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dcwp · 11-02-2008, 11:50 PM

Thanks for all the encouragement. Bennelson's bike was one of the first I checked out. Very inspirational. The biggest unique problem I'll have is that the 79-81 cm400s have an incomplete frame. The engine actually bolts directly to the frame and creates the necessary stability. The conversion I linked to above deals with this problem by adding an angle iron strut straight across then a battery cage that also bolts to the frame at the key points to stabilize the bike.

I'm a little concerned about this, but a couple of other folks have done it and don't seem to be having problems.

^Famous last words?^

I also checked out ecorenovator. Cool stuff, projects for the winter when it's too cold to work on the bike!

11-02-2008, 11:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
dcwp EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for all the encouragement. Bennelson's bike was one of the first I checked out. Very inspirational. The biggest unique problem I'll have is that the 79-81 cm400s have an incomplete frame. The engine actually bolts directly to the frame and creates the necessary stability. The conversion I linked to above deals with this problem by adding an angle iron strut straight across then a battery cage that also bolts to the frame at the key points to stabilize the bike. I'm a little concerned about this, but a couple of other folks have done it and don't seem to be having problems. ^Famous last words?^ I also checked out ecorenovator. Cool stuff, projects for the winter when it's too cold to work on the bike!