I lost my job, unemployment rate is through the roof here in Washington state, so until I found work I had alot of idle time on my hands, I had to keep busy. Here is the bi-product of boredom.

Story is, my friend found a electric scooter (used for handicapped people at grocery stores) otherwise known as a "Rascal" at an abandoned house down the road from my house, he came back on my crf50 and got a rope and towed it back to my house with the 50. After we found out the batteries were bad in the cart we decided to put the motor out of a dismantled pw80 I had in the backyard into the rascal.

4 unemployed days of welding, grinding and cutting, and here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ny333PTUi0








Sorry for the shitty pics, my iPhone is all I had. I wish I had taken pictures of the build process, but when I'm in build mode I barely stop to eat, let alone take pictures.

All the material and parts used were laying around the house, I'm into this thing $16 for the chain roller I bought and a spool of mig wire.

It does a little over 30mph, but gets up there quick, this pw motor was a 2 stroke, so its actually kinda quick. It will do donuts in 2nd and 3rd gear (in gravel lol) and if I rev it in neutral and cram it in first it pulls the front wheel off the ground about 2 - 2.5ft haha. Vids will be soon to come.

I don't think in any way this is an engineering masterpiece, it's meant to be funny, it just so happens that it is a blast to ride! Flame away if you want...really its okay.

 

looks like a deathwish, but I'd still put on a helmet and ride it

 

dont forget it does donuts in the abandoned house across the streets garage too!! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

 

thats it, i'm turning my d15 into a go-cart!

 

finally something besides a damn manifold thanks for posting

 

i was afraid to ride it at first but after spinning first and second in the gravel i didnt want to get off the thing. couldnt stop smiling the whole time, but really needs some brakes!

 

You need 2 front wheels... a posi rear trike is a really REALLY bad idea.

 

Agreed, it is dangerous. And it turns terrible. It turns okay when its up on 2 side wheels though.

 

you need to put the shopping basket back on that thing and go get some groceries :evil:

 

Haha... nice...

You know what's weird...big companies like google have 'idle time' where employees can do anything they want ... so long as they come back and report what they were working on.

They say most of the great google products came out of these workshops (gmail, google maps...etc) anything that doesn't have to do with the core search engine came from people messing around with stuff they thought was cool.

Here's what's weird... a creative and skilled person like you and other people on this board who would be the back bone of creativity... being jobless.

I mean even the lambo muira started as a garage project.

My advice... go online and see if u can market 50cc or suped up chairs for old people... you may just have a niche market here...

you just need to spend a bit more on the aesthetics of it ...

 

andy did u make this for me?

 

Thanks alot man, I really appreciate the compliment. I like to think i'm a creative person, I just don't have patience to do everything exactly right, that's why if I need something done perfect and exact I let ScorpioMK do it, the guy that posted about 4 post ago, he's an incredible fabricator/tig welder, I envy his skill and patience.

As for being unemployed, I got some things figured out, and lets just say I'm doing better then ever financially now.

I am a Low Volt Electrician, security, networks, phone, tv, home audio, home theater etc. by trade, and kind of a jack of all trades but master of none. My brain travels all over the place, one month I live to make music, play drums etc, next month I want to build a fast car, next month I want to get super good on my bike...If I made up my mind and stuck with one thing I could probably be REALLY good/successful with it. I've been trying to find something to make me a millionaire for about 15 years, just haven't quite found it yet. lol

 

It's all you Arby! just warning you, there's no brakes lol

I'm working on a brake idea. Come over and take it for a ride lol

 

if you put a real axle in the back you could put some brakes on it, a fire poker isnt straight enough! haha

 

Videos ASAP

 

very interesting, and I am sure it is quite dangerous. With that said, I am sure it is also very fun to ride. Could be a great pit ride for races.

 

thats kinda what I was thinking, it would be awesome for the pits.

 

they make a conversion to four wheels up front.

http://www.rascalscooters.com/index....ertablelanding

 

hahaha....what an awesome little project to get done on your spare time.

 

update: ripper vids

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ny333PTUi0

 

more more more

 

Holy $hit dude, looks like you almost met your maker @ around 1:40 in the vid!

 

I love it. Lol gfi to the fullest on this beast, good work andy

 

come ride it! sorry i never got back to you about the injectors, I got a deal on some 880's already.