Prepping for the 1st build

I have a thread that im updating as I go now. In the mountain bike area. I actually went ahead and took the head off. Well.. I took the cylinder off too cause I thought it was part of the head. Buut I found a bunch of gunk black stuff. No metal shavings Im pretty sure though. I think the black stuff is from the cylinder gasket.

If you're curious it's the flying horse 66cc from bikeberry. But I got a silver instead of black.. enough to prevent me from shopping there again. I really wanted black -.-

There's a picture, can't really see it with the flash though but there was a fair amount.
That's good to hear about the paint though, Just gotta stuff the holes and paint away!

I did pull the cylinder because I thought it was part of the head. Took me foreverrrr to get it back on because I didn't realize there were those little groove things that the piston rings are supposed to be ligned up with before you can squeeze it down. Got it done succesfully though and cleaned it.
Turns out my bike is far to small. I figured it would be. It's a "small" frame and me being 6'1" I really need a bigger one. I may take this oppurtunity to paint it the way I want and replace parts and things before running the motor. I find it odd that the crank and piston look to be of a decent quality. Shiny machined metal, but the rest is shoddy chipped up aluminum.

This is the thread I'm using as I go now:
http://motorbicycling.com/f42/motorizing-schwinn-35621.html
Won't be a schwinn though anymore I guess. Fiddle sticks. Hopefully I find a good bike soon. Not ready to slap 300 bucks down for the trek 820 in the middle of winter.