A little over a year ago I funded the Motoped kickstarter project. Since then it's been sitting neglected in a corner of my garage due to other projects. Now I'm ready to tackle this thing!
I searched high and low for other people’s Motoped builds online, however most builds I found are based off Motoped’s stock build kit. Other very nice custom builds I couldn't seem to find a build thread for. (If anyone knows of any build threads, please feel free to share.) I'm gonna try to document the build as best as I can. Hopefully if someone else goes searching the internet in the future for build ideas and knowledge, this whole journey could be of some help.
I funded the basic frame kit, which gives me the frame, swing arm, bottom bracket, rear hub, and various other brackets native to this motoped. Other parts I need should just be various mountain bike parts and Honda xr50 or crf50 parts.
I'm gonna buy parts as I get more money. But I think my next step should be getting shocks and fork, then building the wheel, figuring out a tank/seat solution, then engine and carbs and etc.
Anyone know of nice tanks that might fit? The top tube of the frame measures about 17" so I need something small. Sketch gas tank is from the 5 star general moped. No idea if it'll fit.
Here's the crappy photoshop design job:
I searched high and low for other people’s Motoped builds online, however most builds I found are based off Motoped’s stock build kit. Other very nice custom builds I couldn't seem to find a build thread for. (If anyone knows of any build threads, please feel free to share.) I'm gonna try to document the build as best as I can. Hopefully if someone else goes searching the internet in the future for build ideas and knowledge, this whole journey could be of some help.
I funded the basic frame kit, which gives me the frame, swing arm, bottom bracket, rear hub, and various other brackets native to this motoped. Other parts I need should just be various mountain bike parts and Honda xr50 or crf50 parts.
I'm gonna buy parts as I get more money. But I think my next step should be getting shocks and fork, then building the wheel, figuring out a tank/seat solution, then engine and carbs and etc.
Anyone know of nice tanks that might fit? The top tube of the frame measures about 17" so I need something small. Sketch gas tank is from the 5 star general moped. No idea if it'll fit.
Here's the crappy photoshop design job: