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gokart25

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Why do all the 4 stroke bikes have a jack shaft?
Why can't they run right off the clutch, to the rear wheel?
 

dracothered

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ratio and offset the engine is to wide to go strait back
If you ran a 9 tooth & 54 tooth at 3500 rpm it would be around 45mph, but you still have the offset issue. So with the Jack Shaft it make it easier all around even if it doesn't seem to be easier.
 

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If you ran a 9 tooth & 54 tooth at 3500 rpm it would be around 45mph, but you still have the offset issue. So with the Jack Shaft it make it easier all around even if it doesn't seem to be easier.
That's a 6 to 1 ratio

9 tooth
54 tooth

5000 rpm = 64 mph`

No motor we use redlines at 3500 rpm and the 99 cc HF
motors won't pull much over 45 mph

So you would need an 80 tooth sprocket to go 45 mph
with a 9 tooth sprocket and I don't know of any centrifugal
clutches that use as small a sprocket as a 9.

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dracothered

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That's a 6 to 1 ratio

9 tooth
54 tooth

5000 rpm = 64 mph`

No motor we use redlines at 3500 rpm and the 99 cc HF
motors won't pull much over 45 mph

So you would need an 80 tooth sprocket to go 45 mph
with a 9 tooth sprocket and I don't know of any centrifugal
clutches that use as small a sprocket as a 9.

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oops, forgot about the centrifugal clutch.... HAHAHA
 

gokart25

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Thanks, that helps me understand, I've gotta sell one of my bikes before I start the 4 stroke project...Thanks
 

locutus_1

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Why do all the 4 stroke bikes have a jack shaft?
Why can't they run right off the clutch, to the rear wheel?
i dont have a jack shaft i have a 60 tooth rear sprocket with 9 tooth output on the trans from a 4 g tranny.. i do 20 mph tops but then again im 300 lbs.. lol ive wanted one of those kits but who has 200 to shell out anymore
 

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i dont have a jack shaft i have a 60 tooth rear sprocket with 9 tooth output on the trans from a 4 g tranny.. i do 20 mph tops but then again im 300 lbs.. lol ive wanted one of those kits but who has 200 to shell out anymore
The 4G tranny is the jack shaft.
That makes your bike have 2 final drive ratios not one.

20 teeth
80 or 100 teeth

9 teeth
60 teeth
 

mat_man

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The cheapest and easiest way to use a HF 99cc would be to use
11t #35 clutch and 20" wheel on a rear rack, IF you could mount a
72t rear sprocket. This would give 45 mph at 5000 rpm. Rider would
probably need to be under 180 lbs. and need to pedal up to 10 mph.
 

mat_man

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Many of the ebike racers mount their batterys higher than i would expect.
For racing there may be an advantage.

With a 20" wheel at least your mount would be would be 6" lower than
on an 26" wheel.

One of Scotto's early race bikes was a 196cc on a rear rack:
 

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