Kempy's ACME Healing Cruiser.

[kempy]

Pretty much done,  went for a blast around the carpark at work, it's a weird sensation... nothing ... nothing... moving ... woah hang on!

 

[kempy]

Couple more pics, need to tighten the seat up a bit

Also, credit due to Polecat for a very last minute "can you build this stainless thingy" with crap drawings on paper and little notice, cheers!  

 

 

[kyteler]

Fucking magical. You wizard. Well done.

[Threeonthetree]

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

[felixx]

we need a video!

also 

WELL DONE SIR!

[Berjjj]

I have a badly shot video, permission to post Kempy?

[Steelies]

bloody brilliant, keeping the sprung carrier arm there is great!

[kempy]

bloody brilliant, keeping the sprung carrier arm there is great!

 

It worked out quite useful actually,  it locks the frame into place and acts as a tiny rollbar

[Steelies]

clad the alloy enclosure in tweed with suitcase corners and roll picnic blanket round fuel tank?

[Chris.QCR]

This is so bloody wild !! Great work

[kyteler]

My OCD got the better of me...

[kempy]

clad the alloy enclosure in tweed with suitcase corners and roll picnic blanket round fuel tank?

 

 seriously considering this!

[Ghostchips]

Will this make it to burgerfuel?

[kempy]

Quite possibly, although I might have to pedal back if it's late, bit noisey

[kempy]

Few more pics,

 

Had to redesign the remote after the first run, Originally it was designed to be in the off position at 6oclock ,standby at 9, throttle from 9 to 4, but I kept accidentally shutting the engine off when throttling down.

So I added a 2nd switch, the top switch is power and bottom one is standby/ run so the  throttle is now adjustable on for the entire range of the rotary knob, all I need to to to shut down normally is turn the throttle to minimum and throw the4 bottom switch to standby which lets it stay powered for the cooling cycle.

 

 

Here's a couple of pics of the unit on it's own, it's designed to be added to any healing cruiser and just uses the seat bolt to attach.

 

 

 

 

and the final touch,  the tank stickers ,thanks to Bangbug for printing these off last minute.

 

[MichaelJFox]

[kempy]

Another interesting use in this form, when it's not creating future customers for the local hearing aid supplier its an awesome weed blower.

 

Very effective on concrete, not so much on grass as it has a tendency to scorch things which in itself in another bonus as there's not usually a lot of weed/rubbish left to throw in the bin either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rusty360]

bloody epic mate. I heard and saw the jet engine at the garage tour what a little beast great to see it on the bike and finished. Is there any videos of it in action?

[kempy]

Cheers rusty, theres a video in the OS drags pic thread, none of it as a weed blower.

Yet.

 

It's a load of fun to ride as a normal bike, even though I'm way to big for it I find it really comfortable compared to the mountain bike so I built a second cruiser for the kids to ride, 3rd one being built at present.

[kempy]

Had a decent run at the drags again, for some reason it cant stage on the far lane at all, and there's a bit of an uneven surface 1/2way down which causes a bit of wobble excitement

Successful run in the lane closest to the grandstand, Managed a better time of just over 28seconds and top speed of 71.2kph, not bad for some vintage 20" rims!