Greetings,
Firstly let me say that this forum has helped me massively with my first build, which i road daily 10-15 miles 6 sometimes 7 days a week in a round trip to and from work , up until it was stolen. then i go and get ripped off on Facebook market, guy advertised the bike as one thing , and i didnt look close enough at the bike before i paid for it , so my fault on that one. so this time im looking to build from the ground up or as close as i can till i learn some welding skills and can get a welder.
ok so on to the meat of the post...
im looking for suggestions as to what fat tire bike will be best considering the following factors:
1: at least disk brakes on the front , if not both tires
2: trying to keep price as low as possible so the price range 200-300 ish usd ( as is its gonna take me months to save up enough to get the bike in that price range so hopefully i can find a decent bike in the correct size and price range,lol)
3: Solid front forks, i dont want suspension forks ,every bike i have ever owned in my 36 years of life that had them has broken down on me in the first month of owning it,trying to avoid that ( even if it is just random chance and superstition on my part)
4: one that will require little to no fabrication of basic bike parts, since i cant weld to save my life.
thats basically what i a m looking for in a bike, so any suggestions on that would be helpful, as it stands im looking at a fat tire mongoose from walmart, cant remember the full name off the top of my head, but it has back coaster brakes and front disc brakes, rigid front forks , but some of the reviews on it say you cant mount on to it with out re-welding the top bar , so i dont know about it .
the 66/80cc BBR Tuning Bullet Train 2 Stroke engine kit is what i am looking at using, but is there a easier way to get a electric start ? preferably with out having to carry a drill around
Also, from the reading i have done i keep seeing people say that for fat tire bikes its easiest to use a jackshaft to get chain clearance ,but that moves the engine chain over to the other side of the bike, so what would it be called if its just 2 sprocket/cogs on a short keyed shaft keeping the engine chain on that side of the bike, but allowing you to shift the second chain outwards a little for proper clearance with out having to off set the engine mounting?
so to break my wierldy worded and kinda long winded post down to a tldr version :
any suggestions on a fat tire bike in the 200-300 dollar range ( i assume there wont be any cheaper than that since i cant seem to find any )
do you all think the 66/80cc BBR Tuning Bullet Train 2 Stroke kit is any good , and would it work on a fat tire bike with out massive modification to the bike
and what would you call a jackshaft like thing that keeps the chains all on the same side and is more used for giving your engine chain a better alignment when you cant offset the mounting of your engine?
im certian i will have other questions, but for now , this is all i got since till i can figure out what bike imma get , and then get it and the engine kit for it,everything i plan is just basically planning, and or theroycrafting , but i know once i have the items issues will crop up , they always do
the images are of my first build , was a 80cc china girl on a 26 inch kent bayside cruiser, the first image is the one before i replaced my rims ,and the second one is after i replaced them , sadly the cops said the images were not of sufficient quality to assist in them finding my stolen bike, but im still hopeful since ht thieves left there flip flops behind,lol
Firstly let me say that this forum has helped me massively with my first build, which i road daily 10-15 miles 6 sometimes 7 days a week in a round trip to and from work , up until it was stolen. then i go and get ripped off on Facebook market, guy advertised the bike as one thing , and i didnt look close enough at the bike before i paid for it , so my fault on that one. so this time im looking to build from the ground up or as close as i can till i learn some welding skills and can get a welder.
ok so on to the meat of the post...
im looking for suggestions as to what fat tire bike will be best considering the following factors:
1: at least disk brakes on the front , if not both tires
2: trying to keep price as low as possible so the price range 200-300 ish usd ( as is its gonna take me months to save up enough to get the bike in that price range so hopefully i can find a decent bike in the correct size and price range,lol)
3: Solid front forks, i dont want suspension forks ,every bike i have ever owned in my 36 years of life that had them has broken down on me in the first month of owning it,trying to avoid that ( even if it is just random chance and superstition on my part)
4: one that will require little to no fabrication of basic bike parts, since i cant weld to save my life.
thats basically what i a m looking for in a bike, so any suggestions on that would be helpful, as it stands im looking at a fat tire mongoose from walmart, cant remember the full name off the top of my head, but it has back coaster brakes and front disc brakes, rigid front forks , but some of the reviews on it say you cant mount on to it with out re-welding the top bar , so i dont know about it .
the 66/80cc BBR Tuning Bullet Train 2 Stroke engine kit is what i am looking at using, but is there a easier way to get a electric start ? preferably with out having to carry a drill around
Also, from the reading i have done i keep seeing people say that for fat tire bikes its easiest to use a jackshaft to get chain clearance ,but that moves the engine chain over to the other side of the bike, so what would it be called if its just 2 sprocket/cogs on a short keyed shaft keeping the engine chain on that side of the bike, but allowing you to shift the second chain outwards a little for proper clearance with out having to off set the engine mounting?
so to break my wierldy worded and kinda long winded post down to a tldr version :
any suggestions on a fat tire bike in the 200-300 dollar range ( i assume there wont be any cheaper than that since i cant seem to find any )
do you all think the 66/80cc BBR Tuning Bullet Train 2 Stroke kit is any good , and would it work on a fat tire bike with out massive modification to the bike
and what would you call a jackshaft like thing that keeps the chains all on the same side and is more used for giving your engine chain a better alignment when you cant offset the mounting of your engine?
im certian i will have other questions, but for now , this is all i got since till i can figure out what bike imma get , and then get it and the engine kit for it,everything i plan is just basically planning, and or theroycrafting , but i know once i have the items issues will crop up , they always do
the images are of my first build , was a 80cc china girl on a 26 inch kent bayside cruiser, the first image is the one before i replaced my rims ,and the second one is after i replaced them , sadly the cops said the images were not of sufficient quality to assist in them finding my stolen bike, but im still hopeful since ht thieves left there flip flops behind,lol
