A man after my own heart. It's great to see someone actually
traveling by motorized bicycle. A thousand miles is a serious jaunt. I use the
stock 1 liter tank on my tanaka & carry a 2 liter mix bottle in my
inframe. That gives me a good excuse to take a break every 30
or so miles. 1000 mi, gee! so far my longest was 380 down to
the cranberry coast,(biblical deluge the first 3 days). Site won't
let me use pics twice.
traveling by motorized bicycle. A thousand miles is a serious jaunt. I use the
stock 1 liter tank on my tanaka & carry a 2 liter mix bottle in my
inframe. That gives me a good excuse to take a break every 30
or so miles. 1000 mi, gee! so far my longest was 380 down to
the cranberry coast,(biblical deluge the first 3 days). Site won't
let me use pics twice.
. The cost for fuel for the entire 987 mile round trrip came out to be $21.75, for the entire eight days while I was on the road from sudbury to wallaceburg and back again. The motor I'm using a hs 142 series, ohv 4 stroke motor putting out at around 2.5 h.p.and the transmission I was using was the ezm pace setter transmission with the 5.45 inch rear cast iron drive pulley rather than the stock 4.95 inch rear cast iron pulley. With the front primary 2 inch drive pulley combined with the rear 5.45 inch cast iron rear pulley and the 10 tooth sprocket on the maxtorque ss clutch to the 68t sprocket on the secondary drive, gave me a ratio of 18:76:1 and I was able to maintain a steady pace speed of 24.5 m.p.h. , even with the bike and with rider weighing in at around 250 lb.'s fully loaded with the tour pack which weighed in at around 75 lb.'s to 80 lb.'s with gear on board. The bike has a front suspension rack as well as a rack on the rear stays of the frame and i put 4 pannier bags and had a tool bag under the seat and a small bag tied in to the handle bar as well. When I first built it, I built it extra heavy duty , as to handle the every day rigours of long distance motoriezed bike touring eh. 
