Alibi
New Member
Hi guys! I joined up quite a while back but I'm just now getting around to putting a bike together. I've got an 80cc kit from SpookyTooth assembled onto an AMX Nimble road bike.
I've ridden the bike around my apartment and everything seems to work right and when I kick the clutch in I hear the motor puffing along happily.
Now I think I'm ready for fuel and to finally give it a test run. The problem I'm running into is that I live in an apartment complex so I'm at a loss on where to store my fuel after I've mixed it in a plastic gas can. I asked the apartment manager if they had a shed for lawnmowers and whatnot where I could store my fuel with theirs but apparently they don't have one. I guess I could just tuck the can away in some bushes behind a bike rack, but I don't really want to leave it out in the elements either.
I know its not safe to store in the trunk of my car either...
And I'm certainly not going to leave a can of gas in a closet in my apartment or anything...
So... that leaves me with either buying cans of pre-mix or mixing gas in my gas tank as mounted on the bike.
I found a local store that has cans of pre-mix but its at 50:1 ratio where Spooky recommends using 20:1 ratio. Could I just dump in a bit more oil into the premix can, mix it together, and then dump that into my bike's tank? The downside is that the premix can is only 1/4 gallon and its like $4/can.
Or would I be better off to go to the local gas station, fill up my tank (all of 1.5 liters which is about .4 gallons so less than a $1) and then mix in oil accordingly and shake the whole bike to mix?
If I just go to the gas station, how much oil would I need to mix in with .4 gallons to get a 20:1 ratio? Or if I go the premix route, how much oil would I need to add to the 50:1 ratio to get to a 20:1 ratio?
I've ridden the bike around my apartment and everything seems to work right and when I kick the clutch in I hear the motor puffing along happily.
Now I think I'm ready for fuel and to finally give it a test run. The problem I'm running into is that I live in an apartment complex so I'm at a loss on where to store my fuel after I've mixed it in a plastic gas can. I asked the apartment manager if they had a shed for lawnmowers and whatnot where I could store my fuel with theirs but apparently they don't have one. I guess I could just tuck the can away in some bushes behind a bike rack, but I don't really want to leave it out in the elements either.
I know its not safe to store in the trunk of my car either...
And I'm certainly not going to leave a can of gas in a closet in my apartment or anything...
So... that leaves me with either buying cans of pre-mix or mixing gas in my gas tank as mounted on the bike.
I found a local store that has cans of pre-mix but its at 50:1 ratio where Spooky recommends using 20:1 ratio. Could I just dump in a bit more oil into the premix can, mix it together, and then dump that into my bike's tank? The downside is that the premix can is only 1/4 gallon and its like $4/can.
Or would I be better off to go to the local gas station, fill up my tank (all of 1.5 liters which is about .4 gallons so less than a $1) and then mix in oil accordingly and shake the whole bike to mix?
If I just go to the gas station, how much oil would I need to mix in with .4 gallons to get a 20:1 ratio? Or if I go the premix route, how much oil would I need to add to the 50:1 ratio to get to a 20:1 ratio?