Recent content by 700 efi guy

it's snorkled, you have to seal up the belt drive too. you have to dielectric grease all the electrical too. oh and the gas tank vent needs to be brought above the water level. oh and the diff vents. and a lot of stuff, but it sure is fun!

most good hardware stores will colour match. bring the tank in or whatever you can take off thats the colour you want. go to the paint counter and have them colour match it. the downside is that you have to get house paint, but I'd think if you prep'd the frame properly and got a good quality...

hey what about a drive belt instead of a chain? I could probably find a spot for an idler

I'll have to take some morre pictures later, I'm home with my daughter (2years old) and can't play in the garage for now

I have oil impregnated brass bushings, and yes there are grease zerks (I can't believe we live in a time where we can't say nipple anymore)

I'd use bushings, and maybe even a grease nipple.

you guys are starting to scare me a bit. when I get back out in the garage I'll have a good look and reconsider. I never thought about the chain twisting. I guess thats the nice thing about these forums. whats dangerous about the articulating pillow block? will they come apart? I was kind of...

the drive sprocket is already aligned with the front pivot point of the suspension. I'm only planning on 3 or 4 inches of suspension travel at max so dog tracking shouldn't be an issue, especially because it's very narrow and I'll be leaning. that and the rear suspension will understeer which...

well here's where the "700 efi guy" came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rikU6CBXGk

how do you imbed a youtube vid?

so I want to mount brakes on the rear axle. I'm running a 3 link semi independant type system. I was going to mount the brake caliper on the piece I'm mounting the pillow block on but that wont work because the pillow block articulates. I was then thinking about putting the rear axle in a tube...

theres a good write up here: http://www.affordablegokarts.com/curved-manifold.php

well origonally I was going to go with a band brake on the clutch and wanted it tight. I picked up a pocket bike cheap that'd I've been robbing. I figure both the rotors on the rear axle should be just as good as a band brake and I'm not depending on the chain that way. I am making 2 pieces...

my trike, there's a couple pictures in the bike section, once I have the frame finished I'll put up some more pics

here's what i'm thinking