Quick question for serial builder.

[Heavyload]

I park mine inside the house in my front parlor...lol.

All my bikes stay in the house and parlor is my
work shop.

 

[wrenchin 4 fun]

Time to stop building and start redoing. I've been working on the same project for years, changing and changing again. It's like having a whole stable without taking up space.

 

[GW's Motorized]

Time to stop building and start redoing. I've been working on the same project for years, changing and changing again. It's like having a whole stable without taking up space.

Sometimes it's just cheaper to build a new bike. There are so many things I want to do with my bike, but it would just be cheaper to start new and build exactly what I want. (I also want a bike with a manual clutch, so I'm gonna build another bike)

 

[cloakedvillain]

Time to stop building and start redoing. I've been working on the same project for years, changing and changing again. It's like having a whole stable without taking up space.

Yeah. Tore down my first build before even breaking the engine in. My justification is that I am using what I have to make what I want.

Usually you think of a motor on the bike as an assist to the rider, but with stock china dolls its the rider assisting the engine. I know break in helps a lot with torque but the build had some problems. Cheap wheels and horizontal drop outs were the biggest concerns I had. I was running a clamp on tensioner for clearing the chain stays and an engine mounted spring tensioner to get the chain tensioned right.

 

[ImpulseRocket]

Sometimes it's just cheaper to build a new bike. There are so many things I want to do with my bike, but it would just be cheaper to start new and build exactly what I want. (I also want a bike with a manual clutch, so I'm gonna build another bike)

it's not about being cheaper. Some of us are what I like to call "improvers" aka tinkerers that don't leave things well enough alone.

 

[Heavyload]

Yea, I got a China doll 80 never had gas in it. I've had it mocked up on 2 bikes. Bicycles were too light for me. So I've been riding a T-1
cargo ebike for the last year and a half. Now I'm building the TS-250. There's a guy on utube Dale Sweger he restores old Yamaha and
Suzuki 2 strokes. He might give you some ideas on your transmission build
G.W.