Hey everyone,
I'm Brad and I just got ahold of my first engine. I've had dreams of attaching some kind of motor/engine to a bike for probably over 10 years now, and due in part to browsing this forum on a wild whim I decided to bite the bullet and make it happen.
I'm pretty excited about it in general, and am eager to get it set up before I leave my home town for school again. I'm fortunate to live right on a harbor with a long road that goes along it, and not very far from the beach either. Both are pretty bike accessible, and getting to just go and cruise along should be a lot of fun.
I've been riding motorcycles since I was a kid, got licensed for it when I was 16, and drove one of those for a few years. Sold her off for college, and now I'm looking for something a little more..portable. The thought of using it to get from class-to-class doesn't hurt, either.
That said, I've got a question for you guys that's driving me crazy. I've attached everything to the rear tire, but it looks like the chain is gonna dig into my frame in a pretty quick/obvious way.
My current assembly, from a rear-view of the bike going left-to-right, is:
Sprocket-Metal Brackets-Rubber-Spokes-Rubber-Metal Brackets
At this point I cursed myself for going with the manual, thinking that if I'd just turned the sprocket the other way, I wouldn't have this problem. But, I'm sure that's for a reason, right? So, I did some investigation and it's fairly inconclusive..
What're your opinions? My options seem to be removing the left-most metal brackets, the left-most metal brackets AND the rubber, or reversing the sprocket so that the teeth are facing the inside and not the outside(it has kind of a dish shape).
Thanks alot, for being the motivation to finally do this, and for any help you can offer.
I'm Brad and I just got ahold of my first engine. I've had dreams of attaching some kind of motor/engine to a bike for probably over 10 years now, and due in part to browsing this forum on a wild whim I decided to bite the bullet and make it happen.
I'm pretty excited about it in general, and am eager to get it set up before I leave my home town for school again. I'm fortunate to live right on a harbor with a long road that goes along it, and not very far from the beach either. Both are pretty bike accessible, and getting to just go and cruise along should be a lot of fun.
I've been riding motorcycles since I was a kid, got licensed for it when I was 16, and drove one of those for a few years. Sold her off for college, and now I'm looking for something a little more..portable. The thought of using it to get from class-to-class doesn't hurt, either.
That said, I've got a question for you guys that's driving me crazy. I've attached everything to the rear tire, but it looks like the chain is gonna dig into my frame in a pretty quick/obvious way.
My current assembly, from a rear-view of the bike going left-to-right, is:
Sprocket-Metal Brackets-Rubber-Spokes-Rubber-Metal Brackets
At this point I cursed myself for going with the manual, thinking that if I'd just turned the sprocket the other way, I wouldn't have this problem. But, I'm sure that's for a reason, right? So, I did some investigation and it's fairly inconclusive..
What're your opinions? My options seem to be removing the left-most metal brackets, the left-most metal brackets AND the rubber, or reversing the sprocket so that the teeth are facing the inside and not the outside(it has kind of a dish shape).
Thanks alot, for being the motivation to finally do this, and for any help you can offer.