lowracer
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I started my new scooter project.
Recently I built a pusher trailer for a skateboard (more like a motorized fork) & then modified it to push a bicycle. The bicycle pusher proved pitiful & wore out the driven trailer tire within 10 miles (not enough weight on the driven wheel). It went back onto the skateboard as a weight bearing rear driver & worked pretty well, but where can you go on a skateboard? (I only rode it around my block)
I found a Razor e325 electric scooter being sold on Craigs list for $20 with messed up electronics. The scooter is designed to hold up to 200 lbs & has a heavy duty steel frame & fat 3.00-4 wheels & tires (10"). I'll be doing a conversion to gas power using my tried & true Tanaka PF3300 w/ Pocketbike 5:1 transmission. Project goal is to be street legal in my State (<50cc, <2 hp, <30 mph).
I ripped the electronics out & removed the 55 tooth freewheel. I threaded on a 18T BMX freewheel I had laying around. Now I just need to mount the pocketbike transmission using the uprights of the scooter frame above the rear tire.
I mounted the 5:1 pocketbike transmission to a piece of 1/4" angle aluminum. This piece will eventually be cut down (towards the rear of the scooter). I've drilled 2 holes thru the front part of the 1/4" mount & thru the scooter frame cross member & bolted with 1/4" bolts & nylocks. I vice-grip'd a piece of steel bar to both the freewheel cog & transmission cog to insure correct chain alignment. I will probably reinforce the scooter frame member (rear fender mount), with some additional 3/16" steel bar and then some diagonal bracing from the axle dropout to the upright.
Will post more pics as I find time to complete the mount.
-Lowracer-
Recently I built a pusher trailer for a skateboard (more like a motorized fork) & then modified it to push a bicycle. The bicycle pusher proved pitiful & wore out the driven trailer tire within 10 miles (not enough weight on the driven wheel). It went back onto the skateboard as a weight bearing rear driver & worked pretty well, but where can you go on a skateboard? (I only rode it around my block)
I found a Razor e325 electric scooter being sold on Craigs list for $20 with messed up electronics. The scooter is designed to hold up to 200 lbs & has a heavy duty steel frame & fat 3.00-4 wheels & tires (10"). I'll be doing a conversion to gas power using my tried & true Tanaka PF3300 w/ Pocketbike 5:1 transmission. Project goal is to be street legal in my State (<50cc, <2 hp, <30 mph).
I ripped the electronics out & removed the 55 tooth freewheel. I threaded on a 18T BMX freewheel I had laying around. Now I just need to mount the pocketbike transmission using the uprights of the scooter frame above the rear tire.
I mounted the 5:1 pocketbike transmission to a piece of 1/4" angle aluminum. This piece will eventually be cut down (towards the rear of the scooter). I've drilled 2 holes thru the front part of the 1/4" mount & thru the scooter frame cross member & bolted with 1/4" bolts & nylocks. I vice-grip'd a piece of steel bar to both the freewheel cog & transmission cog to insure correct chain alignment. I will probably reinforce the scooter frame member (rear fender mount), with some additional 3/16" steel bar and then some diagonal bracing from the axle dropout to the upright.
Will post more pics as I find time to complete the mount.
-Lowracer-
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