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Hi ya'll, I'm new here.
I am putting a 49cc on an Onyx 29" WWorld bike. They're actually getting scarce. I bought it from Dax, and told him I don't really care to go fast. I intend to use it under 20mph around here. It's illegal but the cops in this town put up with a lot if you're not trying to act like a racer/motorcyclist.
I started riding motorcycles in 1971 and sold my Roadstar a few weeks ago.
I've crashed a few times over the years but never got hospitalized (knock on wood), but the worst case of road rash and bruises I ever got was when I was a kid and crashed all tangled up in a 20" bike. Weak brakes, short wheelbase, high CG, no suspension, bicycles are spooky above 30, for me.
I ordered a 48" sprocket to fix the tall overall gearing the 29" rims would have had, and to help it pull my heavy butt up the railroad overpass between me and my convenient store. I'm just going to be a bicyclist that pedals very little. I bought a bell bike helmet (cops love that) even though I rode m/c's bare headed all those years.
Drug dazed, texting drivers are the threat, the helmet seems like a good idea on a bicycle that moves a little quicker than they expect.
I just wish I could figure out a way to quiet down the engine. Engine noise draws the cop's eye. I called the desk sergeant, he told me to go by bicycle rules and keep off the sidewalks and there shouldn't be a problem.
We'll see.