Have you ever gone on a trip and sneakily purchased some things from facebook marketplace or whatever digital fleamarket you have access to?
I had 2 hours in my local capital city and a plenty of diesel, i spammed whoever had listings for petrol bicycle listings within 40km.
I made 2 purchases and ended up with 3 frames, two engimes and some spares. The guy still has 3 more crates of engines and parts and i havent been back in months. I will likely hit him up soon and get the rest... maybe. I am more likely to get a newer build and tune from the bench first and put it in a nice frame from day one.
Currently my dream build is a state cycle co klunker, a bt110 hand filed and somewhat sorted with a nice pipe and some motorcycle controls, bobber seat and short mudguards. Probably lights too.
But that isnt this build. This Japanese Shogun frame had a 80cc kit fitted and was sort of sorted, and then thrashed, and trashed and abandoned.
I stripped it, modified to a single speed and fitted a new set of forks. These yellow forks where supposed to be 1" steerer forks for my Gemini build, but alas- they are 11/8"...
I have some pre- built wheels of sketchy provenance, but it works. I run them after i straighten them, and if they falter; thats when they retire.
I have a stock of bikes and have grabbed a lovely welded stem from an old dirtjumper that i had repurposed as a street crawler, and i have some 22mm low cruiser bars inverted for that drop down riding position. I will likely get another bent seat post and put a sprung saddle on it for comfort. I dont know why, but i am still going for the BT look. I will get over it soon.
I start by building the bike first with my builds as i like to be able to stop once i have the power unit in it. I also find most of my problems with my builds are with the base bike not so much the motor kit of late. I am a small engine mechanic by trade and rarely suffer with the mechanical failure of the power unit... the carbies though... and the bike- every time. I spend most amount of money on tyres and suspension in any vehicle.
I have a reed kit, slotted piston, power pipe (red banana 🌶) and a dremel. Ha ha ha. I have some time to port the head and match the ports.
I have a selection of carbies and will probably go with the roundslide style.
It would be nice to have mudgaurds, lights and i will likely just start the build with kit parts, and maybe get some pitbike parts to help give it a bit of bling.
It will be nice to have cantilever brakes on this build. A first for me. It's always been those classic brakes on all my other builds. (Wait- is this my 5th? 6th?)
Oh, did i mention i am rescuing the engine from one of the old fellas bikes too?
The engine had rust on the crank and i have to clean the crap off it and re-assemble it. I tried to find bolts locally an ordered from the local old guy who has a large supply of h.t. bolts, but he didnt give me allen bolts, which is what inasked for- he got me hex bolts. Bum. So i have to go and get a new set of bolts.
Also, the frame has a 45mm downtube and the cdhpower 1.5" adapter is not perfect. So i will be building my own adapter plate with a tractor exhaust U-bolt and an alloy plate.
I had 2 hours in my local capital city and a plenty of diesel, i spammed whoever had listings for petrol bicycle listings within 40km.
I made 2 purchases and ended up with 3 frames, two engimes and some spares. The guy still has 3 more crates of engines and parts and i havent been back in months. I will likely hit him up soon and get the rest... maybe. I am more likely to get a newer build and tune from the bench first and put it in a nice frame from day one.
Currently my dream build is a state cycle co klunker, a bt110 hand filed and somewhat sorted with a nice pipe and some motorcycle controls, bobber seat and short mudguards. Probably lights too.
But that isnt this build. This Japanese Shogun frame had a 80cc kit fitted and was sort of sorted, and then thrashed, and trashed and abandoned.
I stripped it, modified to a single speed and fitted a new set of forks. These yellow forks where supposed to be 1" steerer forks for my Gemini build, but alas- they are 11/8"...
I have some pre- built wheels of sketchy provenance, but it works. I run them after i straighten them, and if they falter; thats when they retire.
I have a stock of bikes and have grabbed a lovely welded stem from an old dirtjumper that i had repurposed as a street crawler, and i have some 22mm low cruiser bars inverted for that drop down riding position. I will likely get another bent seat post and put a sprung saddle on it for comfort. I dont know why, but i am still going for the BT look. I will get over it soon.
I start by building the bike first with my builds as i like to be able to stop once i have the power unit in it. I also find most of my problems with my builds are with the base bike not so much the motor kit of late. I am a small engine mechanic by trade and rarely suffer with the mechanical failure of the power unit... the carbies though... and the bike- every time. I spend most amount of money on tyres and suspension in any vehicle.
I have a reed kit, slotted piston, power pipe (red banana 🌶) and a dremel. Ha ha ha. I have some time to port the head and match the ports.
I have a selection of carbies and will probably go with the roundslide style.
It would be nice to have mudgaurds, lights and i will likely just start the build with kit parts, and maybe get some pitbike parts to help give it a bit of bling.
It will be nice to have cantilever brakes on this build. A first for me. It's always been those classic brakes on all my other builds. (Wait- is this my 5th? 6th?)
Oh, did i mention i am rescuing the engine from one of the old fellas bikes too?
The engine had rust on the crank and i have to clean the crap off it and re-assemble it. I tried to find bolts locally an ordered from the local old guy who has a large supply of h.t. bolts, but he didnt give me allen bolts, which is what inasked for- he got me hex bolts. Bum. So i have to go and get a new set of bolts.
Also, the frame has a 45mm downtube and the cdhpower 1.5" adapter is not perfect. So i will be building my own adapter plate with a tractor exhaust U-bolt and an alloy plate.
