Figured I'd start a project log for my MTD I'm calling "Little Machine." This probably won't go too fast, maybe run the course of the summer. Here it is the day I got it:
It was super crusty/rusty/banged up/motor hardly even bolted together/etc.. The motor had a clutch welded to a pulley (with a socket stuck on the end) and the jackshaft had a pulley welded to it, with a random belt run between. Most mechanical parts on this bike were totally shot, this thing was abused. I picked up a new predator motor for it. I originally bought the 212cc and brought it home to find it didn't fit, so brought it back and swapped out for the 79cc motor.
I was advised in my introduction thread to flatten out the engine mount, so that's what I did next and where I'm at now. I'm obviously not going OG on this bike, I just want to give it a new life. I may be able to fit the bigger motor now that I've flattened out the motor plate, but don't really care. I'm building this mostly to enjoy building it, not necessarily to fly around. I'm actually considering using some penetrol and keeping the gritty bare metal look, can't decide between that and a purple powdercoat.
It was super crusty/rusty/banged up/motor hardly even bolted together/etc.. The motor had a clutch welded to a pulley (with a socket stuck on the end) and the jackshaft had a pulley welded to it, with a random belt run between. Most mechanical parts on this bike were totally shot, this thing was abused. I picked up a new predator motor for it. I originally bought the 212cc and brought it home to find it didn't fit, so brought it back and swapped out for the 79cc motor.
I was advised in my introduction thread to flatten out the engine mount, so that's what I did next and where I'm at now. I'm obviously not going OG on this bike, I just want to give it a new life. I may be able to fit the bigger motor now that I've flattened out the motor plate, but don't really care. I'm building this mostly to enjoy building it, not necessarily to fly around. I'm actually considering using some penetrol and keeping the gritty bare metal look, can't decide between that and a purple powdercoat.