Hey Fellows excited to make my first post ever dealing with motorized bicycles and although Ive read through a couple bike forums I still have some questions.
My first build was going to be a Cruiser until I came across this Ironhorse Maverick. I like that it feels like a hybrid, nice shocks, disc brakes and lets face it, IronHorse on the bike is pretty appropriate lol.
My first issue is this irregular frame! I know there is a fix for this perhaps making some new mounts but I wanted to ask the pros and see if Im fretting over nothing.
Second is motor. One minute its get the 2 stroke and a jackshaft, next minute its get the 4 stroke and jackshaft. I like the 4 stroke idea but cant get used to that super wide motor.
Im pretty well settled on a 2 stroke at this moment. Cost, weight and I just read that a 36T sprocket can be used to gain quite a bit of top end speed without sacrificing much low end torque. Thoughts?
EDIT. Let me add that if the 36T is the magic sprocket I would forego the jackshaft on this first build.
Okay here are a couple pics of the frame issue Im facing.
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Thank you for any input!!!
Dan.
My first build was going to be a Cruiser until I came across this Ironhorse Maverick. I like that it feels like a hybrid, nice shocks, disc brakes and lets face it, IronHorse on the bike is pretty appropriate lol.
My first issue is this irregular frame! I know there is a fix for this perhaps making some new mounts but I wanted to ask the pros and see if Im fretting over nothing.
Second is motor. One minute its get the 2 stroke and a jackshaft, next minute its get the 4 stroke and jackshaft. I like the 4 stroke idea but cant get used to that super wide motor.
Im pretty well settled on a 2 stroke at this moment. Cost, weight and I just read that a 36T sprocket can be used to gain quite a bit of top end speed without sacrificing much low end torque. Thoughts?
EDIT. Let me add that if the 36T is the magic sprocket I would forego the jackshaft on this first build.
Okay here are a couple pics of the frame issue Im facing.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi8.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa14%2Fgamedoctors%2FMotorized%2520Bikes%2F20130819_182838_resized_zps023c3d82.jpg&hash=c1d3ddfa06f107182a1d13466f91cd22)
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Thank you for any input!!!
Dan.
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