teh next avalon first build from h3ll...

[noobtard]

noobtube -> YouTube - Zoom Bicycles "80cc" Slant Head kit on a Next Avalon
3rd day of riding the thing.. I sooo, picked the wrong bike to start out with...(don't buy this bike if you have engine plans.... unless you get a shift kit...)

Pic1: The bike fresh off the rack at wally-world.
Pic2: My tinker toy kit finally came after 15+ days shipping..
Pic3: Mounting wasn't looking too promising..
Pic4: Finally got it in there and tightened down..
Pic5: My ghetto idea for a cheap intake mod..(shouldn't have cut it at an angle...)

[Tabogon]

That is one stuffed bike!

[Clotho]

Well Done!

You persevered and now you get to reap the rewards. By now you probably have a very intimate understanding of your bike and you should be well equipped to handle any other challenges that come your way.

Enjoy the front suspension. I think it really helps the ride.

[noobtard]

Pic1: The bike finally together after the first day I got to ride it.

Pic2: My ghetto intake.. aka heater hose off of my 1947 Ford pickup.. (ran fine until it melted and my carb fell off while riding...lol?)

Pic3 My sad attempt at bending some galvanized steal tubing..

Pic4: My 2nd attempt at making an in take.. metal off of the bed of my truck.. it was a long rectangular piece half a day of grinder/dremel/drill it looked like that.. my welding attempt with a steel coat hanger failed... oxy/mapp just isn't hot enough to weld steel I guess.. so, I just brazed it.. and wasn't too proud of how it looked.. so no pics of it, sorry.

Pic5: Next problem, the rear shock. it was making my chain pop off into my spokes...(at least 5 times..all at low speed luckily. . .)

[noobtard]

Pic1: The rear spring had to go.. I cut it with a dremel, was kind of scary since it still had tension on it, barely moved when I cut through though. that First aluminum adjuster nut still refused to budge... it was just eatiing all the threads off.. so I cut it off.. (wanted to keep it to adjust chain tension... oh well.)

Pic2: Here we see what holds the whole rear suspension together... 2 plastic nuts. . . Quality Much?(I used Teflon tape on them at least..fingers crossed..)

Pic3: My ghetto non-spring. cut off some galvanized steel pipe from our old trampoline(which died..) ground it level.. ended up painting it because it was rusty inside.. (thought galv.steel "never" rusted?..)

Pic4: Putting it together after the paint cured.. rubber gaskets cut from a old van tire.. and more heater hose stolen off my 47' truck.. to keep the tube from moving too much.

[noobtard]

Pic1: The bike finally together and semi-safe to ride. . .

Pic2: no more rear suspension.

Pic3: Ghetto intake.. used high temp diesel fuel line this time.. works well for now.(except I noticed it's leaking gas out of the air filter...probably not a good thing.)

Well, that's it for now.. still tons of work to do to it. probably up around the 100-mile mark so far..(need a speedo and lights still...) on my 2nd gallon of gas.

I think my chain finally "broke in" during my 30+ mile ride it was flopping around alot... but today it's "magically" tight. I changed nothing.

I've found no hill it can't climb.. hopefully a new plug and a long ride tomorrow.

P.S. even with the "intake" that long the throttle response is instant.

[Echotraveler]

good noob!! that ghetto intakes is cool....maybe you can think of a better looking setup, but thats pretty cool! good job on the rear suspension...

[TerrontheSnake]

My question is, why get rid of the rear suspension? That is the only reason I would have tried so hard to get the motor in that cramped area. I'm not by any means trying to say it was a bad idea or flame you for it, just want to know the reasoning.

[noobtard]

^ as I said it was popping the chain off into my spokes.. and I'm lucky as $*%^ that it didn't happen at high speeds..

yes, maybe a spring loaded tensioner would have worked.. but I wouldn't bet my life on it...

the suspension would have worked fine with a jack shaft build though.(still have fun with the mounting and intake...)

[TerrontheSnake]

Hmmm, thanks for the info. I intend a full suspension, sorry I missed that part earlier didn't see it. I just want to know what I'm up against. I make a pretty awesome spring tensioner out of a rear derailuer that I think might work though.