Gentleman, meet...."The Black Widow"

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Well...after over 4 months of building, and at times, not having a clue...she runs! Fired right up the second try! I still have some some small adjustments and fine tuning, but she runs, and runs good! I'm so happy. My first custom build. I did it! Only thing left to finish is my custom kx60 exhaust. I'm so proud of myself! This is my fourth bike, but my first custom one from the ground up. On my way to a friends house she hit 31 on my garmin watch. I know it's legit cause its the same watch I run with. I'm an Adidas sponsored runner. I can't wait till she's broke in!

SpeedWizzard · Mar 2, 2013

Nice build, I bet that silicone air intake quietens it down a bit. Sorry to be a dick but i don't think that ram intake is going to do much... unless you reach speeds too fast for a bicycle (like 100kph) it's not going to do much if anything at all.

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Well...I ran it with the stock intake and with the intake in the pic. The intake in the pic had much better throttle response....I dunno. Maybe I'm just a dumbass, but I could definitely tell a difference.....

mason_man · Mar 2, 2013

I like it, nice rider runnermike!

Ray

zombie68 · Mar 2, 2013

That's a nice ride. I like the red drive chain.

biknut · Mar 2, 2013

That looks very nice. I like the red and silver highlights. Black is always the best color for a bike.

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Thanks guys!

KCvale · Mar 2, 2013

Beautiful build Mike, well done ;-}

Bikeguy Joe · Mar 2, 2013

Nice job! The "ram air" won't do much, but the bigger better intake and filter will.

How'd you get a red chain? Is that something you can buy?

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Yes. I purchased the red chain from pistonbikes.com. It's a KMC chain.

scotto- · Mar 2, 2013

Bikeguy Joe said:
Nice job! The "ram air" won't do much, but the bigger better intake and filter will.

How'd you get a red chain? Is that something you can buy?

You can get red chains here that will work: http://www.danscomp.com/shop-PARTS/group/BMX+Bike+Half+Link+Chains.html

Nice bike Mike, I like the color scheme (^)

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Thanks Scotto. I don't know if any of you guys have ever used a Hoca throttle, but don't. It's junk. No matter what I do I cannot get the throttle adjusted right. Either too much slop or not enough pull.

I ordered this throttle from sbp:

http://www.sickbikeparts.com/catalo...ucts_id=119&osCsid=1r52248k5l4n063tmsohblbb13

BoDean_LP · Mar 2, 2013

Is that a half-link chain? I'd love to build one. People are always like, "What kind of chain is that!?!?"

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Nope, its not a half link.

http://www.pistonbikes.com/product-p/kmc410.htm

gokart25 · Mar 2, 2013

nice build! Can you explain the back sprocket and wheel/hub? Did you lace it up? what kind? and more pictures please.

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

I will get more pics soon. I promise. Lol. I still have some more work to do. The rear sprocket set up is a 130mm BCD chainring and the adapter is this: http://www.outriderusa.com/Chainring-Adapter-130mm-BCD-p/11chainringadapter.htm

The wheel is a downhill mtb wheel from Halo, as is the front

maniac57 · Mar 2, 2013

runnermike said:
Well...I ran it with the stock intake and with the intake in the pic. The intake in the pic had much better throttle response....I dunno. Maybe I'm just a dumbass, but I could definitely tell a difference.....

Sometimes an engine just likes something that shouldn't matter. I had a go kart with an old kohler flathead that would run like stink with a briggs muffler and was a pig with a straight pipe. Go figure.
Nice looking bike regardless.
Like the red chain.
*looks for spray paint*

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

GoKart..here ya go....

2door · Mar 2, 2013

Very very nice build, Mike. You have every reason to be proud of your efforts. Clean and simple but effective in every sense. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing the build with us.

Tom

runnermike · Mar 2, 2013

Thanks 2door!

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