TWeatherford
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Hi all,
I am wanting to build a motor bike, my main reason for justifying the expenditure is that I would use it as a sole means of transportation this summer, and park my car. Right now it would be cool, but I need the car to get me some places, like two days ago when I drove over 560 miles on various necessary errands to two states. I spend my summers in Colorado on a guest ranch, and the bike would be a convenient. I got away by getting rides last summer, this summer I'd like to cruise around on my bike and be a little more independent. However, the ranch sits at 9,000 feet and town is 7,000 feet. I'd like to go into some of the higher country as well, for fun cruising (10,000 feet tops). Thats a lot of hill climbing, not very steep though, just a long slow gradual kind of deal. I was thinking, will the motor even run well at this altitude? My initial though was of course it will, since lawnmowers and weed eaters seem to run fine up there, but then I thought I might as well ask here anyway and make sure. I'm assuming I'd have to adjust the carb some to run right at that altitude, and may have to do some pedaling to help the little motor out, but what do you all think?
I am wanting to build a motor bike, my main reason for justifying the expenditure is that I would use it as a sole means of transportation this summer, and park my car. Right now it would be cool, but I need the car to get me some places, like two days ago when I drove over 560 miles on various necessary errands to two states. I spend my summers in Colorado on a guest ranch, and the bike would be a convenient. I got away by getting rides last summer, this summer I'd like to cruise around on my bike and be a little more independent. However, the ranch sits at 9,000 feet and town is 7,000 feet. I'd like to go into some of the higher country as well, for fun cruising (10,000 feet tops). Thats a lot of hill climbing, not very steep though, just a long slow gradual kind of deal. I was thinking, will the motor even run well at this altitude? My initial though was of course it will, since lawnmowers and weed eaters seem to run fine up there, but then I thought I might as well ask here anyway and make sure. I'm assuming I'd have to adjust the carb some to run right at that altitude, and may have to do some pedaling to help the little motor out, but what do you all think?