Ok.......so where do your feet go? On the rear pegs? If that's the case I'm good.
Yup, on the rear pegs. There will be no pedals.
The participants each bring a 'stock' bike. Each bike would be safety inspected.
They each pay $350 as a deposit.
Just the rambling thoughts of an old guy.
Clever, but that price is steep enough to keep participants out of the game. And more importantly, you lose "your" saddle, and bars, and brake setup.
That's not gonna work simply because there are a plethora of different bmx frames. That's why I said lowrider frames,there's no difference in the frames. He is already talking about engine swap with the winning racer,but that won't work with bmx frames. Unless there's a mount that works on all bmx frames?
The sidesaddle mount gets around the frame problem. The motor doesn't "fit" the frame anyway, so by having a standard mount method, that will work on ~any~ frame, lets you do things like swap engines quickly.
The only problem that a rider might run into is brake mounts. In the case of the SIMS Torch I bought, the brakes are limiting how far forward I can mount the engine. *shrugs* it's not a big deal.
I should have the engine mount done this weekend, so you can see what i'm talking about.
I know the motor will be attached. But where? If its lopsided like the picture he posted,who's gonna want to ride that?
I would. Most of my friends would. Sure, it'll look weird without a fairing, but once the fairing is on, you can't see that it's mounted to the side.
I'll let you in on a secret too. Bicycles are lopsided! Gokarts too are almost universally lopsided.
Importantly, the motors CG is only 2-3 inches away from the center-line of the bike. And the bike is 20-30lbs as is. So the total CG offset is only an inch or so. When balancing the bike, it was hard to tell it had any lean at all. Of course, if someone shows up with a 12lb BMX bike, that offset is going to be a bit greater.
Wait an see.
Wait.. and see me dragging fairing in a parking lot.
