Hello!
I have been wanting a Stingray type bike for a couple years now and today Walmart's site had some for $125!!
Here is the link in case anyone wants to grab one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn-Sting-Ray-Bicycle-single-speed-20-Inch-wheels/841993718
They had blue and orange, but the last 2 blue sold out while I was mulling it over (within an hour!) so I hurried and ordered the orange one, which is what I was leaning towards anyway. It's gonna be almost a month before it gets here though, June 12th.
At first, I wanted to make it an ebike, but current pandemic prices means it would cost about $500, battery and all.... ouch!! I travel around in an RV (hunkered down at my mom's right now due closures and the general pandemic) so an ebike would probably be California friendly, but eh, I don't spend much time there anyway, I can leave it on the rack and not use it while I'm there, not a big deal. I spend more time in states where 2 cycle is probably no big deal. I would mainly ride it in rural areas and small towns no matter where I go anyway, so I doubt I'd get hassled very much. I have full motorcyle endorsement from years ago when I rode 125-250cc scooters, so they can't get me for lack of a permit/motorcycle license.
Googling the idea of an engine on such a bike brought me to this forum, more specifically to this thread: https://motoredbikes.com/threads/20-inch-old-school.12721/
Any Stingray gas bike owners still around on here?
I have my eye on this 48cc 2 cycle engine kits for around $100, which I'm guessing is what people on them? That should be 49 state friendly as a "motorized bicycle", unless things have changed in the past ~10 years.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/50cc-2-Str...584592?hash=item4dac3435d0:g:grMAAOSw1d5ewhNr
I have been wanting a Stingray type bike for a couple years now and today Walmart's site had some for $125!!
Here is the link in case anyone wants to grab one: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn-Sting-Ray-Bicycle-single-speed-20-Inch-wheels/841993718
They had blue and orange, but the last 2 blue sold out while I was mulling it over (within an hour!) so I hurried and ordered the orange one, which is what I was leaning towards anyway. It's gonna be almost a month before it gets here though, June 12th.
At first, I wanted to make it an ebike, but current pandemic prices means it would cost about $500, battery and all.... ouch!! I travel around in an RV (hunkered down at my mom's right now due closures and the general pandemic) so an ebike would probably be California friendly, but eh, I don't spend much time there anyway, I can leave it on the rack and not use it while I'm there, not a big deal. I spend more time in states where 2 cycle is probably no big deal. I would mainly ride it in rural areas and small towns no matter where I go anyway, so I doubt I'd get hassled very much. I have full motorcyle endorsement from years ago when I rode 125-250cc scooters, so they can't get me for lack of a permit/motorcycle license.
Googling the idea of an engine on such a bike brought me to this forum, more specifically to this thread: https://motoredbikes.com/threads/20-inch-old-school.12721/
Any Stingray gas bike owners still around on here?
I have my eye on this 48cc 2 cycle engine kits for around $100, which I'm guessing is what people on them? That should be 49 state friendly as a "motorized bicycle", unless things have changed in the past ~10 years.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/50cc-2-Str...584592?hash=item4dac3435d0:g:grMAAOSw1d5ewhNr
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