Can't believe I haven't seen one of these threads on here yet.... what are you guys getting??
On my old road bike with no shift kit, my tops was about 24mph.
The aluminium head gaskets are quite soft - you just need to re-torque the head studs after the first 50 and then 150 kilometers; keeping an eye on the stud tension every 800 kilometers after that!
Regardless of fuel type or mods, you get speed through gears.
Been doing that for years.
Just don't go faster than your brakes!
Or as long as you don't overgear! If you don't have the power to pull a tall gear them your defeating the purpose. Some think you can simply change your gears and go as fast as the gear allows. No so!
No worries Mike, hide sight is always 100%.Kc,
Read your post wrong. Thought you were talking about only changing drive gears and not an actual shifting gears. I should have taken your advice from the start and went with gears. Now I'm onto the next project(electric build)
Mike
Exactly, like anything you pick the gear you want for the current condition.Yep there is such a thing as over gearing where you go slower with a taller gear then a smaller one.
No worries Mike, hide sight is always 100%.
What some foresight for doing an Electric?
Gears.
I haven't build a single Electric direct drive and never will.
Heck, its not easier but it beats the hell out of any single speed hub motor drive.
If you sort my KC's Builds link and sort my Electric motor you will see what I mean.
http://kcsbikes.com/KCsBuilds.asp?motor=Electric&Drive=All
That will give you some foresight and the choice is up to your wallet.
Funny electrics come up just now, I am about to start on a ~1KW electric 7-speed shifting recumbent 'rocket sled' build but that is for another topic ;-}
I hope you build meets both your 'Wants and Needs' bud.Kc,
I budgeted $1k for the project it lets say was given $1k to see what I can build...
Might be pug king your brain now that I see you are building some sick electrics as well.
Mike