MotorBikePaul
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Greetings All,
I have been poking around for a while now and thought it was time to get serious, register and get started with a project.
Growing up as a kid I always owned and was around mini-bikes, go-karts and small motorcycles, and the urge for some type of two wheeled toy has never been fully extinguished. My grandfather played with Whizzers, Cushmans and even a Kawasaki with a side car when I was young.
I have also been into cars, having owned and restored a couple muscle cars, I find the costs have just gotten so far out the reach of the average guys like me.
Over the years I have periodically looked at motorcycles and mopeds and mini-bikes online and keeping thinking about getting into the game again.
I didn't want the license and insurance hassles of a motorcycle (along with Michigan potholes and crappy drivers), mopeds for the most part don't have the look I want, mini-bikes around here get frowned upon by the police (and confiscated)...so as I was staring at the bicycles hanging from my garage ceiling recently and I thought why not pull a page from my grandfather's book and build something.
So here I am...
...thinking of a Skyhawk GT-2A aluminum frame, a 4-stroke Ghost Racer or Flying Horse engine kit and my son's practically brand new Trek 3-Series bike...probably adding a jackshaft and disc brakes...oh the thoughts rolling around in my head!
Prices seem good right now on 4-stroke engine kits and Skyhawk frames.
The question is??? Where to buy from?? I have read lots of bad things about a lot of vendors...scares a guy off.
Anyways I want to thank everyone from letting me join this great website and I hope to learn a lot more about these machines!!
Paul
I have been poking around for a while now and thought it was time to get serious, register and get started with a project.
Growing up as a kid I always owned and was around mini-bikes, go-karts and small motorcycles, and the urge for some type of two wheeled toy has never been fully extinguished. My grandfather played with Whizzers, Cushmans and even a Kawasaki with a side car when I was young.
I have also been into cars, having owned and restored a couple muscle cars, I find the costs have just gotten so far out the reach of the average guys like me.
Over the years I have periodically looked at motorcycles and mopeds and mini-bikes online and keeping thinking about getting into the game again.
I didn't want the license and insurance hassles of a motorcycle (along with Michigan potholes and crappy drivers), mopeds for the most part don't have the look I want, mini-bikes around here get frowned upon by the police (and confiscated)...so as I was staring at the bicycles hanging from my garage ceiling recently and I thought why not pull a page from my grandfather's book and build something.
So here I am...
...thinking of a Skyhawk GT-2A aluminum frame, a 4-stroke Ghost Racer or Flying Horse engine kit and my son's practically brand new Trek 3-Series bike...probably adding a jackshaft and disc brakes...oh the thoughts rolling around in my head!
Prices seem good right now on 4-stroke engine kits and Skyhawk frames.
The question is??? Where to buy from?? I have read lots of bad things about a lot of vendors...scares a guy off.
Anyways I want to thank everyone from letting me join this great website and I hope to learn a lot more about these machines!!
Paul
