Hi all, I am definitely a rookie with entry level knowledge on mechanics however, I have a basic understanding and enough skills so that I have built, welded, fabricated and pieced together my own motorized bike. I am running a 79cc predator (with a torque converter) engine with a v-belt that is about 70" which is running to a 16" pulley on a 26" rear rim. I also have a belt tensioner in between the drive pulley and the rear pulley to cut some slack out of the belt. With this set up I just cannot seem to get enough torque/speed out of the bike. The bike does have enough torque to get the bike to pull but as far as actually riding, it goes less than 5mph. Like I said I am new to this so any feedback would be helpful. I did recently fabricate my muffler that I took from a 150cc KLX dirtbike... would that have anything to due with inhibiting the power? Even without the muffler it still has a lack of any power to it. Any feedback here is much appreciated. Some of my 'guesses' on why there is no torque/speed...
-Exhaust too restricted?
-Torque converter not engaging correctly?
- perhaps belt/tensioner is too little or too tight?
- All the above? haha
Any positive feedback is VERY much appreciated.
-Exhaust too restricted?
-Torque converter not engaging correctly?
- perhaps belt/tensioner is too little or too tight?
- All the above? haha
Any positive feedback is VERY much appreciated.
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