agentjosh77
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First off, hello and good day. My name is Joshua Gilbreath and have recently become enamored with the idea of riding to class on a motorized bike. I am a college student on a very limited budget, although having the opportunity to liberty myself from my truck to get back and forth from class would feel amazing.
I have a mountain bike that I ride back and forth from class right now.
I would like to begin the process of converting it into a motorized bike.
The bike looks pretty much like this :
http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50227354/Mountain_Bike.jpg
The motorized bikes I have seen have been primarily cruisers. I understand this is because of the ease of mounting the engine in the opening in the frame.
The question that I have is what is the best way to mount an engine to the bike that I have? I have seen others create a bracket system behind and under the seat stabilized by supports rods running down to the rear hub.
These are the two engine kits I have been looking at:
http://www.gasbike.net/grubee-skyhawk-gt2b-48cc-black-finish-bicycle-engine-kit.html
http://www.gasbike.net/grubee-starf...covers-and-head-bicycle-motor-engine-kit.html
Well besides that I would love to hear everyone's input for a good course of action.
Thank you everyone for your help ahead of time. The motorized bike community looks to be a great place to be!
I have a mountain bike that I ride back and forth from class right now.
I would like to begin the process of converting it into a motorized bike.
The bike looks pretty much like this :
http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50227354/Mountain_Bike.jpg
The motorized bikes I have seen have been primarily cruisers. I understand this is because of the ease of mounting the engine in the opening in the frame.
The question that I have is what is the best way to mount an engine to the bike that I have? I have seen others create a bracket system behind and under the seat stabilized by supports rods running down to the rear hub.
These are the two engine kits I have been looking at:
http://www.gasbike.net/grubee-skyhawk-gt2b-48cc-black-finish-bicycle-engine-kit.html
http://www.gasbike.net/grubee-starf...covers-and-head-bicycle-motor-engine-kit.html
Well besides that I would love to hear everyone's input for a good course of action.
Thank you everyone for your help ahead of time. The motorized bike community looks to be a great place to be!