Topless: Molotov Evolution

UncleKudzu · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 02:41 PM

Ok, below is the final installment of Project Molotov. no more frame options - this is the bike that will be built. like i said elsewhere, it ain't what i had in mind, but this will work with my frame mounts and it can be pedalled without busting my ankles.

24" frame with 26" front fork and wheel.
3 HP 50cc Franco Morini engine.
Layback BMX seatpost.

more progress and better pictures hopefully soon.

deacon · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 03:06 PM

You know you can pick up a 20" youth bike for peanuts and the crank and chain ring are smaller. It give you more leg room with raising the seat.

wheelbender6 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 03:51 PM

It should be easy to reach the choke!

UncleKudzu · #4 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deacon

You know you can pick up a 20" youth bike for peanuts and the crank and chain ring are smaller. It give you more leg room with raising the seat.

deacon, i tried that very thing (20" youth crank and chainring) on the Molotov Reloaded cruiser pictured below (still the adult crank and ring in the photo, though), but i still had to mount the engine way up high to clear the pedals. that approach did give me more room, though, and without the engine, it left me with a fun bike that's easier to pedal up all the hills in my neighborhood

(the Morini engine is wider than the China Girls.)

goat herder · #5 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008, 11:25 PM

Where theres a will their is a way