homemade motor cycle
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From: teh az
homemade motor cycle
I have a homemade bike me and my brother built many years ago. Runs and drives but the back tire kind of rides sideways. The seat blew out a few years ago and I made do with a sofa cushion, duct tape and a couple of 2x 4's ( the ultimate fix! ). It runs like a champ but does smoke alot especially if you are hard on the gas. Uses about a quart of oil for each gas fillup. I usually just put the oil directly in the gas as it is going to burn it anyway and that way it is easy. Can't drive over 12 miles or so at a time as the motor gets red hot and starts loosing power so probably a good bike for someone who drives locally. Does backfire and squeel pretty loud occasionally so I usually wear earplugs of some kind. DOES NOT pass emmissions so would need to be registered in a county without emmisions check. Great first bike otherwise!
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I wish I had the bmx style motorbike my grandfather built. He spread the front fork, installed a rear free spinning sprocketed wheel, and installed a small electric motor on the handlebars. There was a small motorcycle battery on a tray over the rear wheel under the seat. You would manually pedal the bike to speed, then turn a key and the electric motor would get you up to a nice cruising speed, turn the key back off and coast. I'd imagine with a small solar panel it would be the ideal commuter bike for the lazy
h: The thing booked, I believe my cousin clocked it over 40mph along side a car. My grandfather use to build all kinds of crazy contraptions, solely responsible for my ability to turn a wrench and fix things
h: The thing booked, I believe my cousin clocked it over 40mph along side a car. My grandfather use to build all kinds of crazy contraptions, solely responsible for my ability to turn a wrench and fix things