Sunday, July 24, 2011

My Radio Wheelie Flyer

I was pulling around a motor for my mini sandrail in the garage when I thought

what would it be like if i made a gas powered wagon?
or better yet a gas powered wagon with a 125cc 9 HP 4 speed motor???
ALL I COULD THINK IS WHEELIES!

i thought ok too many projects back to the sandrail so i forgot about it for about 2 days when a neighbor that sees me busy busy busy all the time stopped by and introduced himself. he was looking to sell a small rear end that he has had for a while and asked if i know someone that would be interested in it.
What a coincedence i was looking for a little wider rear end than the one that was in the mini rail to give it more width for stability so i went a took a peek at it.
turned out not only was it a Sweet rear end it had a Low 10:1 gear ratio.
he wasnt asking much for it he wanted $100 for it as far as i was concerned it was worth the money but i didnt have any!
So i went home and thought that would be killer for the sandrail... Time To Craigslist... a week later i sold my Springer Front End and I Bought the rear end.

Then WOW 10:1 that is LOW. That is not going to work for something that is single speed with tons of torque already what was i thinking. so i slid it off to the side next to the parts in the corner.
about a week later i was like look at how easy it would be for me to make that motor and the rear end work together as a powertrain for SOMETHING!
so i welded a set of motor mounts to the rear end frame, hooked up a chain and said that was painless & quick what else can i put together with the set?
so i decided lets see what its going to be like to find some rims for this little set up.
i was looking at the bolt pattern on the rear end going man i hope this is a common size bolt pattern, So i Grabbed a Measuring Tape and Behold 4on4
Yes!!! i had a set of ITP Aluminum wheels with some brand new golfcart tires mounted just sitting in the garage waiting for something to come up.
PERFECT FIT!


the entire set up was starting to take shape but it was so small that i was starting to think what am i going to use this for> when i pulled the wagon over to transport the whole setup And WHAMO... What about the DANG Wagon?
So immediately i took off the wheels and set it on top of the engine and rear end and it fit perfect it was telling me "LETS DO THIS"
So the Wagon Was It!



i am going to get some pics up probably by next week of the wagon to show you what i mean!  and How Mean!!! Youll see!
till the Next Time L8R & Keep Building Dreams

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