stuff set as it was out of the box. The rear triangle sat parallel to the ground. I had the seat up high so the pedals were in the right spot for my leg length. All was great
With the engine on there, I have the urge to keep the seat low, as I feel like i'm going to fall over with it up high. I would also like to be able to put a foot or two down at stops.
If i leave everything the way it was, but with the seat as low as it will go, the exhaust hits the seat and pedaling is horrible as expected. This is the first pic. The seat is in my trunk so its not in the shot.
In the second pic, i start to jack up the suspension. This gets the seat away from the engine and makes things feel a bit better. The problem here is that it makes the entire bike higher and i can't get on and off easily. Pedaling is still bad because the seat is low. The front forks are sort of straight up and down and i don't know if thats a problem or not.
My motorcycle instincts might be kicking in here, but it seems like i wanna make the suspension as low as it will go. This allows me to put the seat up more for pedaling, and give the front forks more of a rake. I was thinking of putting a 24" wheel on the back to help a little. The seat still hits the exhaust
Now that I've said all of this, I have no idea what I want to do. I guess I want to lessen the tipsy feeling I get by having the engine mounted up high.
Cruiser frame? My wallet says no. I thought about rotating the GEBE mount so that the engine rides way to the back and low to the ground.
Time for an EH025 or ECO4? :surrender:
When I was riding my bike as a regular bike, i had the spring and suspension stuff set as it was out of the box. The rear triangle sat parallel to the ground. I had the seat up high so the pedals were in the right spot for my leg length. All was great
With the engine on there, I have the urge to keep the seat low, as I feel like i'm going to fall over with it up high. I would also like to be able to put a foot or two down at stops.
If i leave everything the way it was, but with the seat as low as it will go, the exhaust hits the seat and pedaling is horrible as expected. This is the first pic. The seat is in my trunk so its not in the shot.
In the second pic, i start to jack up the suspension. This gets the seat away from the engine and makes things feel a bit better. The problem here is that it makes the entire bike higher and i can't get on and off easily. Pedaling is still bad because the seat is low. The front forks are sort of straight up and down and i don't know if thats a problem or not.
My motorcycle instincts might be kicking in here, but it seems like i wanna make the suspension as low as it will go. This allows me to put the seat up more for pedaling, and give the front forks more of a rake. I was thinking of putting a 24" wheel on the back to help a little. The seat still hits the exhaust
Now that I've said all of this, I have no idea what I want to do. I guess I want to lessen the tipsy feeling I get by having the engine mounted up high.
Cruiser frame? My wallet says no. I thought about rotating the GEBE mount so that the engine rides way to the back and low to the ground.
Time for an EH025 or ECO4? :surrender:
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