Popular Post Steelies Posted September 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2015 dromageddon 4 is coming up fast, so it's about time to start gluing junk together with a porous mix of filler metal and burnt powdercoat. a friend threw his old man's bung GL47 flymo on my property some time ago. i thought it was the neighbours' and watched it creep down the bank into some bushes, then with chameleon-like reflexes i put it in my garage. it's a Tecumseh 6 cube (98cc) reed valve 2-stroke. yay! the last 2smoke i worked on was designed some time during the big bang so everything in this motor is a pleasant surprise, no matter how shitty it is. couldnt get this thing to fire at the stationary motor race, so - a good start to the project. bike junk shit. 16" and sucky-as 20" kids bike suspension fork. should be a suitably flimsy build. 8spd shimano hub and clutch from previous bike. hub gifted by Hayhole's Mum, so hopefully it gets completely lunched this time motor get bit love, none too crazy main shaft was 7/8", too big. turned down to suit 10t sprocket which needs mo work to fit in a bike chain, currently sized for 08B chain, same pitch and rollers as bmx chain, but fatter. at engine shop for hone. piston is well fucked, so that goes back in walleted some new motor bits over the last few months rings and gaskets timing sleeve thing coil easily sourced bearings, tricky ones stay as is PW80 carb, anybody's guess how well that'll work. there were more interesting photos somewhere, will find 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 What are you gonna do with all that power!? This is exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guypie Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 YES!!!!1! Cant wait to see what you do with this. I have an engine like this too, was thinking about using it for a velobike... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Flymo, saves you lap time-o's. IMAGINE THE SECONDS YOU'LL SAVE ON YOUR LAP TIMES WITH A FLYMO, ERRRMAGAWD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Rad ! Look forward to seeing a new death trap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 haha all that power. yeah flymo, guess that means this one will go sideways and all over the show???1? round 900mm wheelbase, fingers crossed for hilarious behaviour and word on the net is they like throwing rods, rock on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'm looking forward to seeing a video of this thing literally flying around the track. Because flymo. If nothing else you should make one of those stopmotion videos of you going around the track but always in the air, throw a flymo commerical image or clip/overlay into the mix and you're onto a winner. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 i'll do it if they promise to start producing flymos with modern two strokes, in metric fuck i've got a spare drive dog on the clutch shaft from when it was 2 speed... PTO grass cutter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98cc Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Very cool! Is the villiers bike a thing of the past now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 it's still in the shed 'on display', but yeah pretty much out of play now. motor will end up on a stand unless a better use pops up! kickoff: new bearings and shaft seals. had to turn plate out to suit metric seal. classic phone pics, haha blurtastic foreground nasty ass piston. scratched, seized, gouged, you name it. sleeved (?) big end with loose rollers, two rows old carb, new carb, used air filter off some machine at work. nice of tecumseh to put all that spec/production info on the shroud there, cool to know how old it is/ what the hell it is. manuals and shit all online new thing to make carb go there. see big-dogg 7/8" shaft 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKD Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 possibly a hijack.? ive got no idea on velobikes 'rules' but has anyone tried a petrol generator running an electric motor? my mates dad used to have one of these flymos, tied a rope to the handle and dangled it down his super steep back section to mow where he couldnt push a wheeled one. they only sucked dragging them round when not running lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 haha yeah deadweight unless flymo-ing. noones done a hybrid (?!) yet, do it! as long as it's wickedly overpowered. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steelies Posted September 14, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2015 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 mock up with your cock up goofy frame welded. ingredients here are bits of 3 bikes, perked/leftover tube, flymo bits, curtain rail and falcon leaf spring. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Value Buddy Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What size them wheels son? Not sure if the bike looks chilf size or it actually is chilf sized! Either way, this is a sweet whip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 chur! large chilf size, 16". the seat is a huge DH thing kk gave me some years ago, also wacks out proportion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Value Buddy Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Long seat for long meat. Will it be a wheelie monster? Or will the weight of the motor offset it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 yeah i think it might me a little wheelie happy. managed to gain a few sprocket teeth on each reduction which is gona add a couple gears below the villiers' 1st. sitting above the rear wheel may also add a certain handling characteristic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Hoping for forward foot pegs for added clown riding position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Value Buddy Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 and a sissy bar too! (in complete awe of your fab skills, as usual) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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