Kimjon

One last photo, in all its sexiness

Kj

I got mine going today and took it for the first test ride...low and slow...but a lot of fun. Got some funny looks from the locals???

This was my first ride...then I took it straight out onto my "private race track", just past our letter box

I'm keen on the velodrome, not so keen on the dirt as im only 40mm off the ground!

I've had it up and down the road a few times now...goes good! Still has more in it, as the tune isn't perfect yet (far from) and a bigger carburetor would be ideal...but I'm smiling :-).

I even had time to tie and solder the spokes (a bit rough)

And make a safety guard for the cvt driven pulley, just in case it brakes free of the motor.

That should do it for now.

Bit of a late night, but things are moving in the right direction:

Exhausts tidied up. Side by side before and after:

Got the paint on last night. I figure I may as well experiment with it, so here it is:

Yip, clear. The sexy bear metal looks so good (well to me anyway), I thought why hide it under coloured paint? 

I used por15 and although not uv resistant, realistically its not going to see much time outside...so it should be fine? This is part of my experimenting, as I'm curious in how long it will last? Worst case, I'll sandblast it off and paint it boring black if the clear doesn't work.

Assembly in the weekend.

Frame back to bare metal

Looked at the calender and had one of those "oh fuck!" realisations that I'm quickly running out of time. I squeezed in the finishing touches (totally untested) and started stripping it down.

Finished the hard to reach welds that were underneath stuff:

Then stripped the frame

I'm about to have a cup of tea like they would in "Project Binky" then attack the frame with a wire wheel. Hopefully get some kind off paint on it this week and put it back together next weekend?

Yeah man, nailed it!

Seat moved back a few inches

And that's it for now.

Hubs...this was painful!

I cut the spline centre out of the original hubs, then grafted it into some other hubs that didn't fit.

Then machined them so they do fit. Yes, that's right...painful!

Rear end chopped up

And then put back together again:

Prepped neck:

And welded in place:

5 hours ago, Vintage Grumble said:

Hmmmmm how many bikes/riders do we have? I hate to see the greatest OS event dieing, but it looks like participants may be super light this year?

I may have a "plus one" keen to tag along. But neither of us are really set up for the dirt, as the reality of how stupidly low our  bikes are hits home.

Nice work, from what I can see it looks great! Would love to see more photos of it please?

3 hours ago, 63Ragtop said:

what are these engines and where do you get them from?

you do have some choice toys!

Thanks, making up for a (perceived) deprived childhood :-).

My go-to engine of choice these days are the 49cc mini quad engines. They have enough power for drift trikes and kids gokarts. Next step up are the 6.5hp Honda or clone engines...then after that you're looking at a motorbike engine.

The 49cc motors are $100 new on trademe, plus you'll want an exhaust for another $30.

7 hours ago, Truenotch said:

Where do you live Kimjon? I just noticed the "Waikato" under your username... You do some cool stuff and it'd be great to check it out sometime. 

Your welcome to come out if you had nothing better to do. I tend to always have a small project on the go, along the lines of these drift trikes etc...

I'm not trade qualified, just a self taught butcher, so prepare yourself by lowering any expectations

And later on:

Mocked up for inspiration. Will get around to actually making it work in a couple weeks.

And then:

Active relaxation at its best, my ADHD has kicked in again and no amount of Ritalin will make the ideas go away...so fuck it - may as well make it:

Starting point:

It's alive!!!

The motor was built out of left over parts from other such projects...very pleased that it goes so well. It has very high compression so should be good to go!

All bolted on, and seams to be okay:

only thing preventing it from working is the throttle now, which I hope to have by Friday?

EBay sprocket arrived today, so I modified it to fit:

Paints done. I've done better...but it's rough enough.

Now it's literally a matter of watching paint dry, then onto final assembly.