Can anyone ID this bicycle. Is it a a good bike to build on?

[bigkev81]

Hi guys and girls

I am currently planning to try and install an engine kit myself on a chopper style bicycle.
I have found one close by that I am thinking of buying, but there aren't many details about the bike so I can't google any specs on it.

Can anyone ID the type of bike this is? And do you think its a viable candidate for a hassle free installation?

Thanks
Kevin

 

[Frankenstein]

http://www.autostyle.co.za/chopper-harley-style-bicycle.html

http://m.bidorbuy.co.za/item/188255999/HARLEY_CHOPPER_STYLE_BICYCLE_FIXED_GEAR_BIKE.html

It's mostly a ghost product.

 

[crassius]

you'll need an offset motor mount and unusual rear sprocket since circumference of rear wheel is small

you may also have difficulty convincing a cop that it is a bicycle rather than a motorcycle

got one in back yard I repaired 5 years ago and guy never came back to pick it up

 

[bigkev81]

Thanks people

As long as I can source those partss online, I don't mind.
I have always loved Harley Davidsons, so this won't be ridden as often. My beach cruiser will be my daily rider. The chopper will be painted and airbushed to become a prized possession I add to my collection. I may ride it on the rare occasion when I want to turn heads, hahah. Well maybe the heads of the kids, and the big boys who never grew up and still love their toys
But for the rest of its life it will be in my living room as a display piece.
Man I'm queer, lol, no wonder my friends think I'm a weirdo lol

 

[Frankenstein]

Thanks people

As long as I can source those partss online, I don't mind.
I have always loved Harley Davidsons, so this won't be ridden as often. My beach cruiser will be my daily rider. The chopper will be painted and airbushed to become a prized possession I add to my collection. I may ride it on the rare occasion when I want to turn heads, hahah. Well maybe the heads of the kids, and the big boys who never grew up and still love their toys
But for the rest of its life it will be in my living room as a display piece.
Man I'm queer, lol, no wonder my friends think I'm a weirdo lol

Not so weird you don't have friends, and I would assume enough skill to get new ones and monopolize on it.

Anywho, the bike pictured is definitely not a schwinn, it's a copy cat, a very good looking one I may add, on the theme of chopper style bikes. I also saw this on Craigslist earlier this month, at 575, it's very tempting.

 

[bigkev81]

Well, I pulled thre trigger and I bought it. I bid on it on ebay and luckily enough I won it for the starting bid price.
Going off the links that Frankenstein posted, it looks like this bike retails for $475AUD brand new.
I got mine for $160AUD and its still in pretty good nick.
Apparently the guys son only rode it few times and then he got interested in Go-karts. And he decided to sell the bike since he needed to by a Go-kart trailer. So lucky me.

I just picked it up and I love it. Even as is, I think it looks beautiful. Man I wish I had a real Harley, lol

 

[Frankenstein]

Just a tad over 1 and a half kermits? Damn willing to ship it here to the Americas for a small price up? That's a beautiful bike!

 

[Frankenstein]

Oh and on the word of display peices and weirdos, my wife works at a local but large scale supermarket, the manager of the store put his schwinn lowrider all decked out in chrome and dripping with fancy add-ons (seriously some kinda museum piece at that point) right on top of the seasonal isle as a display piece for the store. If anyone has a weirdo ego boost issue, it's that guy. I couldn't see him spending less than 3 grand on it...

 

[JunkyardDog]

That is a close copy of the now defunct Chinese made Schwinn Sting Ray. I hop it is built better than the Schwinn. I've seen the frame on those break without a motor. The metal is paper thin and the welds are weak. Many have been motorized, I don't know how many of them have broke.

I have been searching for a Giant Stiletto on Craigslist for years. Staton makes a motor kit specifically for them.

 

[Frankenstein]

That is a close copy of the now defunct Chinese made Schwinn Sting Ray. I hop it is built better than the Schwinn. I've seen the frame on those break without a motor. The metal is paper thin and the welds are weak. Many have been motorized, I don't know how many of them have broke.

I have been searching for a Giant Stiletto on Craigslist for years. Staton makes a motor kit specifically for them.

Well for 575 and a trip to a place about 45 miles north of Philly and it's yours lol