Ah yes,
There will soon be 4 highly engineered Spoilers in the Tampa Bay area. These bikes are BIG, so I'm going to look at them, (from a design standpoint), as lightweight motorcycles. The pedals will remain.
I plan on using a Sturmey-archer 3 speed hub as a transmission. The outer casing is standard aircraft aluminum; so I can make a new one that will suit this application. I will first talk to one of thier design engineers to determine if the hub will withstand the torque output of the engine. If not, I will make a heavy duty copy that will work.
This week: the plan is to outfit each engine with a kickstart, and get them mounted to the frame so that the geometry can be calculated for the transmission and final drive equipment. I want to do a total Gilmer belt set-up...we'll see what happens.
When finished, I want these bikes to appear as though they were factory built to be a motorbike.
With the help of kawasaki999 & BrettMavriK, I have no doubt these Spoilers will be the finest built thus far.
This project will undoubtedly take the rest of the month...possibly into the first week of March. They will not leave the bench until they are presumed to be 100%.
Once I finish the first stage, I'll start a post named "Spoiled Spoilers".
Stay tuned, and feel free to ask questions. I'll be glad to show & tell.
Jim