Short video of it running
http://youtu.be/k-rabGmEXFk
Tomorrow (I'm really done for the night this time) I'll mount the brake caliper and wheels and take her for a test ride
FRIGGEN SCHWEET!
Mounted the brake and wheels and took it for a ride in the snow this morning. It jumps off the line, throws rocks and turns sideways. If it runs like this now that 60t will probably let it climb trees
I have a trip to the mountains scheduled January 17 through 21. That will be the real test of how she performs. Between now and then I will route the wires through looms and paint the carriage / swingarm.
This is a short video of the ride. Hard to see much as I was holding the camera and driving (everyone else was still in bed)
http://youtu.be/X889guaFl7A
Check out this video. The wife is going to kill me when she sees how I tore up the lawn
http://youtu.be/PIXKAqamltA
Now I'm going to disassemble, paint and re-assemble.
Xbird - I'm heading to Potter County PA. Hundreds of miles of trails. I'm taking the ATV, Buggy and Snowmobile - By God I'm riding something
As much as it pained me I pulled the cradle back out and took the engine off the cradle for paint.
I should have everything buttoned up by the end of the week.
Put everything back together. Ran all the wire through wire loom and zip tied it. Started the buggy and the idle was WAY TOO HIGH (no tach on the buggy but it was pulling the belt half way down the secondary). Started fooling with it and broke the throttle cable. My snowmobile has the identical 340 in it. Tomorrow morning I will pull the carb and throttle cable off the snowmobile and put it on the buggy. If that works out ill order a new cable for the snowmobile. I am taking the snowmobile to the mountains in 2 weeks so that should give me enough time to get a new cable for it.
Successful test ride!!!!!
Got everything back together this morning.
Here is a better picture of the brake I have to stop the secondary (so I can shift)
I took it to my Dad's for a test ride. I have video glasses that I used to record the ride. I held my phone up with the GPS speedo but you can't see it in most of the video. I had her up to 56 MPH on a flat stretch and probably had a little more (I don't think I want to be driving that buggy at 56 MPH anyway ). I pointed her at the steepest hill I could find and she went straight up. The video doesn't do the hill justice but it's steep enough to be a challange even walking up it.
http://youtu.be/oXbbNBy93XE
I have a piece of diamond plate I am going to cut and bolt to the back end to "pretty" it up. I would also like to build a cage for the motor but that is later. Now, after 2 months of working on it, I want to ride. Really looking forward to my trip on the 17th