Automatic Motorized Bicycle?

Re: Automatic MB?

That's going to be a tight fit. Be prepared for a offset manifold at the least. Bikes like that, were the down tube curves toward the seat post require the engine to be mounted higher in the frame.

Re: Automatic MB?

That frame is shaped like a Kent LaJolla. There's been a few successful builds of those bikes. I think they all required a offset manifold.

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Bleh, no thanks. The video on the page can basically be summed up as:
"Too stupid to shift a bicycle? Well now you don't have to!
Now I don't have to be fiddling around with confusing levers!
I was so confused by which gear I always had to be in. "

The mechanism that shifts seems neat, but I don't see why they couldn't just sell the dérailleur as a separate unit. If you could buy just the auto dérailleur, it may be something that would work well on a jackshaft. Don't know how it would hold up to having way more RPMs and torque than it was designed for.

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The question is: would it automatically shift if one used a shift kit so the engine would be using the same drive sprocket as the pedals? Sort of like using a NuVinci?

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I think that's the idea. Using it with a shift kit.

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Wow. It's been years since I last saw one of those bicycles. Didn't know they still made them.