Ricktor's build

My build... Maybe its not your cup of tea or maybe it doesn't fit the term motorized bike anymore but here it is. I started with a wave frame. Its a frame from TSP cycles in Italy. Really light weight. tig'd and a steel frame.
https://tspcyclefarm.it/en/

 

[RICKTOR]

I then got the idea to have a separate reservoir for just the turbo oil and only run a single pump. Oil would gravity drain out of the turbo and fall back to the reservoir.

 

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I thought a suicide shift might be cool. so I made a handle and put a shiney 8 ball as the shifter. Here is a picture of the new way to friggin big pump.

 

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I did some test driving and found out that the suicide shift sucks and the pump I installed was way to big. It killed the battery and drained all the power the little stator could make.

 

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At this point I fabricated the foot posts as there is no crank there anymore. I hacked it off to make room for the engine.

 

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the last little bit of fabricating before it went out for powder coating. This is the toe shift

 

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Back from paint and ready to be re assembled.

 

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exhaust got ceramic coated and the frame got like a gloss military grey green

 

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put some skateboard grip tape on the foot pegs and had some custom paint done on the tank that a colleague owed me.

 

[RICKTOR]

So here it is finished. it still needs some little things worked out but headlight works. I'm in the process of putting brake and turn signals on it. She putts around or can go stupidly fast. Makes 3 pounds of boost at full throttle and is most happy just thumping around at low speeds. 20-40k or so. Such a blast to drive...

 

[CrazyDan]

I dare not ask how much was put into this build. Seems one of those things that, if you have to ask, you can't afford it.