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Sunday 15 March 2015

Pictures of What I've done

As you can see I had to make some pretty serious frame modifications to be able fit the 75cc engine in it. I had to cut the frame at the pedals and make it longer, I used the front fork off of another bike to make the frame ling enough to handle the engine the fork also made a extension because it offered a great spot to mount the motor to. I beefed up the top frame rail with a heavier stronger steel tube, and the back frame had to be reworked to make clearance for the motor. 
You will also notice that the engine also sits to one side. i did this to balance the bike side to side so it doesn't pull to one side or the other. The problem was that the flywheel was so heavy that I had to move the engine over so much in order to balance it that it sticks out the side. This lead to another problem when lining up the drive system. 
 
Because the engine was so far to one side there was no way of running a chain to the rear sprocket. What I did to solve this was add a gear casing thing to the side of the frame it has an axle that leads to another gear that lines up with the rear sprocket. this setup is a little awkward hanging out the side but it was the only way around the problem.
 

Friday 6 March 2015

What I've done so far

Hello everybody, and welcome to my blog. For my blog I will be going to  build a motorized bike. This past summer I started it and made good progress but didn't finish and since there is still a lot of work to do to get it done, I will be blogging about the rest of the build. So far I took a small bike, cut the frame, extended it using a front fork from another bike in order to make a spot to mount the engine I have selected to use. I also have beefed up many of the other frame components making it much more rigid in order to support the weight of a heavier than intended rider, and the motor/torque and chain drive. So most of the framework is pretty much done, there are still a few things like the seat that have to be custom fabricated, but other than that it will be sanding, painting and working out the drive system, clutching, braking and fuel delivery. Some pictures of how far I am will soon be up.