Shifter Kit Installed

I was reading your post about diving a 3 speed hub and how it failed from the pulsing from a rough running engine. The standard mount that comes with the Happy Time also struggles with this condition, IE, broken spokes. I have considered this for a while, and have tried to figure a way to make a dampened drive at the rear wheel. All the small motorcycles have a drive hub that propels the bike through rubber pads. On our sprockets we would need to find a simple way to do the same, there would be no broken hub in your case and not broken spokes on the other side for the happy. The fact that the engine pulses are transmitted to the hub is hard on parts, but to remove them is a bit of a design dilemma, I have an idea but I have never tried it, I will let you know if I do. I like your set up. Have fun,Dave

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Rock on! Sweet bike...I have the very hub, tried a crappy chainsaw setup and failed. But this shift kit deal here has got me thinking for sure. Bravo

This bike was stolen in Newcastle, any aussies see it let me know.

Sorry to hear your bike was stolen That really sucks!

It bugs me that some a-holio thief (bustard!) is riding a nice bike with a shifter kit. I feel like going down to Aus, finding the guy and kicking him in the nuts myself!!!

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I'm guessing it is a basket case by now, it had a relatively fragile 3 speed hub that required a certain finesse to operate without leaving a trail of small parts down the road.

Hopefully it locked up at speed ...

once the motor has started , can you still pedal the bicycle as normal with the motor running?

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Yes, no problem.

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OK!

I'm really very new to this, as I've stated in other posts. Nevertheless, after having read up on all this for the last 2 or 3 days it occurred to me that I would like to build a motorized bike with the shift kit and an internal shift hub. I was about to start a new thread asking about this when I came across this one.

My concerns were exactly dealing with the stresses on the hub and how durable it would be when subjected to a motor drive.

Excellent thread!!!

Please keep us up to date on your findings.

See my other thread for more hub info