Duck, Duck, Mongoose.

I have finally settled on my next bike. It's a steel frame Mongoose Creekside. This bikes sole purpose will be speed and R&D. I've had this bike for some time and have already replaced all the bearings with sealed cartridges in the headset and bottom bracket. It had brand new everything as I had just rebuilt the bike before I stumbled upon this motorized bicycle craze.
This bike is going to be the recipient of the Dio Reed Sleeved Stroker Engine I'm building. The Jack shaft kit has been ordered along with another Oko carb. The rear rack is going and the seat is getting lowered and pulled back.
Going get rid of the suspension forks and go with a set of 30" triple trees forks with clip on bars. I'm still undecided about the gas tank but I'm sure I'll think of something and change my mind 10 times long before then. This build isnt in a rush to finish as I still have really never finished the Rambler yet and need to finish up the lighting system I have for it. And im also getting married for the first time in October and I have lots to do before the wedding. I will however keep the build updated as it progresses.

 

[GreasyChris]

God Damn that is nice as f***. Put a axle tug on the right side cause your gonna need it.

Hey Gary I'm curious if you've had to replace the shift cables on the nuvinci hub? Looks to be pretty straight forward. The cables that came with my hub are frayed and to short and the wrong color lol. I guess this is where I should probably read the manual hahaha

 

[GreasyChris]

Well I'm getting closer to finishing, I have a few little electrical things to do yet and then disassemble everything for prep and paint then final assembly.

 

[Vikingimike01]

Looks very nice!

 

[Randall]

The whole reason for the WCC bike was because the whole bike was cheaper than a new set of forks for the mongoose. These WCC forks are huge at 29&1/2" long with 37.5mm tubes and a 1&1/8 steer tube at 9&1/2 long and threadless. Decided to kinda do a first mock up of what the bike may look like.View attachment 89539View attachment 89540View attachment 89541

Did that head come with that engine?

 

[Randall]

Great point. It might also want a colder b8 plug instead of a b6.

Yes, I had great success with that B8 plug. Good choice.

 

[Randall]

Well the wedding is over and I've officially been married for just about 2 weeks now.
The bike is starting to come together. I need to weld on some caliper brackets and mount the brakes and install brake and shifter and clutch cables. I also need to hide the wiring for the lights and make a box to hide the batteries and fuse panel and flashers and other electrical gear. And I need to make a new stinger for the pipe and reroute it in a different direction. Then tear it all down and paint before final assembly.
Now that the wedding is over I will have alot more time to dedicate to building this bike and then redoing the Rambler before spring.
The nitrous kit arrived last month as well however I don't think it will be tested until this engine gets a few runs in.
Here are a few pics of my progress. Nothing is really final yet.
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[GreasyChris]

Did that head come with that engine?

No the head is a Tomos/Puch 70cc hi-hi head from treatland. I think it was about 30 bucks. It needs a little bit of modifying to work.

 

[GreasyChris]

Thanks

 

[Randall]

No the head is a Tomos/Puch 70cc hi-hi head from treatland. I think it was about 30 bucks. It needs a little bit of modifying to work.

Oh, cool.

 

[GreasyChris]

its been awhile but i am 95% finished the bike. i have a few little things to do like mount and install the dash cam and im waiting for a mount for my nitrous and my axle tugs, both should be here tomorrow or monday. after that it will just be a matter of waiting for a decent dry day to taake it out for a test run. also im waiting for my tach wich should also be here in the next few days. im probably going to start anew thread with all the final specs but heres a sneak peek at the new build.