Well, if you read through my Fox build then this bike shouldn't come as much surprise. Anyway, it's getting far enough along to start getting its own thread. This...thing...was a project bike my Dad and I bought a good 20ish years ago that didn't happen. Well, it's happening now. This is, near as I can put together, a ScatCat frame with Gilson wheels, Northern Tool forks, and Schwinn handlebarfs. I got a predator when they were on sale for $100 and decided it would end up in this bike.
Anyway, as it currently stands the following has happened with it. I got a thumb throttle for it instead of a twist throttle. Just wanted to try something different with this one. Tossed on a springer seat I got off amazon for $50ish. Put a kill switch on in a decent location. The engine switch is still on the blower cover, just not connected anymore. I also cut off the oil sensor while I was there. Got some adjustable kickstand that needs adjusting and put on some fancy-ish bicycle handles. The last thing thus far is the license plate holder setup similar to the Fox because I'm insane and intend to get it fully lit. No alternator though, not really even anywhere to put one on this frame.
The predator got an intake kit and adjustable stock carb with upsized jets. Put a cheapo TAV30 on it as I want to see how different a TAV behaves. This also required lifting the engine which I did with some 1x1 mild steel stock because why pay for a fancy engine riser for this monstrosity? Then, because the stock exhaust doesn't fit in it's standard orientation, I hacked up the exhaust to shorten it about 1" and turned the box 180* and welded it back together. It sort of just barely touches the top frame rail like this. With the 1x1 tubes raising the engine the TAV has about 3/32" clearance to the bottom frame rail so the plastic cover is going to need some serious hacking done to it.
I haven't yet decided if I want to repaint this thing but I'm currently leaning towards leaving it as is. The rear rim is fine but leaves literally no room to figure out where to add a brake. The front wheel was butchered at some point and wobbles. Eventually I'm going to get both changed out since the bike would work better with slimmer profile tires like a 2.5-10". Get some white walls for it too I think when I switch out to 10" rims. Going to need to build a support for the front of the springer seat, going to use some of the leftover 1x1 tubing for that. Then, until I decide on a gas tank, I'll strap the predator tank to the frame. Still deciding if I use an actual metal strap or go full goblin mode and just ratchet strap it down. The last bit is the foot pegs. The current location for them on the frame doesn't work, at all. I've got a couple plates made for the pegs I have that I'm going to weld to the down tubes on the frame. This will comfortably put my legs forward of the engine and away from spinning things and/or hot things.
There will be future updates on this thing, just may be a while between them as it's sort of a side project compared to the Fox and now the RTS 340. As well as those 4 engines in the background, 2 of which will end up on bikes my Dad is restoring.
Anyway, as it currently stands the following has happened with it. I got a thumb throttle for it instead of a twist throttle. Just wanted to try something different with this one. Tossed on a springer seat I got off amazon for $50ish. Put a kill switch on in a decent location. The engine switch is still on the blower cover, just not connected anymore. I also cut off the oil sensor while I was there. Got some adjustable kickstand that needs adjusting and put on some fancy-ish bicycle handles. The last thing thus far is the license plate holder setup similar to the Fox because I'm insane and intend to get it fully lit. No alternator though, not really even anywhere to put one on this frame.
The predator got an intake kit and adjustable stock carb with upsized jets. Put a cheapo TAV30 on it as I want to see how different a TAV behaves. This also required lifting the engine which I did with some 1x1 mild steel stock because why pay for a fancy engine riser for this monstrosity? Then, because the stock exhaust doesn't fit in it's standard orientation, I hacked up the exhaust to shorten it about 1" and turned the box 180* and welded it back together. It sort of just barely touches the top frame rail like this. With the 1x1 tubes raising the engine the TAV has about 3/32" clearance to the bottom frame rail so the plastic cover is going to need some serious hacking done to it.
I haven't yet decided if I want to repaint this thing but I'm currently leaning towards leaving it as is. The rear rim is fine but leaves literally no room to figure out where to add a brake. The front wheel was butchered at some point and wobbles. Eventually I'm going to get both changed out since the bike would work better with slimmer profile tires like a 2.5-10". Get some white walls for it too I think when I switch out to 10" rims. Going to need to build a support for the front of the springer seat, going to use some of the leftover 1x1 tubing for that. Then, until I decide on a gas tank, I'll strap the predator tank to the frame. Still deciding if I use an actual metal strap or go full goblin mode and just ratchet strap it down. The last bit is the foot pegs. The current location for them on the frame doesn't work, at all. I've got a couple plates made for the pegs I have that I'm going to weld to the down tubes on the frame. This will comfortably put my legs forward of the engine and away from spinning things and/or hot things.
There will be future updates on this thing, just may be a while between them as it's sort of a side project compared to the Fox and now the RTS 340. As well as those 4 engines in the background, 2 of which will end up on bikes my Dad is restoring.
