'Outta My League' From Arkansas

Hi,
I am from Central Arkansas. I am a high school Trigonometry and Geometry teacher. I only live 3 miles from work, and decided to try the motorized bike kit. So far I've spent about $300 on parts and saved only $100. But I'm sure that will change rather quickly.

I am not a mechanic by any means, so this has been a great learning experience. I am currently on mile 120 of my break-in, and I am working out the bugs still (lean, rich, carb, air leaks, etc.).

Here's my project:

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Welcome to the forum.. When I started I knew very little about anything mechanical. At least not much more than how to change an alternator on a auto. Most things on the bike are "oh yeah of course" leaning experiences.

The worst air lead is at the carb manifold. The carb adjustment is almost always second notch from the top for the needle. The idle screw starts at about four turns back from completely tight and you just adjust from there.

The chain tension is the worst since the chain will be stretching for the first couple of hundred miles or so. The tensioner was the worst for me so I just adjusted the wheel for the motor chain without tensioner and put it on the bike chains side to take up the slack. It doesn't get much stress over there. not sure if you could do that with a mountain bike though.

I do like your bike nice job.

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Welcome and from your build it doesn't appear that you are out of your league at all. Nice bike. If you have any questions just give a holler. We are here to help.

Thats a great looking motorized bicycle. Welcome to the forum. Glad you joined us....................

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thanks for the welcome.

Besides the kit from KingsMotorBike.com, I purchased 2 high quality tires, a newwider Bell Gel seat from Walmart, and a SpeedMaster.

After I get the engine broke in (and am allowed more funding from my wife), I plan on a 36T sprocket for higher top speed.

The only reason I was allowed to build the bike is the promise of saving $$$ in gas. Already we have, so she is happy and loosened the purse strings.

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Well, I run things around my house. Like the vacum, and the dishwasher...........

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There are only 10 kinds of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't............

Become a Forever Family, it'll change your life.
http://www.galtx.org/

http://bdconner.com

Lol. Glad to see that a Kings kit worked on a Huffy. I've got a Kings kit on the way and i'm using a Roadmaster Mountain Bike (very similar to the Huffy) Welcome from a fellow newb

And I was wonder about the pi!!

pi r square!!!!

Sorry - nice video. Seems to me you are well qualified for the league if not out standing in the field. Now why can't my daughter do quadratic equations?

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lol, Pi is my favorite number...it's just like me, irrational, but well rounded

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Welcome to the forum Cool video