Hello From Dallas, TX

Easiest way to see one go is to go on to You Tube.

I have watched tons of videos in the last few days... but seeing a real live motor bike... one I can touch.. still waiting...

Thanks for the tool advice and the encouragement. I'm hoping the DE is simple enough for me. Today I found out that it won't be shipped with the engine in place and I'll have to put in a whole four allen head bolts. I have the worlds largest allen head set, but DE says they send me one to do the job.

Oh gosh, thinking about having one of these for my own just gets me all happy inside... back to reading. (I sure hope some of this is sinking in, I feel like I'm back in college).

Pepper
 
Hi Pepper, I'm pretty new myself. This past Monday was my first ride on a motored bike.
but I'm definitely impressed. I got a happy time two-stroke, so we're talking about a different drivetrain. But it sounds like yours is even simpler. Anyway, it was not really very hard at all. And it seems to be very reliable. and terriffically fun. I ride slowly and gently for fear that the bike/engine should not be slammed on the road. I carry a handfull of tools. You will not be sorry. And though I don't consider myself an authority (yet) I will offer the advice that you just ride slow. I have a feeling that speed kills these things.

I'm likely to have photos of my ride posted today. So keep an eye out. And have fun. So long.
 
Welcome to MBc. With a 1.5" roller, you will probably have to pedal a bit to start off, and to go up hills. If you live in a relatively flat area (I understand that Texas has places like that), you should be fine. Your top speed will probably be in the 20 - 25 mph range.
 
Slide off to the Rack Mounted Drive Train Section of the forum. Demus with DE stops off on occasion to exchange and you can find out a lot on friction(scrubber) drives. The all weather wheel should NOT be used on dry pavement as tire life will be short. If you get a wooden roller, don't popo it. I am not a small person, and the durn thing works. I have had mine with a 1.25 roller with a Tecumch 49cc 2 stroke over 30 MPH out here on the Llano.
See ya in the Rack Mounted section!
 
Welcome Pepper. Yeah another DFW rider! I'll be converting to Rack mount soon. Saberwalt is in Hurst and has a rack mount also. If you need extra fingers, tools, or someone to go riding with drop me a line. Last weekend I hauled my bike to Midlothian and got lost on some farm roads, it was beautiful.

Glad you are here.
 
Hi Pepper!!! Welcome to the board. If you can plumb and wire your house you can do motored bikes! The public library should have bike maintenance books, and perhaps a small gas engine book so you can get some basic knowledge of maintenance, preventative maintenance, and repair work.
I look foward to reading of your adventures...
Rif
 
Hi Pepper!!! Welcome to the board. If you can plumb and wire your house you can do motored bikes! The public library should have bike maintenance books, and perhaps a small gas engine book so you can get some basic knowledge of maintenance, preventative maintenance, and repair work.
I look foward to reading of your adventures...
Rif

I appreciate the encouragement, but right now all I am is DIScouraged. Got the bike today. Let's say I'm not at all happy and I certainly am no where near actually using it since I can't figure out how to put it together. I mean it when I say I am not mechanically inclined. Apparently electrical and plumbing make sense to my pea brain, engines and putting stuff together...well, I'm clueless.

Having zilcho experience doesn't help. I can't even get the handlebars on as all the cables are in the way. Can't get it to the stem position where it would be usable.

I must say I am shocked the most that there were NO written instructions on how to put this thing together or on how to actually use the drive system (rollers, engagement lever, kill switch, throttle, riding guidelines. etc) . Sure there is your standard manufacturer manual for the bike and for the engine, but that stuff is so generic as to almost be useless and once you take out all the lines of text in other languages, you don't have that much info.

There are some other issues, but I won't post them till I've given Dimension Edge a chance to straighten them out.

Sorry if this sounds so negative. Was anyone else this lost and confused when they actually got their first motored bike?

And yep, I am a girl and yep I have cried today over the sheer frustration over this bike.

Pepper
 
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