Hey all, last year I bought a bike from a friend who's mother is a hoarder. They had a stack of about 10 bikes in their front lawn, and I grabbed the one with the most space in the middle of the frame. Originally, I grabbed a weed wacker engine to throw in there, only to realize that the reason I got the weed wacker for so cheap, was that the fuel tank had disintegrated and the specks of plastic dust had made their way into the fuel system. I gave up on the project to focus on other projects for a while. Come a couple months later, I found a 4.5 horsepower motor that I ended up scoring for 20 bucks. The engine purred like a kitten. I figured I could go and buy a gas tank designed for a bike, or get one from my girlfriend's dad because he rebuilds motorcycles, seeing as with the stock gas tank the engine wouldn't fit into the frame. First, I got stuck removing the blade and therefore let the mower sit for a couple more months while I worked on other projects again. A couple months after that, renewed with vigor to work on it, I realized I was being a total idiot and it was a simple fix. I finally had freed the engine from the mower deck and things were looking good. I cleaned the engine up, getting all of the years of dirt and grime off. Three hours of cleaning later, I go to put the engine up, and tidy up for bed, and my clumsy ass drops the engine and cracks the block. I didn't notice it was cracked at the time, seeing as it was a hairline fracture, but the next morning it was evident, seeing as it had puked all of its oil on my garage floor. Now, a few months later after finally wanting to work on this project again, I decided to work on the bike itself. In the past two days I have totally stripped down all of the paint, so the bike is ready for primer. Planning on laying primer, and maybe bondoing some of the imperfections if I decide to give enough of a damn. Seeing as I've gotten this far, I'm determined to now finish this damned bike, so I've opted to give up trying to make the DIY part work, and just buy a kit. After a bit of research, I've landed on a kit from gasbike.net that I will link below. Opinions on this kit would be much appreciated. I wish I had taken a before picture, but I'll put some in progress pics below.
Kit: http://www.gasbike.net/products/jet-66cc-80cc-black-finish-bicycle-engine-kit
(I hope it's okay to link that here.)
Pics:
Starting with sticker removal.
This goes to show how much respirators are worth the extra couple dollars.
Almost all the way down t0 bare metal!
Any and all feedback is welcome!
Kit: http://www.gasbike.net/products/jet-66cc-80cc-black-finish-bicycle-engine-kit
(I hope it's okay to link that here.)
Pics:
Starting with sticker removal.
This goes to show how much respirators are worth the extra couple dollars.
Almost all the way down t0 bare metal!
Any and all feedback is welcome!