SOHC Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I wanted a Trutest but couldn't find one so I made a frame, I have made it about 3 times as long, I bent up the tube in a shitty home made hand crank bender witch is well over 100 years old, I pored beach sand in the tube as well, the bends are nice I would say. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 I got a pair of wheels from Storm parts in henderson, they are split rims and there was a front and a rear, I have used both LH sides to make the rear wheel and both RH sides to make the front so I can run a brake on the rear and a sprocket, I also made it so the sprocket bolts to the rim center aswell as I think 3x4mm bolts into thin alloy wont cut it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Frame is nearly finished, I just need to make foot rests and fit some bushes to the head stock, I have made the forks and handle bars but havent got any photos 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 I have x2 3 hp engine and x2 5hp engines, they are all fucked in some way or another so if anyone has one I will take it off your hands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 The frame is basically finished, wheels mounted, forks mounted, I managed to smash this out in a few afternoons. A wile back I got X2 Tecumseh H25 engines from here, I am thinking of running them both, but not sure how to link them with the clutches and run both carbs and governs all at once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Looking good. For about $160 you can buy a brand new honda 6.5hp clone. Could be the best way forward if all the others are to fucked? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66gt Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Can’t you make 1 reasonable engine out of the 4? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Kimjon said: Looking good. For about $160 you can buy a brand new honda 6.5hp clone. Could be the best way forward if all the others are to fucked? I wanted to use an old engine, it would work out easier and cheaper to use a chinese motor tho, 1 hour ago, 66gt said: Can’t you make 1 reasonable engine out of the 4? Not relay, 2 of them are 3 HP of different vintages and the 5 hp motors need ignition parts. I will fix something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustHarry Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 @RUNAMUCK 5hp Briggs wizard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 I was looking at plans to couple to engines together, I can use two centrifuge clutches with an idler sprocket to hold the chain in place. Its going to be trickery to get air in that rear tire, there is a sprocket on one side and a disk brake on the other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 I gave the guy I sold the yellow peril two.my spare 5hp briggs. From memory all it needed was a con rod. A guy on the Briggs forum said he'd give me his spare rod from his raptor motor, but then his roof was leaking, and his son went to rehab. So in the end I gave up. Thing to remember about 5hp Briggs is that you can run the piston from an aluminum bore block (cool bore motors the seppos call them) in an iron sleeve bore motor, but you can't run an iron bore piston in a cool bore block. The cool bore pistons have hard chromed skirts, and an iron bore slug will gall the bore quick snap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, RUNAMUCK said: the Briggs forum The mind boggles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Jeez that's long you could fit a Toyota 4k in there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 @Steelies and @kicker can give you some ideas about running twin engines. This should be interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 yeah two clutches makes starting substantially easier/less destructive on the starting gear, whatever that is. motors seem to sync up in some way regardless if you go for a single tank run individual lines all the way there stunning proportions by the way! perhaps just one motor and a child seat in front of it, within the frame? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted April 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2018 I used two centrifugal clutches on my velobike, had them linked to a sprocket on a jackshaft 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 55 minutes ago, kicker said: I used two centrifugal clutches on my velobike, had them linked to a sprocket on a jackshaft Thats relay nice. When my folks go away, I might have some drag racing on my driveway one day, it was a topdressing plane runway in the 40s 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 I am going to start painting the frame tonight I think, rear brakes are finished, I need to get a 1" twist grip and brake lever, I use to have shit loads of that stuff but thought I would never use it, fuck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 Frame is half painted, got started on the shitty 5 HP engine, I got it sparking, it had no points gap and they were dirty, carb had bad corrosion from condensation in the tank and one of the jet tubes is lose, I have another carb but its for the small fuel tank as some Briggs & stratton engines the carb bolts to the top of the fuel tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Engine seems to run pretty well, Had a bit of trobble with the pullstart clutch but it just needed cleaning and some oil, I made an exhaust that I burnt the side of my hand on badly, I also made the missing sheet metal part that directs the air around the front fins, still need to find another fuel cap as the one I have has a few rust holes in it, 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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