Starting this as my thread for my bike build. Going to post hear sporadically on how the build is going. Hopefully I can track the challenges I'm facing, the tasks I want to complete, the decisions and notes I'm making.
My Zeda80 came in the mail the other day based on @DAMIEN1307 suggestion. Did a quick unboxing and was overall pretty pleased with the quality of the engine. There are few things I noticed that I want to start addressing
1. Replace mounting studs and add loctite
2. The mounting bracket has tearout/flash on the mounting holes. I'm going to sand it down and/or replace the mounting altogether
3. The head came with tightened down but it looks like there is gaps all the way around the gasket.
4. Exhaust port could use a nice polish, its not the worst I've ever seen but its also not great
5. Reed port came with RTV all over the place. Will attempt to clean some of this up.
For anyone interested in a way to remove your studs easily use the two nut system to back out the stud from the engine block (picture included)
For the bike I decided on a old Trek Multitrack 700c hybrid bike. I like the larger wheel and steel frame. Correct or not, I tend to believe steel frames to handle vibration and engine mounting better than an aluminum frame. I'd like to get a solid axle back wheel but it's not a huge priority right now.
My Zeda80 came in the mail the other day based on @DAMIEN1307 suggestion. Did a quick unboxing and was overall pretty pleased with the quality of the engine. There are few things I noticed that I want to start addressing
1. Replace mounting studs and add loctite
2. The mounting bracket has tearout/flash on the mounting holes. I'm going to sand it down and/or replace the mounting altogether
3. The head came with tightened down but it looks like there is gaps all the way around the gasket.
4. Exhaust port could use a nice polish, its not the worst I've ever seen but its also not great
5. Reed port came with RTV all over the place. Will attempt to clean some of this up.
For anyone interested in a way to remove your studs easily use the two nut system to back out the stud from the engine block (picture included)
For the bike I decided on a old Trek Multitrack 700c hybrid bike. I like the larger wheel and steel frame. Correct or not, I tend to believe steel frames to handle vibration and engine mounting better than an aluminum frame. I'd like to get a solid axle back wheel but it's not a huge priority right now.