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So I built some bikes

Bike 1

This thing was never intended as a serious project, but that doesn't make it any less awesome

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At the moment there is no clutch, which makes riding it so far completely impossible (or at least I have not succeeded). Once I attach one of them I will see if it is any better.

All it currently does is launch out from under you in a rather humorous, yet mildly painful, fashion.

Anyway, onwards to something a bit more real.

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Bike 2

The real deal. The design is kind of a mash together into something that looks good, loosely based on the board track bikes of the early 1900s. Some minor tweaks will be made to the frame, mostly for aesthetic value.

What started as a shitty cheap chinese mountain bike soon met a sabresaw and became this

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And a mockup with the Honda

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Still need some wheels/tyres, so on and so on.

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And on to some engine things

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On the left we have the 6.5HP Honda clone, a 4HP Honda G41, and a 4HP Villers something thing which needs a rebuild.

Started stripping the 6.5 down, removing all unnecessary pieces and getting it ready for some tweaks

Aah, chinese quality

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More chinese quality. Pre-stripped threads

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Governor setup

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Fuckoff.

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Yuck flywheel

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Uh, ok.. Looks legit

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More chinese workmanship right here. Cut to a very approximate fit...

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And some shitty rockers and shitty valve springs

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Dummied it up on the bike

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It looks kinda small with everything removed. Keegans engine looks like a much better fit

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So upgrades to the engine will occur as soon as I buy the bits I need. Gonna run it on E85 just for fun, so more compression, more revs, bigger carb etc shall be happening. The head could do with a bloody good port job too, they are pretty shocking. Meh, all in good time.

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i think for safteys sake alone you should probably leave it on. exploding chinese flywheel or trousers getting caught in flywheel etc

edit: have seen on some board track replicas guys have made a new shroud which just covers the flywheel, like an old steel hubcap or something and that looks cool

editedit: i would mainly be worried about that magnet detatching at high rpm(seeing as you're guna be doing like double what its designed to run at). It looks to be held on by a wood screw and a bit of glue? lol. I think in the honda clone kart racing in the states they dont let you use those flywheels at the track :lol: for the record i have seen a magnet which has detached from a flywheel on a reel mower and it was held on alot better than that one

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