Hello,
I'm Renaat, I live in Belgium, and I started building my first kart when I was 12.
FIRST POCKETBIKE:
After that kart, I built my first Pocketbike. It took me about 3 days to weld a very simplistic frame. The engine was a Italian Rizzato (1980s) with 50cc, 2 automatic gears and a Dell'orto 14mm carb. I found it on a junk yard in a wrecked scooter frame.
This is how it looked like:
(With my dads Ducati Desmo
)
Top speed was about 30mph. But after my sister, my father and a friend had an accident with it, and after the chain got stuck in the rear wheel while I was driving, I decided to scrap it. The frame is on our attic now, the engine will return later in this topic.
SECOND POCKETBIKE:
A few months later, I found another engine in a junk container (it's not that I'm looking in the junk all day
, we were just bringing some stuff, and then I took something in return ).
It was a German Rex engine, 3 handgears, 50cc, built around 1950-60. This time, I spend some more time on the frame, but the engine was not that good (Top speed 15mph)
Pics:
But, like with my first pocketbike, I scrapped it after a few weeks, because the engine was not ok. I kept the front, the seat, the front light, the selfmade! exhaust and the rear wheel for my next pocketbike.
THIRD POCKETBIKE:
As already mentioned, I built this pocketbike with parts of the two previous bikes. The engine from the first, and some other parts from the second pocketbike. I built this one when I was 16. The gas tank is from a Honda Monkey.
Little Movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhVGmnYZbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKYFgkfxC3s
Pics:
I'm going to keep this one, it rides very fine, I can even ride without my hands! Top speed is about 45-50mph, which is pretty nice I think. 
The engine is very 'economical' too, because i can do 100kms with just 1,5 litres.
So, these were my 3 pocketbikes. I you have questions, or if you want pictures of the building process, just post a reply.
Bye
I'm Renaat, I live in Belgium, and I started building my first kart when I was 12.
FIRST POCKETBIKE:
After that kart, I built my first Pocketbike. It took me about 3 days to weld a very simplistic frame. The engine was a Italian Rizzato (1980s) with 50cc, 2 automatic gears and a Dell'orto 14mm carb. I found it on a junk yard in a wrecked scooter frame.
This is how it looked like:
(With my dads Ducati Desmo
)Top speed was about 30mph. But after my sister, my father and a friend had an accident with it, and after the chain got stuck in the rear wheel while I was driving, I decided to scrap it. The frame is on our attic now, the engine will return later in this topic.
SECOND POCKETBIKE:
A few months later, I found another engine in a junk container (it's not that I'm looking in the junk all day
, we were just bringing some stuff, and then I took something in return ).It was a German Rex engine, 3 handgears, 50cc, built around 1950-60. This time, I spend some more time on the frame, but the engine was not that good (Top speed 15mph)
Pics:
But, like with my first pocketbike, I scrapped it after a few weeks, because the engine was not ok. I kept the front, the seat, the front light, the selfmade! exhaust and the rear wheel for my next pocketbike.
THIRD POCKETBIKE:
As already mentioned, I built this pocketbike with parts of the two previous bikes
. The engine from the first, and some other parts from the second pocketbike. I built this one when I was 16. The gas tank is from a Honda Monkey. Little Movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOhVGmnYZbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKYFgkfxC3s
Pics:
I'm going to keep this one
, it rides very fine, I can even ride without my hands! Top speed is about 45-50mph, which is pretty nice I think. The engine is very 'economical' too, because i can do 100kms with just 1,5 litres.So, these were my 3 pocketbikes. I you have questions, or if you want pictures of the building process, just post a reply.
Bye
