Ive been hurting for some kinda income now for awhile and as motorized bike grow in popularity around me,I figure why not try to build and sell some. Hopefully I will be able to get a small MB parts and kit shop going for some of us here in the Midwest. Fingers crossed.
Luck has been in the cards for me this year as I scored a sweet,brand new in the box Grubee GT-5 kit off of craigslist for a unlocked cell phone I had laying around that didnt cost me anything. This came when I was so desperate to find away to make 200 bucks just to get a kit. So I couldn't believe that i was able to pull this off. Engine kit = more or less FREEBIE!
Well, I need an easy frame now,and something dirt cheap. Something I can plop that kit into without mods or additional money to get it to work, beach cruisers seem in demand but not to many I can find for cheap or going to just bolt right up. Another moment of luck came last night as someone asked me to help them pick up a beach cruiser from a guy on Craigslist. I went with and he had a Trek mountain bike he was willing to give me for 40 bucks! So I got it.
So,anyways,here is where I begin the build, 2 issues already confront me on this bike, the shifter and rear brake cables are on the top tube of the frame and are facing up. They are not the full casing type of cables,they are the ones that use exposed cable here and there, and this is going to cause my first issue with mounting the gas tank to the top tube.
Next up on my scary list of things to do, the one crank does not look like its going to clear the muffler/pipe. I know quite a few of you have heated up the pipe to bend it, in the all the bikes i have built i have tried that on everyone of them and after the bend or bends i have to put in them have caused the pipe fail at some point down the road. It like cracks and then just falls off, one time the whole damn muffler can broke off the pipe and then the guts fell out the bottom all over the bike path. Maybe better off finding a off set crank? eh, god knows i dont want to kill the muffler cause im trying to keep this cheap.
SO... here some photos ...
Luck has been in the cards for me this year as I scored a sweet,brand new in the box Grubee GT-5 kit off of craigslist for a unlocked cell phone I had laying around that didnt cost me anything. This came when I was so desperate to find away to make 200 bucks just to get a kit. So I couldn't believe that i was able to pull this off. Engine kit = more or less FREEBIE!
Well, I need an easy frame now,and something dirt cheap. Something I can plop that kit into without mods or additional money to get it to work, beach cruisers seem in demand but not to many I can find for cheap or going to just bolt right up. Another moment of luck came last night as someone asked me to help them pick up a beach cruiser from a guy on Craigslist. I went with and he had a Trek mountain bike he was willing to give me for 40 bucks! So I got it.
So,anyways,here is where I begin the build, 2 issues already confront me on this bike, the shifter and rear brake cables are on the top tube of the frame and are facing up. They are not the full casing type of cables,they are the ones that use exposed cable here and there, and this is going to cause my first issue with mounting the gas tank to the top tube.
Next up on my scary list of things to do, the one crank does not look like its going to clear the muffler/pipe. I know quite a few of you have heated up the pipe to bend it, in the all the bikes i have built i have tried that on everyone of them and after the bend or bends i have to put in them have caused the pipe fail at some point down the road. It like cracks and then just falls off, one time the whole damn muffler can broke off the pipe and then the guts fell out the bottom all over the bike path. Maybe better off finding a off set crank? eh, god knows i dont want to kill the muffler cause im trying to keep this cheap.
SO... here some photos ...
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