If anyone has photos of the EZ tranny bolting up to the motor could you post them? Visuals are always good. Also, some of you have installed the HF with success. I would like to do a how to thread for installing the HF motor on a Schwinn cantilever frame, a good platform, common and has been done. (I'm thinking of your Corvette, Jim.) I just got my Greyhound motor yesterday and was thinking how nice it would be for me and even more so for someone with no prior experience building a motored bike to have a clear step by step description with photos of how to go about it. From the simplest stuff to the harder. I'm picturing something like a photo of the motor right out of the box. Getting familiar with the motor... what is what on it and what you are going to remove. How to remove the gas tank, the muffler. Adapting or making an engine mount specifically for that frame. How to hook up the throttle. How to attach the transmission. Even if someone was using a different transmission, it would be helpful to everyone using the HF motor. I kind of like that motor. The way it looks is OK (except for that air cleaner). My motor came to less than $82.00 out the door at HF. That's pretty compelling for a four stroke. Some of us like to fabricate and "build" our bikes even if it is on a tight budget and this motor mated to a good transmission can make a great bike. Let's do a how to. If I start one on my 51 Schwinn, will you guys contribute? I'll do the wrench work and take pictures as I go, but a group effort would draw on others' experience and would be a great help to other builders down the line. And photos of other mounts or ways of doing things would be good. And you dealers could then have a thread to point to for a customer of one of your transmissions as a reference. What do you say? Will you help?
I'd also appreciate a link or two for a source for the adjustable pulley you guys are talking about to make an automatic clutch work well with the HF motor. Where did you get yours and how much did it cost?
Once upon a time as a much younger man I was a teacher in the public school system, first teaching English, speech, theater and film making to secondary students. Later I was involved with something closer to my heart as an Indian advocate, tutor and director of Indian Education in our local school district, working with Native children. I guess I'm still a teacher at heart. I like sharing knowledge and there's nothing like it when you can help to empower someone else. These motored bikes do that, too. So lets help empower some new people. What do you think?
SB
