My wife had an old Huffy cruiser that sat around for years so I ask her if she minded if I polish it up a little. I am pretty happy the way it turned out but after looking at some of the more advanced builds I am going to start on a new board tracer right after Christmas and then save it to for Portland, Indiana 2012. A couple of not too good pics attached.
First motorized bike build.
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Welcome to the forum, that's probably the nicest "first" build I've seen in a while here. Nice work
Understatement of the year right there!bharmon said:
Welcome, thanks for sharing. Looks sweet.
btw, where's your front brake?
Gotta be careful with only a coaster toaster...
Would love to see more pics and hear more about the build. I love the tank, did you make it? And the graphics, are they stickers? Looking forward to seeing what you do with your second bike..... do you plan on using another chinagirl or maybe something else?
Yes! Yes! Tell us about the tank. In detail, please; I'm considering a bigger in-frame tank myself.
BTW: that really is a fantastic first-time build. Heck, that's a fantastic build of any kind. Nice work!
Nice work, looks like we have another nice clean build here. I love the tank as well. You might have a bit more power with an expansion pipe on there, just the nature of the 2-stroke motor.
Yes, love that gas tank.
Could you give more info on the Portland, Indiana show? When and where.
Thanks
Could you give more info on the Portland, Indiana show? When and where.
Thanks
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Whatcha talking about Fastfingas??????????????????? I know the bike looks "GREAT........ thats why i said so....... more then once........ maybe youve had 1 too many glasses of eggnog this XMas
Yea Harry I see now maybe I was refering to the way you discribed the pictures hahahah and the egg noggggg is good and strong happy holidays
Fastfingaz i dont know how you got confused...... i love this bike LOL. In fact i dont think this bike has gotten the attention it deserves..... VERY NICE!!!!!!!....... Happy Holidays F.F
It appears that there is some interest in the tank. Well I used what I had which was a section of 2 " x 4" x 1/8" wall steel tubeing. It made a heavy tank but it was easy to cut to shape and then mig weld the caps and joints. The filler neck is a piece of 1" tubeing taped to 3/4"pipe and used a slightly modified garden hose connection and cap. The lettering on the tank was hand painted by a local guy, who copied a picture that I printed from the internet. It was a lot of fun to build and I thank everyone for the interest. As for the pipe I cut it off to look more authentic and probably gave up some power in an engine that doesn't have much to begin with. BHarmon
I'll have to agree with Harry on this one "it looks great!!" you really couldn't have picked a better bike for the job and desired effects of the build
NICE! NICE! NICE!
NICE! NICE! NICE!
Awesome build man! I can't wait to see your second build. I wouldn't worry too much about giving up some speed, Drivers are going to slow down to check it out anyway!
Beautiful, really nice job.
The pipe is your choice, I realize it makes it look older that way.
In support of better pipes, 2 strokes do benefit a lot from changing the type of pipe you use. My 48cc really flies now with a 'performance' pipe. But I realize the choices often dont look the part.
Maybe some talented person should make an aftermarket 'performance' pipe for 2 strokes that would increase power AND look good on a boardtracker? I saw one on Pat's site for a Morini.
I think a really 'old school' performance pipe for China 2 strokes would sell well. I dont know exactly what that could look like, & still look the part, but I think it would be worth coming up with something.
The pipe is your choice, I realize it makes it look older that way.
In support of better pipes, 2 strokes do benefit a lot from changing the type of pipe you use. My 48cc really flies now with a 'performance' pipe. But I realize the choices often dont look the part.
Maybe some talented person should make an aftermarket 'performance' pipe for 2 strokes that would increase power AND look good on a boardtracker? I saw one on Pat's site for a Morini.
I think a really 'old school' performance pipe for China 2 strokes would sell well. I dont know exactly what that could look like, & still look the part, but I think it would be worth coming up with something.
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Re; A good two cycle pipe, the old two cycle racing pipes had a long "extractor cone" with a short "difuser cone' on the end and a small "stinger" pipe. The idea was that it would extract exaust from the cyl. and then return the gas pulses to block the port just at the right timming and help hold the intake charge in the cylinder. As I write this I see that sick Bike Parts has a tuned pipe in thier ad, don't know what engine that is for? Do you know of a high performance pipe for the China engines?
I didnt want to hijack so I started a thread about 'em over in the performance section.