new to the board, have a few noob questions i'm sure have been answered.

hi guys, gals. new to the forum. my name is leigh and i'm up here in london ontario (canada) been building bikes for sometime, but this is my first moped.
i've been building an indian inspired boardtrack racersince last year. i still have alot of work to do (including a custom stainless tank,) but i'm itching to ride this beast,

heres the bike last halloween. thats the tank i still have to finish.


well i've had a change of heart since then and the build has taken on a new dirrection.
heres what it looks like now and brings me to my first question. mounted the kit tank just to get it running


i've dropped down to a 24" wheel with a vintage set of uniroyal chain tread tires. dirrections(or should i say "indications"lol indicate this motor should work on most 26"/28" bikes. is there any reason i shouldn't use it on a bike with 24" tires?

now, no self respecting indian boardtrack racer would sport plastic parts, so i ditched the cheap throttle and used an old set of plated brake levers for the throttle and clutch.


they have enough travel to do there job's. i do however need to replace the kill switch (with something metal i hope) thought about a small toggle switch. was hoping to see some pic's of your custom/replacement kill switches. post away (please and thx)

next question, coaster brakes. i've read ad's that say "new improved sprocket more room for coaster brake arm" and i've also read warnings against using them. mine is currently fitted with a coaster brake. am i askin for trouble? as long as i use the clutch before the brake, are there any dangers i should know about?

last question (fo now) i have an assorted pack of gaskett materials. now my head looks alittle warped and seems it might leak. gonna change out all the gasketts, but i was wondering

which material should i use for the head gaskett? there cork,cork-neopreme,neopreme,rubber,compressed paper???? in the pack.

thx for all your help, i'd love to be tooting around this weekend.

thx guys. old indian boardtrack racers didn't have much in the way of brakes (if any at all)
who needs em! (kidding of course)

as for the throttle/brake, i had to use a standard brake cable and crimped a stop on the carb end.
the original just wouldn't work (big metal bolt on one end/too much exposed cable for the brake lever to work.)

you can use the original cable but you will have to cut off the stop on one end, get rid of the bolt,cut of the excess and re-crimp a stop. or at least that was my experiance.

hey look at that, pictures yeah!

btw whats the best way to wire the kill switch.

should i attach the black wire to the others, or ground it out on the frame? does it matter?

thx

since my last visit i have done alittle more work on the indi-ain't.
mounted my killswitch


finally got around to finishing the custom ss tank.

even fashioned an alum number plate. (sorta doubles as a chain/sprocket guard.)

picked up a couple cool stickers

its just about ready for paint.
just wanted to share, enjoy.

Maxvision said:

That is one beautiful, beautiful bike. I did like it better with the original pedal sprocketing from the first picture. Im assuming you did it because it was probably too hard to pedal start. If I had not seen the first picture, I would be scratching my head wondering why theres such a big hole there.

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ah ha i fooled ya, if you look very close at the small sprocket on the first pic, you'll see its on the wrong side of the bike.
if you look even closer, you'll see that the chain infact goes around a pulley with no teeth.

its all fake.

the big hole in the picture will actually be filled in just like the first pic with the small sprocket.
its my fake crank case. its a tsc store pulley (farming stuff) theres a big pin and a smaller pully mounted to the assembly. the small sprocket is fastened to the crank, and the small loop of chain makes it look important. sometimes the pulley spins (friction from the chain, but most of the time it doesn't) i just wanted the motor to look alittle more bad ass! the other side of the bike (in the most recent pictures) has been this way from the get go.

i'll be welding the fake crank case (big pulley) to the frame, and then the rest of the assembly will be added.

as for the drum brakes, thats a fantastic idea.
thats why i just salvaged these.

a set of 21" puch moped rims with drum brakes. (gonna relace the drums i hope)
ya know what they say, "great minds think alike, and fools seldon differ."

this was my first ride. i didnt expect it to start up so easily and kinda got carried away with the excitement.

don't want ya to think i won't where a helmet when riding.
got my eye on this one.

i haven't got it yet. its actually on kijiji (london)