How difficult are motorized bikes to build?

[Chainlube]

I'm going to be in heaven down in the shop playing with them. Lol. I have 7 motors sitting right now. One is called for on a trade, my 66 for a 50. Making a bike for my little nephew when I get the 50cc. I have a few frames, want more. Lol. I have to force myself to get rid of them. I have way to much fun with them. MBing is a good 80% of my free time.

How big is your nephew? I put a 50 on the Auto-Mini and would drag me around at 25mph. You might be able to get the power down a little with a bigger bike than a 20" wheel.

 

[Karl Snarl]

He will be 11 soon. I had thought up a simple throttle limiter. Then seen atv throttle limited assemblies. To keep it tame and slow till my brother says hes ready for more. He prob weighs about 70-80lbs. Not much lol. Hes a little guy. I'm just stoked my brother finally said yes. Lol. I've need to have a sit down with my brother to see what kind of bike hes getting for it. I'll be building my brother a 4 stroke at the same time. He says the 2 strokes are to loud and wants to just ride without the hassle of oil mixing.

How big is your nephew? I put a 50 on the Auto-Mini and would drag me around at 25mph. You might be able to get the power down a little with a bigger bike than a 20" wheel.

 

[Deleted member 26224]

Motorized bikes are easy to build badly, and difficult to build well.

 

[Karl Snarl]

Motorized bikes are easy to build badly, and difficult to build well.

That should be a T-shirt.

 

[B Bassett]

Hello there!

I'm sorry if this noob post might annoy you a little bit. I'm really looking to get into this hobby as it looks like a lot of fun to me.

My question is : How difficult are these things to build?

I'm a 15 year old who doesn't have any mechanical experience at all. But I want to learn. Would a motorized bike be a good project to start with? Thanks.

Go electric. It's easy to both build and maintain the bike. Plus you don't have to deal with the noise or the stink. Stay safe.
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[Wrench]

An E Bike is nothing like a M/B you'll never have the feeling of what it must of been like back in 1901 and 1903 when M/Cs were first invented in the USA.

Riding an E bike feels the same as riding a regular bicycle but with no effort

In my opinion ya gotta have both

 

[Wrench]

The smell of gas and exhaust only adds to the exciting feeling of riding a M/B

 

[Frogslayer]

The smell of gas and exhaust only adds to the exciting feeling of riding a M/B

You can make a pretty exciting e bike these days.

 

[Karl Snarl]

You can make a pretty exciting e bike these days.

Do they have ones that give you the sweet bean smell and the rapp rapp of a expansion chamber? I'd buy one then, lol

 

[Wrench]

You can make a pretty exciting e bike these days.

That's true, waiting for the battery to charge is always exciting jkn
You know I got a RadRover E Bike it's totally different and I love it. E Bikes are awesome

The smell of gas and exhaust only adds to the exciting feeling of riding a M/B

I was just making a point because Basset said M/Bs are noisy and stink

Besides if ya want to experience what it must of felt like back when M/C were first invented then ya gotta ride a M/B