It actually got relatively crappy mileage though. I went through a tank a week (approx 8-10 miles, MAYBE) and got 8 tanks per gallon of premix... so at BEST 80mpg... probably more like 40-45 realistically. It did its job while it held together.

John you are more than welcome to have one of my Army Surplus fuel cans.

Does the kickstand still hold it up alright?

Here are a few more photos of the finished bike:

The bike with exhaust and a few other new doohickeys:


New Schwinn speedometer and odometer:


Took it out on a 6 mile ride tonight. The engine performed flawlessly! I have around 10-15 miles on it so far in addition to this before I had a working odometer.


Closeup of the slightly adjusted exhaust. I heated the downpipe with a MAPP gas torch to red hot and then bent as needed. Then painted with some low gloss black 500 degree engine block paint. Seems to be holding well.


The back of the bike.. with crappy chain tensioner. I'm gonna have to do some reworking of it. Really cheesy design to start with.


The carb will get a little fabrication work as well to adapt a small K&N style filter to it & replace the excuse for a filter it came with.


Lotta stuff on the handlebars:


I still need to clean up the electrical wiring a bit. Need to wire in a kill switch.


The socket head cap screws look really nice on the engine. All the cheap chinese hardware was replaced with grade 8.8 stuff.


And here is a trick I figured out while trying to mount the tank on my bike. My bike has exposed cables on top of the top tube, so I cut a small peice of 1/8"x 3/4" strip steel, drilled it for the tank mounting studs, and then slipped it under the cables. This lets the cables run through the cutout in the tank without binding up. The tank is then tightened down normally once the strip steel is in place.


Oh yeah.. so far, I have about 20-25 miles on 1/8 of a gallon of gas.

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Originally posted by Reserector:
Does the kickstand still hold it up alright?

Heh.. what kickstand?

I'm gonna see if I can find a center kickstand like this:

How loud is it?

Its really not loud at all. Most of the noise comes from the fins on the engine ringing and the straight cut gears in the gearbox whining. There are ways to eliminate or reduce those noises as well.

If you are cruising at around 15 and easy on the throttle, its very quiet.

those felt bikes are friggin sweet! i gotta look into those.

You need video bombin down your street w/ that thing,

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Originally posted by Black92se:
How loud is it?

WHAT?!!

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Originally posted by Sand Bag:
You need video bombin down your street w/ that thing,

I could get video... but if I do, then the next thing I know I'll end up on Fark like Drip did.

Every so often one of those pictures pops up on some boards. Last one I saw was something like 'Scooterboy disapproves of ricers' and has that same pic, riding away from a car show full of ricers.

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Originally posted by datz510:

quote:

Originally posted by Sand Bag:
You need video bombin down your street w/ that thing,

I could get video... but if I do, then the next thing I know I'll end up on Fark like Drip did.

Y'know, after I posted that, I remembered Drip's famous Fark unveiling.

How did that sprocket bolt up to the rear tire? I have a mountain bike, but don't think my rear axle has bolt holes for that type of sprocket.

looks like it bolts to where the spokes cross each other.i was kinda wondering about that too.