highwayman
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With the one piece engine mount that came with my 4-cycle frame mount kit, after mounting on the seat down tube first, there's about a one inch gap between the engine mount's front and the tube. The two brackets that came with it are identical and don't allow for any curvature of the frame, which is needed at the front but not necessarily at the back. I've seen a pic of the same engine mount on bicycle-engines.com but it has another piece to it and looks very adjustable. Their's looks like the same engine but mine is just the one piece mount. Should I drill a hole in my frame and mount one long, strong bolt thru the mount at the front and would it be sturdy enough using 2 or 4 bolts at the rear? I guess the 4-cycle mounts are somewhat different than the 2-cycle ones. My bike is a new Schwinn Point Beach cruiser. Pretty much the same frame style as a million other cruisers.
For anyone thinking of putting a frame mount engine on a new model Schwinn cruiser bike, the one piece motor mount is actually about 2 inches too short, not just one inch like I earlier stated. You'll have to get the 2 piece adjustable motor mount. You might ask the dealer which one is included since most pics are thumbnail size and you can't tell. I actually did ask that question but never got a reply, so here I am with a mount that won't work. And BEWARE BEWARE buying anything from revolutioncycles.us. It is almost guaranteed to be a bad experience. Once he gets your money, that's it.