Here's my first (for myself, I have put together a few others) build, an imaycc 80cc kit (came with the little bike computer) on a Kent seachange. Swapped for mag wheels. Removed rear coaster brake, rear dropouts are too narrow to put both a sprocket and a disc brake on so I just have a front disc brake. I welded on one of those universal disc brake adapters to the front fork (just screws/friction don't keep the caliper and bracket from twisting and moving) and stopping power seems adequate. There's also a VM18 Carby and ngk bh6s on there now and she's running way rich with 30 pilot and 75-85 main, next step is to see how the 65 does (70 is stock) and pick up a couple smaller pilot jets. Right side "brake" is my killswitch.
I got in a small accident with this (guess the brakes weren't adequate) and had to replace the front light, throttle assembly (thumb throttle is SO nice!), some of the cables and their jackets, and lost my right mirror mount.
I had a pull start on it. It's not on anymore. Worked 1-2 times and the springs shredded themselves up.
I now have a cdhpower engine since I stripped the crankshaft taking the pull start off and the imaycc also leaked oil everywhere. Oh and millions of little metal shards from the pull start springs. It's a spare parts engine now.
Fun facts: a standard 27.2 seatpost won't fit this. I bought a nice aluminum one. I bent out where the clamp clamps the post. I sanded down some (then got lazy) of the outside of the new post. No dice
Also fun fact: good luck finding 26" suspension forks with disc brakes with a 1" threaded downstem. Cdhpower makes a 29 so I have that coming in. I did find a 26 for about $100 and the 29 was about $65. I wanted a triple tree but it was hard enough finding a regular one.
I also found that my petcock was leaking from the threads. On the to-do list is get some permatex gas tank sealer on those threads. I also self-tapped the gas tank strap into the frame, so it shouldn't rotate around
These knockoff exhaust pipes are alright, nothing spectacular but for $50 it sounds like I have a better bike than I really do. I added a Briggs and Stratton 5hp muffler to this as well (haven't tested yet, waiting for that front fork).
More pictures to come when the new fork (with built in disc brake mount) comes in and she's painted (any color suggestions? I took the red and white stickers off the mag wheels because they looked tacky)
Topped out only at 32mph so far (10/36t) but the leaner main jet should fix that
Todo:
Front fork
Replace patriotic grip (hockey tape)
Carby jets
I got in a small accident with this (guess the brakes weren't adequate) and had to replace the front light, throttle assembly (thumb throttle is SO nice!), some of the cables and their jackets, and lost my right mirror mount.
I had a pull start on it. It's not on anymore. Worked 1-2 times and the springs shredded themselves up.
I now have a cdhpower engine since I stripped the crankshaft taking the pull start off and the imaycc also leaked oil everywhere. Oh and millions of little metal shards from the pull start springs. It's a spare parts engine now.
Fun facts: a standard 27.2 seatpost won't fit this. I bought a nice aluminum one. I bent out where the clamp clamps the post. I sanded down some (then got lazy) of the outside of the new post. No dice
Also fun fact: good luck finding 26" suspension forks with disc brakes with a 1" threaded downstem. Cdhpower makes a 29 so I have that coming in. I did find a 26 for about $100 and the 29 was about $65. I wanted a triple tree but it was hard enough finding a regular one.
I also found that my petcock was leaking from the threads. On the to-do list is get some permatex gas tank sealer on those threads. I also self-tapped the gas tank strap into the frame, so it shouldn't rotate around
These knockoff exhaust pipes are alright, nothing spectacular but for $50 it sounds like I have a better bike than I really do. I added a Briggs and Stratton 5hp muffler to this as well (haven't tested yet, waiting for that front fork).
More pictures to come when the new fork (with built in disc brake mount) comes in and she's painted (any color suggestions? I took the red and white stickers off the mag wheels because they looked tacky)
Topped out only at 32mph so far (10/36t) but the leaner main jet should fix that
Todo:
Front fork
Replace patriotic grip (hockey tape)
Carby jets
