shell shock
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so heres a quick background on this thing:
Last spring i needed a way to get around, and seeing as i can not afford a car, these kits seemed perfect. Not knowing about this community i searched on ebay for "bicycle motors" and stumbled across the now closed down skyhawkcanada account. I purchased an engine from him. I spent the last couple months looking for a bike with a "perfect" angled frame.
It took me till this passed February to find one. That's when i found out about you fine folks. I read a helluva lot of threads and then set off to assemble my bike. I ended up taking my trusty laptop into the garage because i was referencing this site so much. The bike was built in -10 deg C weather and i went numb after a while.. alas i finished the bike.
I went for a 5 min ride... and was disapoint with the performance. Then it hit me.. i had the choke on.. Coming up to a stop sign i tapped the chock lever.. i think i left all my clothing behind as the thing took off! I was so happy! after about 10 more mins, the bike cut out. I spent the whole day trouble shooting. with no solution i went back inside.
Thinking it was a loose wire, i attempted to disconnect my CDI, but it was stuck to the bike... I melted the blue and black wire to the exhaust... *face palm*. I fixed the wires and then re positioned the CDI as not to melt again.
Feeling kinda stupid, i double checked my fuel, petcock and choke and set off for another ride.
all things aside, this had been a great experience and has taught me alot. i have alot of plans for this bike. attached is a pic of the bike, fresh of my assemble line (before the wires melted) it has since been thread locked and cleaned up. video up soon.
Last spring i needed a way to get around, and seeing as i can not afford a car, these kits seemed perfect. Not knowing about this community i searched on ebay for "bicycle motors" and stumbled across the now closed down skyhawkcanada account. I purchased an engine from him. I spent the last couple months looking for a bike with a "perfect" angled frame.
It took me till this passed February to find one. That's when i found out about you fine folks. I read a helluva lot of threads and then set off to assemble my bike. I ended up taking my trusty laptop into the garage because i was referencing this site so much. The bike was built in -10 deg C weather and i went numb after a while.. alas i finished the bike.
I went for a 5 min ride... and was disapoint with the performance. Then it hit me.. i had the choke on.. Coming up to a stop sign i tapped the chock lever.. i think i left all my clothing behind as the thing took off! I was so happy! after about 10 more mins, the bike cut out. I spent the whole day trouble shooting. with no solution i went back inside.
Thinking it was a loose wire, i attempted to disconnect my CDI, but it was stuck to the bike... I melted the blue and black wire to the exhaust... *face palm*. I fixed the wires and then re positioned the CDI as not to melt again.
Feeling kinda stupid, i double checked my fuel, petcock and choke and set off for another ride.
all things aside, this had been a great experience and has taught me alot. i have alot of plans for this bike. attached is a pic of the bike, fresh of my assemble line (before the wires melted) it has since been thread locked and cleaned up. video up soon.