thanks for chiming in guys. I'll look around and see if I can find it. I saw a link for a weird looking silver stand that was claimed to be heavy duty. one of the arms on it looked like it was bent funny in the picture, wasn't adjustable but they said in the description that you can cut it down.. if that wasn't blatenly obvious. I'll see if I can find that one two and see what you think.
and as for the "cool" effect, even without a motor on it I get people staring it down and complimenting it all over the place. Actually today on my way to homecheapo to get gusset material a guy passing by on a motorcycle almost hit a curb because he was paying attention to me at the stop sign..(caused a jeep to spin out on the bike in my avatar once too) which probably isn't a good thing. But heck it's the looks I get that keep me going. Haven't had that "holy crap I can't believe I built this" feeling since I got my rupp on the road. I'm just having a heck of a time getting this done because people around me make me feel bad for dumping so much money into it (almost $800 so far). I always get that "well why don't you just go buy a motorcycle" from my family and even the guy helping me with the welding and its kinda demotivating. Note to self: don't share prices with people on the next build.
anyway.. I spent like 3-4 hours on google today looking for a 'special' hub thats not way out of my budget. Msrfan directed me to find a disc hub with a bigger axle than the standard 10mm bicycles have. I did some digging up and I guess hardcore BMX'ers use 14mm axles in there bikes. so I went looking for a single speed 36h disc hub with a 14mm axle and it seems I have a few options.
1. Spend like $300 on my hubs
2. Buy a DMR hub I was looking at with a 10mm and get an axle conversion kit and HOPE it fits. since according to a guy on yahoo answers it should fit but I have my doubts. (
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AocW3xC1ueO9MoYPiaXMMvQazKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20130613162149AAHIT8s)
I'm just kinda at a standstill right now because It seems all of my options lead to failure or an empty bank account. and really its only the wheels that are stopping me from finishing this thing.
Also my lights seem to be giving me trouble now.. I'll charge the battery all night and my lights die 15 minutes into a ride without me touching the horn at all. so either my charger isnt working properly, or my wiring is still screwy.. or I'm just asking too much out of my battery. I'll draw up a wiring diagram later and upload it here. A member on Oldminibikes used a bicycle generator on his flywheel as an alternator, I'm gonna talk to him to see how well it worked because having a charging system on the bike would help out. we'll see how it goes.
I absolutely cannot wait for this thing to be done. I honestly had no idea what I was getting into when I started this project. And even without having it done I feel like I've learned a lot. Still love the bike to death but MAN what a headache... I'll keep you guys posted.