New Felt cruiser project.

[jim_himself]

Thanks, Il post more details and specs of the bike once it arrives, sometime around tuesday.

 

[5-7HEAVEN]

You did well on your 460 friction drive bike.

 

[jim_himself]

Thanks, its set up to a chain jackshaft now, i like it more this way, aside from the front gear slipping.

 

[jim_himself]

So i finally got around to assembling the bike and it is so much cooler than in the pictures. The rims are so wide. The rear one looks like its almost 3inches wide(will measure at some point). The only thing i dont absolutely love is the drum brake, which has almost zero stopping power. The coaster brake is awesome though. The nexus hub shifts extremely smoothly and is my new favorite hub. The bike is also very light for its size which i found surprising. I am going to order one of the 4 stroke mounting plates just to see how it fits and such since they are cheap. I am very likely going to use the 99cc hf engine (they no longer carry the 79cc, but its nearly identical), with a bunch of performance parts from Affordablegokarts.com, david is the man and i get all my go kart parts from him. I think that the hf engine should give me good performance and reliability while remain pretty quite.
p.s. which vendors have the 4 stroke mounting plate? the only place ive found is out of stock and the other place wants twice as much for it.

 

[jim_himself]

Well after working on the bike some more i got the drum brake to work a little better but its still very weak. Im likely going to make an adapter to fit a disc brake. It also appears that the 4 stroke mounting plate is fifty bucks at all the vendors now.

 

[greguk]

Friction drive + Honda gx35. At least you will do it fast without scratching paint on frame.
Change tyres on CrazyBob-s.

At least it will be light.

 

[jim_himself]

Im going to go with an in frame mount, i just havent decided which one. The honda 35cc is just too weak.

 

[jim_himself]

After exploring just about every single engine option, i am very curious about the 125cc dirt bike engines. You can get them with everything you need to run it for around $250. I can make mounts and brackets. I was wondering if i would have to run a jackshaft to get the proper gear ratio, and if 41 or 415 chain would fit on the engines 420 sprocket. i know this would be alot of engine for a bicycle, but i intend to run it cautiously. I also know that it wont be street legal, but i only really use the bike in my neighborhood, which is large and very hilly, so its not a problem.