Havent Riden In Years.

Hi yall, back in the late '70's I raced BMX with Bobby Encinas for Shimano. Then moved on to drag racing, then midget racing and karts. Built a lot of race cars and street rods, but quit all that including riding mountain bike and dirt bikes when my Dad died and I took over the family biz. After a couple years my own health started down hill (genetic heart condition) so I retired early (age 45 at the time) to avoid the heavy stress caused by the biz.

Well a recent trip to the Dr. said I am now pre-diabetic and she said I need to get more exercize (or at least some) so I started riding Mountain bikes again. After a few 4 mile rides I realized 2 things, 1 I am way out of shape and this pedaling crap is for the birds and 2 I remembered seeing these motorbikes about a year ago and recently someone rode by my house on one so I plan on building a full suspension bike with a shift kit. I figure that a 4 mile ride pedaling is equal to about 15-20 of offroading with an engine.....lol


P.S. I am looking for a GT LTS farme or complete bike.
Cheers

The way I ride and the terrain I look for Im sure will mean pedaling at times to assist a steep climb and I sometimes have to carry the bike a short distance to get over and around impassable areas. I dont plan on riding motorcycle style by slipping the clutch, I will pedal to assist get off from a stop. The extra weight is gonna be more of a work out than a non engine bike, probably by far.

I should be ordering all my parts in a couple weeks.....I cant wait!

I ran a 1955 Chevy that ran low 10's at 130mph. I still have the car but we got rid of all the others, the 55 was the main racer.

My scanner isnt working so I dont have any pics of the 55 but heres one from my midget racing days....

Good luck with your heart problems Jerry! Do you have any pics of the autoshift bike? Sounds great.

Good looking bike Jerry! The auto trans is pretty slick too.

Well I bought a GT LTS full suspension bike, an F80 engine from Dax, a jack shaft shift kit and tuned pipe from SBP and lots of little goodies from Ebay. I will be starting my first build latter this week when the parts start showing up and sending in the motor bicycle form to get a California moto bike plate. I cant wait to start building!