personally... i've used Gatorade bottles as well as 1 liter bottles from fuse juice drinks to carry extra fuel with me (premixed)... the only down side i've seen so far is the plastic gasket inside the cap breaks down a bit from the gas... but, on the bright side, they fit easily into a backpack and don't take up much space...
but back on topic, i got into this hobby back in april... i've yet to build anything with a jackshaft just due to lack of funds, but i've scabbed together a couple different builds so far and have come up with quite a few of my own designs on things and such... my goal at this point is to open a local shop here in new hampshire at some point over the next couple years...
you guys raise good points on both ends of the spectrum... when i built my first bike, i showed it to a friend of mine and we got tossing around the idea of putting an xr50 motor on them... in doing some research into parts needed and such, came across Motopeds... so clearly we weren't the first ones to come up with the idea... sad thing is we had pretty much an identical concept and they had already patented the same style of jackshaft that we were thinking of using... i'm not looking to rip off anyone elses product... so we decided to do some things differently...
in thinking about the shop, compared to the amount of "issues" these current builds give me on a regular basis... it seems like it would be next to impossible to warranty the work and even brake even... people would be coming back constantly for labor and such just for tweaks even just during the brake in process...
i know i'm still a ways off from actually opening a shot, but you guys in here have given me a whole lot to think about...
this started for me as just the cheapest way of getting around after my licence was revoked, turned into a hobby, and has now grown close to an obsession...
i'm in these forums on almost a daily basis, reading and learning everything i can so that when it does come down to it, i've got a solid knowledge base combined with experience from working on my own bikes to back it up.
so to that, i say thanks guys!
and as far as the xr50 plan goes... i'm still planning on building at least 2... i'm going to build one with the xr50 and also i found direct swap upgrades for them to a 125...
also, after doing much research into parts and components, i also see why the going rate for just the rolling chassis of the motopeds cost so freakin much...
anyway, thanks agaiin