Question regarding 4-strokes and frame size.

Most 4 strokes will fit a 19" frame and even smaller if you have fabricating skills. You'll likely run into problems w/ that frame.

Your gonna need 10" of height w/ a horiz base of 6" for most i.e. move up from your bb till you have 6" between your down tube and your seat tube andx if you still have 10 or 11" to your top tube your golden!

Here is a pretty simple method for measuring.

I stand corrected! That was from memory (been a little while since I installed an HS), forgot you need some space behind them to accommodate the air filter. Duh

Ghost0 said:

Here is a pretty simple method for measuring.

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That is awesome Ghost0, ty.

Gosta love dat! A steal at twice the price. Fat tires make for a much better ride. Post lots of pics

Very cool. Steel to boot. score

Always a bummer, waiting on funds for a project.

I don't use cams any more. Just cell carp cam then email it to my self. I am lazy and this way no resizing or moving from cam to PC. (think I would just buy the wire but nooo. lol)

rbrtlndhl said:

Now I just gotta get the I.R.S. to move a little faster, so that I can buy and build this sucker...

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Let me know how that works out for ya!

Jim

Just installed an HS on an older Murray, the biggest problem was the top mounted choke lever, had to cut the frame and reweld 2 inches higher. Went shoppng for a new bike, and found it hard to find a big enough frame. Although I had only gone to the big box stores, including Walmart, Kmart, Target and Dicks sporting goods. Dicks did have a bike with a big enough frame, but it also had skinny 28 inch tires and a huge 25 inch frame. All the new bikes have odd shaped tubes that slant downward or have odd bends, could not believe after looking at all those stores that only 1 bike would work. I have a cranbrook on the way VIA internet order, hoping it will have enough clearance. The way I measured is you need at least 17 inches from bottom of top tube just below the seat,to the top of the crank opening, and that was the minimum, with the engine mounting plate full closed I had to drill and retap 4 holes, because they disapaired under the slot cut outs of the 1 piece chrome engine plate. Sounds confusing, but I hope it helps. I really believe you need to have a frame were the top tube does not slant downward toward the seat, but runs parallel to the ground. That choke lever would of been better being side mounted, but instead sticks straight up dead center under top tube. Any one else have this problem?