Well here it goes for my first forum post (after introduction of course )
I got my engine kit in the mail Friday. I ordered from www.thatsdax.com . Other than his site being a bit of a mess I have had a great experience dealing with him so far. My kit is the 70cc Chinese 2-stroke.
Soon as I opened the box I got all giddy with my new toys and ran to the garage to start building. The first bike I was going to use was a pretty ancient beach cruiser I aquired when I was working for a farmer about 8 years ago. It was just hanging out in his barn and it moved from there to my garage where it also sat. The tires were rotten and there was quite a bit of rust.
I mounted the motor on old beach cruiser and there were all sorts of clearence issues. It had a guard around the sprocket that was rubbing against the motor so I cut it off. After I cut it off I realized the pedel cranks were hitting the motor so I took a grinder to them and got them to clear.
I was about 6 hours into the build now. I mounted the sprocket on the rear wheel and when I was putting it on the bike I realized the bearing for the crank was sticking out and covered in rust and totally dry. At this point I gave up, went to walmart and bought a Mongoose 700c something or another.
I got that bike home and it turns out the motor wouldnt fit between the frame haha. I went to bed.
I got my engine kit in the mail Friday. I ordered from www.thatsdax.com . Other than his site being a bit of a mess I have had a great experience dealing with him so far. My kit is the 70cc Chinese 2-stroke.
Soon as I opened the box I got all giddy with my new toys and ran to the garage to start building. The first bike I was going to use was a pretty ancient beach cruiser I aquired when I was working for a farmer about 8 years ago. It was just hanging out in his barn and it moved from there to my garage where it also sat. The tires were rotten and there was quite a bit of rust.
I mounted the motor on old beach cruiser and there were all sorts of clearence issues. It had a guard around the sprocket that was rubbing against the motor so I cut it off. After I cut it off I realized the pedel cranks were hitting the motor so I took a grinder to them and got them to clear.
I was about 6 hours into the build now. I mounted the sprocket on the rear wheel and when I was putting it on the bike I realized the bearing for the crank was sticking out and covered in rust and totally dry. At this point I gave up, went to walmart and bought a Mongoose 700c something or another.
I got that bike home and it turns out the motor wouldnt fit between the frame haha. I went to bed.