Picked up this beauty for $5

Picked this bike up for $5 and am going to convert it to a boardtrack/cruiser type ride. The engine for it is a 2-cycle Lawnboy 5HP. It is a 24" bike. It will have: 24x3" tires, front drum brake, leaf spring suspension and a manually controlled continious variable ratio drive setup.

I am a good ways along on this project but no pictures taken(I'll get on that aASAP). shed2 014.jpg
 
Wow.

When I saw the first pic, I was going, "A boardtrack type outta a girl's bike? Eh?"

Then I saw the work you'd done to make a whole new frame. Mad skills.

Man, I have to learn how to fab!
 
Wow is right! James, the guys on the tractor forum love those lawnboys. Looks great.

I threw the engine to take some measurements(crank/pedal clearance. I can only go by the sound of this Lawnboy engine but it sounds like one BAD ANIMAL!
 

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Changed intake manifold and carb starts easy now.
 

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Thats sweet! Im also making a 2 stroke lawnmower bike, but with an old tecumseh commercial model. 140cc, removed governor, sealed off EGR tube, it'll be pretty fast i think. (5 gears). The only problem im having is that since the carb is mounted differently to make it horizontal, it is on the bottom of the engine. So it can be hard to start cold when left for a few days because of having to draw fuel upwards.
 
:whistle:i like that oldschool half pitch chainring :whistle: looking good! at least its a rideable chopper :ROFLMAO:
 
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