my bike rebuild

my bike, seen here in its first incarnation


it's definitely been around the block. i beat on it pretty hard for about 2000 miles, and i lent it to a friend while i was fixing his car and he put about 300 more on it over the winter. in the salt.

while being abused by me, i put two new clutch cables, rear brake pads, and new grips on it. that was a summer of commuting and going anywhere else i had to. the exhaust broke (and i welded it back together) several times. the muffler finally escaped while my friend had it, and it was returned to me without it. didn't bother me, i had other plans...



so currently, i need to:
fix the paint on the pipe where i modified it to fit
two new tires
adjust rear brakes
new ignition coil
new chain
clean everything

i also wanted to make a nice intake for some kinda crazy carb, but im not sure where thats gonna go yet.

anyone know where i can buy just a new engine, preferably an old grubee starfire gt4? i cant find any good ones anywhere these days...

more to come.

a predator is one of those 97cc harbor freight engines, right? it wont last very long at 5000 constant, they are governed to 3600 for a reason. although, i've never run one like that, so maybe it does work out?

but i'm sticking with my two stroke setup. two strokes are my thing. besides, i have real mopeds and motorcycles to dump (my lack of) money into. i'm just rejuvenating this because it's the first bike i ever built from nothing.

i'd be worried about the integrity of the rotating assembly at 5000 rpm way more so than the cylinder...

yeah my chain has seen better days, as i said, my friend used it to commute in snow and salt. he never oiled it. it was the cheap chinese chain that came with the kit though, and it was due for replacement anyways.