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Nashville Kat

Nashville Kat

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Just got back from another great run to Starbucks and the grocery- three miles home with a half gallon of ice cream in the Florida heat- NO PROBLEM!

This thing rolls and rolls- I shut the motor off two blocks from where I know I have to stop, and it just keeps rolling. From 25 or 30 it coasts FOREVER unless I'm against a strong wind. As far as the weight and the roll, even against other small motors- I'm blowing eveything else away in terms of MPG. Probably get the six miles there and back on about a quarter's worth of gas... OR LESS!

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maintenancenazi

maintenancenazi

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^ Is that a flying horse motor, or just a decal?

Peace, James

Ahh yes the Mobile Oil Co logo, thought I had seen that somewhere before!
 
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Nashville Kat

Nashville Kat

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I'll eat this stupid 1/2 gallon of ice cream- Coke Floats mostly- tho I have a few strawberries left- in the next 24 hours probably- cause i'm like an ice cream-a-holic- and it will probably kill me eventually-

I just took my blood pressure at the store and it's up a bit- ready to do some road bike peddlin I think!
Still stiff and sore from working on my house. Never thought I'd have a PALM TREE in my yard!
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The Mobile Gasoline Pegasus horse is from a stencil I made from a picture when I first built my bike March '09- It was first on the tank, until I got a chrome one. It was all based on a 1940's & 50's Indianapolis Novis- Ralph Hepburn, Duke Nalon.
 

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bigbutterbean

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six miles for a quarter sounds about right. i just added up the cost of a gallon of gas here and what 4 ounces of oil costs me and divided it by my estimated mileage, and gas and oil together comes out to a nickel a mile.
 
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wheelbender6

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A well installed and well tuned China girl motor can perform really good, like yours. What made you decide to roll with the smaller tires?
 
Nashville Kat

Nashville Kat

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14 years of USCF racing I guess- These are 27 x 1 1/4- I quit riding those about 1969 when I changed the tires on the ole Schwinn Varsity to 1 1/8" Schwinn Puff tires- Those tires are massive compared to the sew-ups I raced on!

I want to give the motor every advantage and I like a really good pedal- that's why my saddle is at road bike height too.

Here's Schwinn I just put up on craigslist- took these pictures today:
 

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Pilotgeek

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I hear what you're saying about the tendency to coast on and on from 30mph. Even with my 1.75" tires it will coast probably 1/2 mile til it stops. I think good tires, good bearings, and a well adjusted chain contribute a lot to efficiency and speed.

I like that bike, I'm digging the whole clean red and silver look.
 
Nashville Kat

Nashville Kat

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I've touted them here before- but a 415 Industrial/Trike chain still has the same usual kit width, but smaller plates otherwise- about half the weight and it ROLLS much better = you can HEAR the difference. And only about $12 shipped last time I looked.
 
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Nashville Kat

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Here's the evolution of this bike:

Photo one- Summer of '09- the year after the flood-with original tires and wheels- steel bars and one piece crank, exhaust, fork

photo two- shortly after, that same summer, with 26 x 1.75 tires and shock fork

photo three- that fall just after I put the 27" wheel on the front.
I liked the increasing roll so much, I planned the 27 on the back, but built a 50cc cruiser with 700c wheels in the meantime and didn't get the other 27 on until last fall, when I painted it silver chrome, and put red alloy BMX bars on (pictures in Original Post)

photo four- with long poo-poo pipe and alloy seat post

Sprocket has evolved from original kit 44 to steel 36, and then to alloy 34, with Trike chain.

.we.
 

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