Hello everyone. It has been awhile between posts but I am still riding the 2-stroke motorized bicycle and am about to reach 4500 miles on it.
Little has gone wrong and most of what did go bad could have been avoided if I had more experience prior but enough of the learning curve of things.
I thought to ask about constructing a 4-Stroke that I could travel with.
The idea is to jack shaft to a wheel with gearing on an older Schwinn frame.
At work the company provides bicycles for folks to get around on. It's a Winery so we are spread over several acres.
Now there are many stripped down Schwinn that have been retired and they have a wonderful wide open "engine bay." I hope to obtain a frame and start there.
So my questions are the basic and general yes or no kind and I hope you will be so kind as to offer up your insight and opinion.
I envision a 4-stroke motor and jack shaft with perhaps a 5 speed hub and 12 gauge rear spokes. Maybe even a rear wheel shockr.
I read I need to have the engine, clutch, jack-shaft plus all the other things gas tanks and et al. Am I understanding the basics?
This is the general outline I have of a bike I could travel into the foothills with. The Idea is to visit Lake Alpine here and Yosemite which are both 2-3 day rides up and 2-3 day rides back. Naturally camping or motel-ing along the way.
Am I thinking straight? Could a 4-stroke with say a 5-speed hub climb hills well?
What would make for a great traviling bike?
Also do you have a bike like this already or perhaps there is a thread or two I can read?
This will be a ground up effort with careful planning and custom paint.
I have had such a wonderful experience with my Giant Boulder motorized bicycle that I am very willing to do another bike and with much more experience than when I first got the GB-motorized bicycle
Thanks for your input and feel free to talk about your bike and what you did/do. It can't hurt to think things through here so all input is welcome.
Again thank you and thank MotorBycycling.com!
An earlier picture of the 2-Stroke motorized bicycle
Little has gone wrong and most of what did go bad could have been avoided if I had more experience prior but enough of the learning curve of things.
I thought to ask about constructing a 4-Stroke that I could travel with.
The idea is to jack shaft to a wheel with gearing on an older Schwinn frame.
At work the company provides bicycles for folks to get around on. It's a Winery so we are spread over several acres.
Now there are many stripped down Schwinn that have been retired and they have a wonderful wide open "engine bay." I hope to obtain a frame and start there.
So my questions are the basic and general yes or no kind and I hope you will be so kind as to offer up your insight and opinion.
I envision a 4-stroke motor and jack shaft with perhaps a 5 speed hub and 12 gauge rear spokes. Maybe even a rear wheel shockr.
I read I need to have the engine, clutch, jack-shaft plus all the other things gas tanks and et al. Am I understanding the basics?
This is the general outline I have of a bike I could travel into the foothills with. The Idea is to visit Lake Alpine here and Yosemite which are both 2-3 day rides up and 2-3 day rides back. Naturally camping or motel-ing along the way.
Am I thinking straight? Could a 4-stroke with say a 5-speed hub climb hills well?
What would make for a great traviling bike?
Also do you have a bike like this already or perhaps there is a thread or two I can read?
This will be a ground up effort with careful planning and custom paint.
I have had such a wonderful experience with my Giant Boulder motorized bicycle that I am very willing to do another bike and with much more experience than when I first got the GB-motorized bicycle
Thanks for your input and feel free to talk about your bike and what you did/do. It can't hurt to think things through here so all input is welcome.
Again thank you and thank MotorBycycling.com!
An earlier picture of the 2-Stroke motorized bicycle
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