Well, time to upgrade my other bike that was a hub drive. I mainly used it for riding on the street. It was light but was horrible at handling because of flexy titanium rear triangle and because it was hard tail. So upgraded to a stronger downhill full suspension frame I got off ebay for cheap. My goal was stronger rear triangle for heavy hub, rear suspension, and able to ride offroad.
So the frame is 2007 Titus SuperMoto. To save money, I switched as much stuff over from old bike as could: Crystalyte HS3540, Lyen 18fet, CA v3, 100mm fork, shifters, rear derailleur, handlebar. The new stuff I had to get was seatpost, headset converter from 1 1/2 to 1 1/8, front derailleur, cables. In order gain better performance, I downsized to 24inch wheels. I sent roadrash my hub and he built a downhill wheelset.
My first ride, I had no electrical issues but plenty of non-electrical issues. First thing was that it wouldn't shift into biggest chainring. Next, I realized the rear shock was almost fully compressed when I sat on it even though I pumped it up. Made it very low to the ground. The second thing was my front brake. When I almost went off road because I wasn't paying attention, I slammed on brakes and front brake gave out. Found out it was because the bolt holding cable wasn't tight enough. I almost crashed because of it but somehow recovered. So decided to turn around and head back home and fix this stuff.
My second ride was much better. Everything mentioned previously I fixed except the rear shock. I pumped the rear shock even more, but still same issue. So shock needs to be rebuilt or buy new one. Since this was air shock and wanted coil, I ordered a new one off ebay for 1/2 price because it was old. Will take couple weeks to get here.
I was very pleased with ride. I was only riding 14s but happy with performance. I knew I would lose some top speed because of smaller wheel but seemed the same max speed of 31 mph/ 49 kph. It had better acceleration and most important, didn't overheat at all like it did my previous setup.
Next on list.
- Charge up my 18s setup and try out today or tomorrow.
- Paint controller black (light coat)
- Clean up wires some more (only 90% done)
- 2 months from now, order MXUS 3000 v2 hub and build a moto wheel from roadrash.
- upgrade front fork to longer travel and put geometry back correctly
- upgrade to larger rotors
[youtube]8WTRx8See1c[/youtube]
So the frame is 2007 Titus SuperMoto. To save money, I switched as much stuff over from old bike as could: Crystalyte HS3540, Lyen 18fet, CA v3, 100mm fork, shifters, rear derailleur, handlebar. The new stuff I had to get was seatpost, headset converter from 1 1/2 to 1 1/8, front derailleur, cables. In order gain better performance, I downsized to 24inch wheels. I sent roadrash my hub and he built a downhill wheelset.
My first ride, I had no electrical issues but plenty of non-electrical issues. First thing was that it wouldn't shift into biggest chainring. Next, I realized the rear shock was almost fully compressed when I sat on it even though I pumped it up. Made it very low to the ground. The second thing was my front brake. When I almost went off road because I wasn't paying attention, I slammed on brakes and front brake gave out. Found out it was because the bolt holding cable wasn't tight enough. I almost crashed because of it but somehow recovered. So decided to turn around and head back home and fix this stuff.
My second ride was much better. Everything mentioned previously I fixed except the rear shock. I pumped the rear shock even more, but still same issue. So shock needs to be rebuilt or buy new one. Since this was air shock and wanted coil, I ordered a new one off ebay for 1/2 price because it was old. Will take couple weeks to get here.
I was very pleased with ride. I was only riding 14s but happy with performance. I knew I would lose some top speed because of smaller wheel but seemed the same max speed of 31 mph/ 49 kph. It had better acceleration and most important, didn't overheat at all like it did my previous setup.
Next on list.
- Charge up my 18s setup and try out today or tomorrow.
- Paint controller black (light coat)
- Clean up wires some more (only 90% done)
- 2 months from now, order MXUS 3000 v2 hub and build a moto wheel from roadrash.
- upgrade front fork to longer travel and put geometry back correctly
- upgrade to larger rotors
[youtube]8WTRx8See1c[/youtube]