Ok, so I am working on a resto-mod of this 10 inch wheel sears roper.
It has the original triangle top mount tank, which i have managed to clean to a very useable state. This tank of course will be used on this bike no matter what.
Now i had to choose an engine for this bike... I have newer engines but wanted to use a correct engine on this one even though its a resto-mod, so i pulled out a white hs50 tec I got off a tiller in the scrap yard. no carb but it fired on ether when i bought it and sounded strong!
so i pull it out to start mocking it up on the roper and realize, it still has the front mount gas tank, with the corner fill... perfect for a minibike.
This roper is a lighted battery model, but i dont have a lighting coil. my state requires 50cc for moped and issued tag and registration, so long range seems cool but I would have to either run a non-legit tag off another moped and risk getting caught if i actually wanted to take it for rides on the road. I have put moped street tires on it for pavement use.
so now i come to an impasse.
Do i...
use both tanks? with an extra cutoff switch and a T fitting, I can have a very large reserve fuel tank. the white tank matches the engine
remove the matching tank and bracket, save for another tec powered mini?
use a different engine, and leave the matching tank and bracket on the HS50?
I wonder if I can convince a DMV examiner that HS50 means 50cc? if so im going long range tanks for sure! haha
alright so I think you guys are awesome and funny and i want to hear everyone's opinions, not just a poll answer but your personal answers as well. I will also post some pics here shortly so everyone can see what I've done so far
It has the original triangle top mount tank, which i have managed to clean to a very useable state. This tank of course will be used on this bike no matter what.
Now i had to choose an engine for this bike... I have newer engines but wanted to use a correct engine on this one even though its a resto-mod, so i pulled out a white hs50 tec I got off a tiller in the scrap yard. no carb but it fired on ether when i bought it and sounded strong!
so i pull it out to start mocking it up on the roper and realize, it still has the front mount gas tank, with the corner fill... perfect for a minibike.
This roper is a lighted battery model, but i dont have a lighting coil. my state requires 50cc for moped and issued tag and registration, so long range seems cool but I would have to either run a non-legit tag off another moped and risk getting caught if i actually wanted to take it for rides on the road. I have put moped street tires on it for pavement use.
so now i come to an impasse.
Do i...
use both tanks? with an extra cutoff switch and a T fitting, I can have a very large reserve fuel tank. the white tank matches the engine
remove the matching tank and bracket, save for another tec powered mini?
use a different engine, and leave the matching tank and bracket on the HS50?
I wonder if I can convince a DMV examiner that HS50 means 50cc? if so im going long range tanks for sure! haha
alright so I think you guys are awesome and funny and i want to hear everyone's opinions, not just a poll answer but your personal answers as well. I will also post some pics here shortly so everyone can see what I've done so far