Wardog's Balloon Tire Scratch Build - Anything Goes

[Hangarbrat]

Nice herd of mini bikes.

 

[red baron]

that is a nice collection

 

[wardog]

Well, I am a week late posting, but Oregon Gambler was AWESOME! The bike ran pretty good, but it had some issues. We ended up completing 4 of the 18 5.6mi laps before bowing out with destroyed pegs, loose handlebar clamps, and crazy stretched 2nd gear chain. The terrain was pretty much the worst possible for mini bikes.... large, loose gravel to fine silt with random basketball sized boulders and strait rocky sections. The biggest issue for us was the dust; it went straight through my crappy chinese air filter even with k&n oil on it. So much so that the spark plug was completely fouled with dirt. Also the dust made the chains bind to the point of robbing most of the 79cc's power, and it would barely grab second gear. We estimated that 60 to 80 bikes had already dropped out by the time we threw in the towel.

Random pics in no particular order

 

[wardog]

Vids are on my J. Bo's Designs Youtube channel

 

[cheezy1]

Vids are on my J. Bo's Designs Youtube channel

Post a link here....many are not that computer literate. Thanks

 

[wardog]

I cannot seem to get the vids to link from YouTube by copy/pasting the address...... Any tricks I should know?

 

[Raskin]

You could try the share tab and then just right click vid shown in the box and copy then paste link here.

 

[chipper]

Really cool , I love it , great design and craftsmanship indeed !

 

[Raskin]

Nice..:thumbsup:

 

[wardog]

Thanks guys.

I fixed the power issues by cutting it in half, stretching it 3" and putting a 212 in it. With an 18:1 first gear and a 40mph top speed it is one wild ride!

 

[Raskin]

Good times..