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Sorry about that, Fab. Didnt know how bumping worked. Wasn't aware commenting would jump my thread to the top. Duly noted, buddy.

Ok I see so those are generally supposed to be used with industrial motors and such. I knew something was way off even factoring in variables such as weight the numbers were just way off.

Thank you for that. That explains it to me very well. Appreciate the help.

That's a float charger so it won't work to charge the batteries when there low. That's made to keep a charge topped off when you have your battery sitting up. Just grab a $20-30 12v car charger from walmart and you'll be good.

Nice buy. Looks like a fun restore project.

Excellent. Exactly the info I needed. Thanks alot. Love Pearland too, great part of town btw.

Hey, Jim im actually just north of Houston in Humble 1960/59. And to answer your question its a standard 4 speed. The motor came off an Apollo pit bike.

Thanks, Rocket. I dont plan on using a jackshaft. I know the rear sprocket on the bike was 41t and it had 14" tires on the rear. I tried the gearing calculators and was surely doing something wrong as I was coming out with top speeds of over 100 mph. Thanks for the help.

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Hi, friends. New user/lurker from Houston here. I'm in yhe middle of the slow process of building my first cart. I started off following the Arachnid plans and have veered off into my own ideas. I picked up a wrecked pit bike with a 125cc motor for $60. A couple hours after buying it I had the...