will a motor work on my specialized hardrock xs?

[tribalyouthdub]

http://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb5077278/p4pb5077278.jpg
my bike looks sort of like this... i wanna know if i can get an engine to fit in there

 

[silverbear]

You could do a rack mount setup behind the seat. Not enough room in the frame to fit any kind of gas engine, but your could go electric with a pancake motor in the rear.
SB

 

[maniac57]

Nope. You're not gonna get a inframe to fit without SERIOUS mods to the bike.
You could do this though:

Or this:

 

[Albula vulpes]

If that was my bike and I wanted to motorize it, I would put a GEBE on it.