It's funny. I built my first electric bike on a Banshee Scratch frame. Then suddenly one day I said to myself. I should try putting a 100cc together. And that's when my tinkering began.
As cool as I think these are I don't think they are safe to ride in traffic. It's bad enough riding a regular bicycle/ebike/gas bike but one that looks like a motorcycle is going to confuse the already confused cagers. In other words better to have them thinking a bicycle is going fast rather than a motorcycle is going slow. Just my opinion but it's dangerous out there.
I have built two of theses choppers..currently working on another at the moment...my current is a reverse head 100cc..with a 36 tooth sprocket..I found the best way to do the chain adjustment is to have the adjustment sprocket guide the chain over the rear brake cables and brake arms...
I just bought a kit that fits mine perfectly. You don't need to destroy your bike or mod it any further to accommodate for anything.. doing so may risk structural integrity of the frame over time.
If you do one of these CORRECTLY, you DON'T have to bend metal, or shave the hub, or shave the fender, you also don't gotta drill holes into the frame or even use a chain pully i know i make these non stop they have 80$ engine mounts to mount these perfectly with alan bolts , using the CORRECT amount of links and half links you have the perfect chain tension then just pull the brake arm up a little bit using a extra washer and instead of filling the hub take the SPROCKET to a hardware store and have them make the same size hole ABOVE the included holes then connect the holes so it's a long gated hole OR get a sprockt adapter so it turns by the axle and not by the spokes
I'm an old fart, and when they first brought these out, I knew I had to do just exactly this. It took me until three weeks ago to find one in NEW condition I could afford, @ $200. The 82nd Airborne 2 stroke V-Twin Generator motor I had planned to use had been stolen, so I may just grab something off the rototiller and let fly.
what the hell thats a crazy motor im just a kid tho man thats cool ima get one of there and get it fixed up guess the design held up all these years bc its pretty damn cool But you were gone put a 1000 dollar engine on a 200$ bike ??? why
I am here because I am also at Ebay, and as I could already tell by looking at it, that 'Motor' Mount Kit is not at the correct angle for the engine. You want the gasoline going into the engine, that is the point of having them tilted forward, have fun pushing it up hills, which is kind of the point of having a bike with an engine in it in the first place. Motors are electric, by the way and have no 'working' parts. -marc27
You can use some Shoe-Goo you can get at Walmart where the shoes are that will hold the tank on without bolting it on just fine, tape it down with blue paint tape overnight while it dries, so you can get the tank out of the way of the seat. -marc27
Ed I recently picked up a 1977 Batavus HS50. I noticed the one you restored on one of the Moped sites. What paint color or paint code and type of paint did you use to restore it?
Fuck that. 350 is an insult. I'll offer you 351. Go ahead and pretend that you need to think about it and then hit me up, lol. Seriously though, nice bike, my friend. I'm about to do one myself. Is it a difficult build out?
