Gas tank frame build

[MxusMick]

Man you put a lot of work into your build, What was the cost of completion? I have a Phatmoto gas bike with a burnt motor, thinking about electrifying, it can be a challenge with so many different tube sizes and non compatible parts. My shunt soldier job failed and fell off inside my controller, then touched a Mosfet and fried it. Crimping is better.

 

[Chalo]

My shunt soldier job failed and fell off inside my controller, then touched a Mosfet and fried it. Crimping is better.

Using a controller designed for the power you want, is better.

Shunt modding a controller is dingdong stuff, like taking the air filter off a gas engine for better airflow. Generic controllers are too cheap to waste your rework time on, let alone hammer on with power levels their PCB traces and cables aren't intended for.

 

[Tyler5883]

That gas tank is awesome. I built a diy with my old trek instead of buying one, I hate the step-though look and the others were too much money. I had a 1978 Puch Magnum as a kid, 50cc moped, looked like a motorcycle. Yours is 10x cooler looking.

Thanks man! Its coming along quite nicely, although slower than I'd like haha. I'll hopefully be able to finish her up in the next few months once and for all and get some final pics up to show off. Currently just need a chain tensioner and my fenders mounted and she should be good to go!

Love the look of the bike but its definitely not something you'll ever want to pedal with this seating position haha.

 

[Tyler5883]

Man you put a lot of work into your build, What was the cost of completion? I have a Phatmoto gas bike with a burnt motor, thinking about electrifying, it can be a challenge with so many different tube sizes and non compatible parts. My shunt soldier job failed and fell off inside my controller, then touched a Mosfet and fried it. Crimping is better.

Thanks for the kind words, just trying to appease my inner perfectionist haha, it aint easy. I haven't updated/looked at this list for a while now, but this should be pretty close. I started this project off trying to keep it under 2k total, but quickly realized that wasn't going to be achievable with the parts I wanted unless I wanted to wait for sales or used parts to come up on the market. Plenty of the parts I chose have cheaper counter parts but did not come in the color I wanted so I paid a slight premium to try to match the atheistic I wanted.

I also recently changed a few things that aren't on the list, like fenders from ebay, chain tensioner and the throttle/grips changed to a pair of Lekkie Pacemakers so I guess add another 150-200 to the total you see in the top right corner of the chart.

At first this build was a challenge for me to wrap my head around because of all the different sizes and compatibility issues between different bottom brackets and all that, but once you break it down into smaller parts and tackle one part at a time, it makes it a lot less overwhelming when picking parts. Just take your time and measure anything you aren't sure about.