Hello everyone. I've been lurking on this forum for the past couple of months soaking up all the knowledge you folks have to offer. There is a wealth of great info around here and I really appreciate everyone that shares their builds.
Here is my build, its a new Felt Fat Tire Ale giveaway bike. I picked this up to use as a commuter back and forth to college roughly 12 miles each way. The bike at this point was all stock and new, the only change was a pair of old schwinn handle bars since I didn't like the really tall felt cruiser bars.
As you can see the bike is just a basic cruiser with a custom pain job and large rear basket. I started out by making a plan, I already had a 99cc predator friction drive on my Giant full suspension bike and liked the power just not the terrible center of gravity. The natural choice was to run the 99cc predator so I started making a mount out of some 3/16" steel I had laying around ( a little heavy probably but it won't have any issues down the road).
After an hour or so I had the engine where I wanted it in the frame and went ahead and made the exhaust out of 3/4" conduit using a conduit bender. The rear tanks are roughly 1/2 galling each and made from aluminum, I picked them up at the local scrap yard for $1 each. I'm thinking of making them my fuel tanks.
Next up was the jackshaft. I will be running V belts on this bike instead of chain so I mocked up a couple pulleys to see where I wanted it (using a whizzer rear sheave) and picked up a wheel hub from the local circle track race shop for the shaft to ride in. The bracket is made from 3/16" steel and gusseted to prevent flex.
Here is my build, its a new Felt Fat Tire Ale giveaway bike. I picked this up to use as a commuter back and forth to college roughly 12 miles each way. The bike at this point was all stock and new, the only change was a pair of old schwinn handle bars since I didn't like the really tall felt cruiser bars.
As you can see the bike is just a basic cruiser with a custom pain job and large rear basket. I started out by making a plan, I already had a 99cc predator friction drive on my Giant full suspension bike and liked the power just not the terrible center of gravity. The natural choice was to run the 99cc predator so I started making a mount out of some 3/16" steel I had laying around ( a little heavy probably but it won't have any issues down the road).
After an hour or so I had the engine where I wanted it in the frame and went ahead and made the exhaust out of 3/4" conduit using a conduit bender. The rear tanks are roughly 1/2 galling each and made from aluminum, I picked them up at the local scrap yard for $1 each. I'm thinking of making them my fuel tanks.
Next up was the jackshaft. I will be running V belts on this bike instead of chain so I mocked up a couple pulleys to see where I wanted it (using a whizzer rear sheave) and picked up a wheel hub from the local circle track race shop for the shaft to ride in. The bracket is made from 3/16" steel and gusseted to prevent flex.
