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Old 11-12-2013, 01:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
captainslug
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The "Impaler" - Go-Kart Dual Sport

So I learned a hell of a lot working on my electric motorcycle project, but it eventually hit a dead end in terms of budget and time available.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ycle-6481.html
In March of last year I revisited the goals of that project and ended up deciding that what I basically wanted was a Go-Kart, but one that only had 2 wheels.

After 2 months of planning, machining, and welding this is what I had.


With some refinements over the summer I got to this point.


A year and a bunch of small changes later it now looks like this.


  • Top Speed: 45mph
  • Wet Weight: 180lb
  • The fender\headlight is made out of 22ga stainless steel that I cut and welded together.
  • The frame is from an X-Motos XB-31 (Chinestraulian Honda knockoff)
  • The motor is a 196cc LiFan clone of the Honda GX200 with electric start. I haven't removed the governor on it yet.
  • Primary reduction is a TAV2 Torq-a-verter CVT
  • The electrical system was added from scratch.
  • The air cleaner had to be moved and reoriented so I made a hose adapter for the carb.
  • The aluminum motor mount was made from scratch and doubles as an enclosure for the electrical system which is all DIN-rail mount components.
  • The forward motor mount is from scratch
  • The rear sprocket was milled out to match the rear hub bolt pattern and to reduce weight. It's the only custom part on the bike that I didn't make myself
  • The fan cover which replaced the old recoil start cover was 3D printed.
  • The push-button switch shown on the bracket above the fan housing that holds the air cleaner is the hidden push-button start.
  • Aluminum clip-on handlebars are from scratch. The core of them is a 5-inch long 1/2-13 bolt.
  • Speedometer is a bike computer
  • Headlight is a Vision-X Solstice 800 lumen LED spotlight

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