O/T...Slapping a motor on the Schwinn !~!

Mine's on a Huffy. I'm not that happy with it. It's like a binary deal with two states...... Full On and Full Off.

 

Hmmm, might need some tuning. I can go part throttle no problem.

Mike

 

mine will idle great , cruise along slow, or blast away full throttle no problem

 

what "search" did you use on E-bay?
JimV

 

search
bicycle engine

looks like 80cc is the biggest they sell in a kit?
i might just have to get one of these!
its a flathead too

 

They're great pit transportation at Bonneville too

http://1149.ca/bike/

 

i am diggin on the beverage holders Cword !!

 

Looks like you all are just relying on coaster brakes?

I've been contemplating stuffing one of my XR75 motors in my cruiser, but I think it would almost be easier to start a frame from scratch.

 

Yup coster brakes only, VOETOM and Cword your bikes are fricken RAD! I want one of those leather messanger seats for my bike. I also want to get a light for the handle bars.

 

Here is my old one...tore it down and sold the engine though because I wasn't riding it really...

 

i am suprised how many guys here have done this. lotsa neat hot rod bikes on this thread........ it was the best 200 bucks i ever spent for pure fun !~!

 

That's rad, Right after I read this post the first time I went to my neighbors garage sale and bought a beach cruiser to do the same thing. Very Cool

Drew

 

Ahhh!!! Shades of my misbegotten youth.

My first bike was a Schwinn Whizzer - sans engine - my Dad bought it for me the Christmas before my seventh birthday, and had the guy he bought it from take the engine out of it, and sold the thing; he knew that if he had that engine around, I'd get it back in that bike, and both of my folks were not too keen on "motorbikes", and my Dad was not at all mechanically minded. So, I grew up riding a "used-to-be". And yes, they were heavy, and spooky at anything nearing unreasonable speed. My buds and I used to ride and push our bikes as far up the San Gabriel Mountains as we could reasonably go, and then see who could get to the bottom first; . Wrecks, broken bones and bikes, scars to last a lifetime. I still had that bike when I went into the Navy in 1960, but while I was away chasing whatever I was chasing, the folks sold off all of my stuff - including my '51 Ford; something about me not taking care of it, and they didn't want it around.

 

An original Whizzer restored brings big bucks now 3 -5 grand{course i am a cheapskate so i went for the "kit"}.........

 

I know, Cruzr. I think most folks, as they start to get older, look back at their youth, and contemplate resurrecting parts of it; I have checked out the abailability of Whizzer stuff a few times in the last couple of years, and it is truly amazing what they are going for - I think my Dad paid ten or fifteen bucks for that bike, and sold the engine for almost as much, back in 1948, and it was in very good condition. I have thought about doing something like you have, just for the Grand kids to mess with, but they're just growing up too damned fast, and I only have the pleasure of their company a couple of times a year. Besides, I'd be tempted to ride it, and I can't affort any more broken things on my bod.

Have fun with your project.

 

hey ya only go around once, i am 65 and still enjoy a small thrill now and then. I putt mine around 2-3 times a week. hell if i get hit in my Track Roadster its all over anyway

 

My buddy's got an original restored whizzer in his bedroom. Him and his dad restored it in college, we were roommates. That is what first got me hooked on the old scoots. I bought my schwinn back then and just used it as a bike for years. Once I had my son I got a 7 speed crusier (easier with him on the back) and the schwinn sat. Until I saw a post on here a few years ago. Since then the Schwinn has a new life. Now my boy is old enough he wants one! Still too small though

 

Before I could drive cars (legally), I was into putting motors on bikes, go kart type things and anything else I could get with wheels. I built them for friends until the kid next door got hurt on one I built him. After that I kept my designs to myself. Here's one of mine from @ 1967. Note the "V-Plex" belt clutch for belt drive and cool "springer" front fork. That bike was good for @40 MPH. I remember that specific bike broke in half on a dirt road leaving me with the handlebars and my ass on the road. The brain bucket was donated by my uncle who was a USAF lifer and it was supposedly a "jet Jockey's"from the 50's.



Powerband

 

at Crown we are working on a bike that will already have the motor in it. it's looking like the whole bike with an ungoverned 80cc motor and a triple clamp fork will be about $400. I'll post some pics when we get the prototype.