Well, after witnessing the thunder of Scotto's hulkster at the last willow race, I was hooked. I know I know, i have been watching the unimited class race for a couple years now, but something clicked. Maybe Scotto's ubiquitous smile, the superhero green paint job that one can only Marvel at (oooh i went there) or it could have been the giant terminator-esque ball of metal parts, gears, and hoses jammed and stuffed into that frame. Quite poetic that a bicycle with such a large, manly, insane engine be chosen "Bixby", the name of the actor who portrayed the original "Incredible Hulk". But I digress..
I had already bought a predator 212cc in early july which I had planned to put into a GT2-A-S2-A-s frame, but that hadnt happened, and is in fact still in the box. (more on that later).
in 2013, I kept running into Jeff Wolf around town on his bad ass sandy dandy dyno, and when he would effortlessly walk away from the pack of us 66'ers at full throttle, I would kinda smile with envy. I've always loved both varieties of engines. they are both great for different reasons, but never did I see myself on one of those 4 stroke 49cc 13mph honda clones I'd been building for clients. I like the quick lightweight 66cc which, with a little work, can propel my fat arse up to glorius wind in the hair speeds of excitement, it smells like my old CR 250, has a clutch lever, and is just downright Zippy and fun.
Enter the 200cc Thunder. WOW! chest pounding thwump thwumps like that of my old yamaha 660, and unheard of ( to the 2 stroke bicycler) speeds and roar. Am I redundant with the sounds? well, its for good reason. These big thumper bikes are EXCITING! Soooooooo illegal, and beefy. i'm kinda getting sweaty here on the couch just thinking about this project.
I told my pal Dave Rust about the predator I had bought, and he, being the 2 stroke race-king, was mildly interested and busy with other things. When we finished the willow race, Scotto offered us to ride his bike. Dave hopped on like a fat kid in a chocolate store, and flew around the larger-than-quarter- mile track, pulling (4) 19second laps consecutively. (my video is on youtube). He was hooked. the next day he called me and said his GX 200 was in the mail and I'd better get one!. HA ha I said.. "remember I told you I have a predator already?" And Dave said "-- well, nevermind what Dave said. lets just say the predator is still in the box, and now I cant decide on whether to strip off the fan shroud of my GX 200 and get a smooth flywhelel, or paint it black and use the killer, efficient cooling billet fan-type that I should use. and own... already..... But Woo HOO!
tonight I finally broke down and started working on it. I still need to go get the frame, (I've chosen to go with the Electra Cruiser 1) and build the bike, but what could possibly hurt in stripping off the "out-of-the-box" looking fan shroud, apply billet flywheel, remove the stock case cover, install the billet case cover, and stand back with the camera. This engine is the one that comes with some race ready stuff, but I'm still going to spend a few paychecks at AGK. . Lets see, so far I have my Jakeshaft (hahahaha) I have my cheetah, the AGK DIY exhaust kit, got a killer megaphone from ebay, the AGK 22mm mikuni intake kit, and some other stuff. Hydraulic discs are ready to go on the full suspension 27" triple tree front forks, and now I gotta convert the arse end of an electra into a 7" wide burly wheel carrier. woo hoo thumper time!
stay tuned..
I had already bought a predator 212cc in early july which I had planned to put into a GT2-A-S2-A-s frame, but that hadnt happened, and is in fact still in the box. (more on that later).
in 2013, I kept running into Jeff Wolf around town on his bad ass sandy dandy dyno, and when he would effortlessly walk away from the pack of us 66'ers at full throttle, I would kinda smile with envy. I've always loved both varieties of engines. they are both great for different reasons, but never did I see myself on one of those 4 stroke 49cc 13mph honda clones I'd been building for clients. I like the quick lightweight 66cc which, with a little work, can propel my fat arse up to glorius wind in the hair speeds of excitement, it smells like my old CR 250, has a clutch lever, and is just downright Zippy and fun.
Enter the 200cc Thunder. WOW! chest pounding thwump thwumps like that of my old yamaha 660, and unheard of ( to the 2 stroke bicycler) speeds and roar. Am I redundant with the sounds? well, its for good reason. These big thumper bikes are EXCITING! Soooooooo illegal, and beefy. i'm kinda getting sweaty here on the couch just thinking about this project.
I told my pal Dave Rust about the predator I had bought, and he, being the 2 stroke race-king, was mildly interested and busy with other things. When we finished the willow race, Scotto offered us to ride his bike. Dave hopped on like a fat kid in a chocolate store, and flew around the larger-than-quarter- mile track, pulling (4) 19second laps consecutively. (my video is on youtube). He was hooked. the next day he called me and said his GX 200 was in the mail and I'd better get one!. HA ha I said.. "remember I told you I have a predator already?" And Dave said "-- well, nevermind what Dave said. lets just say the predator is still in the box, and now I cant decide on whether to strip off the fan shroud of my GX 200 and get a smooth flywhelel, or paint it black and use the killer, efficient cooling billet fan-type that I should use. and own... already..... But Woo HOO!
tonight I finally broke down and started working on it. I still need to go get the frame, (I've chosen to go with the Electra Cruiser 1) and build the bike, but what could possibly hurt in stripping off the "out-of-the-box" looking fan shroud, apply billet flywheel, remove the stock case cover, install the billet case cover, and stand back with the camera. This engine is the one that comes with some race ready stuff, but I'm still going to spend a few paychecks at AGK. . Lets see, so far I have my Jakeshaft (hahahaha) I have my cheetah, the AGK DIY exhaust kit, got a killer megaphone from ebay, the AGK 22mm mikuni intake kit, and some other stuff. Hydraulic discs are ready to go on the full suspension 27" triple tree front forks, and now I gotta convert the arse end of an electra into a 7" wide burly wheel carrier. woo hoo thumper time!
stay tuned..
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