That's good. My mum would have a heart attack if I said I was going to go 46 or 50! Can't wait to see the results!Don't worry Sam, Dylan will be well suited-up for the event! The bike will be, essentially, a light weight motorcycle. There will not be a mechanical failure during his run.
Jim
...Yes; DV and I are going to build a bike...nothing unobtanium...with a China engine...that will clock 60 mph or better at our local dragstrip. An official time slip, and a GPS log will verify the run.
The engine will not be heavily modified...it doesn't need to be!...
You can bet that this bike won`t be or look in and way like any of the normal bicycles that members build on this site.....I was checking out one on YOUTUBE from Calif. that looked more like a small motorcycle with pedals.....I don`t see spoked rims being used, or the normal bearings and axles....My axle was bent on my Trek800 Mountain Bike from a pretty decent motor build....Lol and poor DVbikes is the guinea pig
I hope you guys aren't just using a old mountain bike.. *shudders*
That is too sick!! I never woulda guessed this is 50cc:check this out. Bub 50cc Project these guys are running an aprila 50cc with f/i and n2o 77mph. the lil china girl is going to need a really hot prom dress to go 60.
I CONCUR!!It's never been the speed so much as the lack of substantiation - obv if anyone can smack a HT into breaking 50 Jim can...
The "ney sayers" are usually in response to off the wall claims, duct-tape bikes & armchair engineers - often in the interest of preventing false expectations by those new to this game.
All that's ever been asked for is a lil proof lol
Well the MOPEDS were variated 1 to 2 speed drive trains, most were reed valve motors,Belt driven drive tranes, a lot better intake tracks(carb.`s and intake), tranfer ports were better/bigger.....A much better after market parts program....IMO these china motors aren`t too much like the MOPED motors but I guess if you Franken build one it can be pumped up to run like a moped.....JMO.....I am all for Jim's team. I have been obsessed with mopeds and the like my entire life. Jim is correct, these motors are fully capable of 60. Many older actual "mopeds"(When I say moped I mean moped, Motorized Pedal bike. MOPED! if it doesn't have pedals its a scooter or motorcycle) They had very small engines and did 60 while weighing a ton as compared to these. Plus engine tech is far improved, bottom line is I am sure it will happen with Jim on it, now I remember why I just started doing my work instead of being on the forum because of all the ney sayers and knowitalls saying you can't do that blah blah blah, human ingenuity will beat all ney sayers always has always will!