Finally got it right!

[RollingStones]

From the angle of the picture they looked a bit different but I looked in your album titled Red Hornet and it seems like they are just kind of a low type of ape hangers right? I like the angle at which they come down a lot.

 

[Scootmeister]

Hi again Rolling Stones. The bars are Wald, you can get them from a lot of different bike part warehouses. I think the model # is 220 or 202 or 022. You just have to look at the configurations and pick the one you like. I think they were called high rise or something similar. They were about $20 five years ago. I hope this helps. And LR, I just modified the carb with a cone air cleaner. Had to up-jet as a result. You know the old saying, the thigh bone's connected to the knee bone and all that.

 

[Fabian]

Shimano disc ready hubs with 205mm discs and Avid calipers provide plenty of stopping power.

A good set of disk brakes is the most important part of a motorised bicycle setup.

The Sick Bike Parts shift kit is the key that makes this setup work, it is worth every Penney of the cost. My congrats to Jim and Pablo for a job well done on this design.

Motorised bicycles are a fairly useless mode of transport unless fitted with a shift kit. Only then do they become a real alternative to walking.

The latest improvement has been the addition of a LED head light and LED tail light. Both are very bright and are driven by two lighting coils I wound and mounted to the Huasheng.

I would like to see pics of your home made lighting coils attached to the engine.

 

[butre]

bicycle shifters are too clunky and unreliable for my bike

 

[Scootmeister]

I'll try to get you a photo of the coils tomorrow, Fabian. There are two coils wired in series to boost the voltage. I'm guessing the LED headlight pulls 250ma and the tail light/brake light pulls another 200ma. The output is low compared to a motorcycle because the magnets on the HS flywheel are pretty weak and there are only two of them compared to the 6 earth magnets on my Sachs magneto. But the lights are bright and white.

 

[Fabian]

bicycle shifters are too clunky and unreliable for my bike

I have found the the SRAM twist shifters/grip shifters have proven to be an ergonomically friendly and surprisingly reliable method of gear shifting.
The trigger shifter system is a completely useless method in both a motorised application and also for use with a convention bicycle.

Once you have made the switch to twist grip shifters, you will never go back to trigger shifters, and if you then do ride a bike with trigger shifters, you'll be cursing the things for every minute of the ride.

 

[Scootmeister]

You are spot on, Fabian. The better indexed shifters are easy to adjust and are pretty much bullet proof if you maintain them. I have a Shimano grip shift on this bike now, but will go back to the vintage Schwinn Krate stick shifter soon. I like the way Shimano engineered the bell crank on their 3 speed hubs. You simply put the twist grip in 2nd gear and adjust the cable until the green marker is centetered in the window and you are good to go. I have about 2000 miles on this hub and only had to replace the center core after it sat in salty water duing hurricane Irene. I took the wheel off and my bike shop replaced the whole shebang for $90.

 

[Fabian]

I don't have any experience with internally geared hubs, but my preference for the SRAM 1:1 system (in a rear derailleur application) is the reduced indexing error with a 1:1 system.
The Shimano 2:1 system is more sensitive to shift error from cable stretch and cable stiction than the SRAM 1:1 system.

 

[Scootmeister]

I was going to replace my Poo Poo pipe with a SuperTrapp muffler, but decided that would be overkill on a non-racing MB. Today I got a Phantom Custom Pipe in the mail and slapped her on. It came with a billet machined end cap, a nice aluminum mounting clamp, and was wrapped in beige fiberglass to keep one from burning a leg since the pipe is a little high. The pipe installed with the SBP shift kit mount, and it was well made. I took the bike out this afternoon and the sound and the performance exceeded my expectations. Since it is glass packed it has a deep "Cherry Bomb" sound to it that screams "Hey, I'm having a blast" not "Hey, I'm obnoxiously loud". In a couple of days I'll be installing a metal locking tool kit for my emergency tools, a couple of zip ties, and a spare plug, just in case. This pipe is well worth the considerable cost compared to kit pipes. It's made better, it looks better, and it definitely sounds better. Now that I know how this thing works, I can't see why anyone would not go with a shift arrangement and the upgrades to the Huasheng (high flow air filter, bigger jet, and unrestricted pipe).