I got a new picture of my bike (see my avatar), it looks like it's rigged like crap i know (the gas tank is clamped with pipe hanging wire) but my real problems are with the motor mount i got from the guy on ebay. Also the handlebars i got from sickbikeparts.com are awesome, but a little problem with the packaging.
The motor mount was done all wrong, I'm still fixing it (drilling complete new holes on the offset mount) but the tubes that fit the motor itself (80/66 cc skyhawk grubee from kingsmotorbikes.com) are welded on at the wrong angles and the drilled holes for the bolt thru the frame are not in the right place at all... from the very front of the pre-drilled holes i have to drill a completely new whole to the right (about 3/4") and pray that the industrial bolts, nuts and washers i got from work are graded for the stress.
Anyways I couldn't run a chain with it so i'm fixing that. The other problem I had was a lot less stressful and caused literally no damage, but the box that the ape hanger bars came in from sickbikeparts.com was TOTALLY trashed. my brother, who signed for the package) called me to make sure that the bars were the only thing in the package and they were the size i wanted because he was so amazed that the bars actually stayed in the shredded card-board they call a box... horrible.
So that's my complaining for the day, other than that if anyone has any ideas how to better mount my gas tank or anything, don't hesitate to comment and tell me what i'm doing wrong or how i could improve this bike. i'm not a genius and i need help. Thanks guys who read and commented!
The motor mount was done all wrong, I'm still fixing it (drilling complete new holes on the offset mount) but the tubes that fit the motor itself (80/66 cc skyhawk grubee from kingsmotorbikes.com) are welded on at the wrong angles and the drilled holes for the bolt thru the frame are not in the right place at all... from the very front of the pre-drilled holes i have to drill a completely new whole to the right (about 3/4") and pray that the industrial bolts, nuts and washers i got from work are graded for the stress.
Anyways I couldn't run a chain with it so i'm fixing that. The other problem I had was a lot less stressful and caused literally no damage, but the box that the ape hanger bars came in from sickbikeparts.com was TOTALLY trashed. my brother, who signed for the package) called me to make sure that the bars were the only thing in the package and they were the size i wanted because he was so amazed that the bars actually stayed in the shredded card-board they call a box... horrible.
So that's my complaining for the day, other than that if anyone has any ideas how to better mount my gas tank or anything, don't hesitate to comment and tell me what i'm doing wrong or how i could improve this bike. i'm not a genius and i need help. Thanks guys who read and commented!
will look nice and tank will be mounted soild... hope this helps..shawn
