# Not really sure where to post this... but it is a street bike. Of sorts. **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 20, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296 "2010-09-20T20:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/1 "2010-09-20T20:23:30Z")
Well… here’s some background. I live in an apartment complex 1.5 miles from the college campus I attend. The past year or two was no big deal getting to class and back, the bus comes every 20 minutes or so. Say you miss the bus, or the bus isn’t on time (it never was). What do you do? Jump in your car and head to campus. 1.5 miles all down hill to campus, 1.5 miles up hill (steep in places) to apartment. No biggie. Starting this semester, they are charging for parking. The cheapest parking permit offered is $175/semester, or $350/academic year, and the parking lot you’re assigned to is right next to my apartment complex, the sports stadium parking lot (further away from my apartment… doesn’t make much sense to get that permit). They go upwards of $450/semester if you want your own reserved spot on campus. I’m entirely too cheap to pay that much considering how close I live. 1. Parking fees are ridiculous (at least when you’re broke) 2. The bus is always late (and now overcrowded as there are many more people parking off-campus and riding the bus) 3. The hill is long and steep. (You don’t want to have to take a nap when you get back to the apartment from riding your bike 1.5 miles up steep hills… i’m out of shape and probably couldn’t make it to and from in a timely fashion) What do you do? I am building a 66cc Bicycle-to-moped conversion. The bike will have a 66cc 2-stroke motor in-frame. Twist throttle, clutch engage start (start pedaling, release clutch, engine starts), and a kill switch… which means you can kill the engine, and still use the vehicle as a fully functional bicycle, pedal right up to a bike rack and chain it up. The bike is here- Cheapo Huffy Cranbrook, steel frame, thick spokes - a common candidate for this type of swap: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/TheOneStar00/0918002011.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/TheOneStar00/0918002011.jpg) The engine kit that should arrive this Friday - ZoomBicycles Black Slant 66cc: ![http://www.zoombicycles.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Limited_Edition__4be33c85252ba.jpg](http://www.zoombicycles.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Limited_Edition__4be33c85252ba.jpg) Ultimately, here is what I’m hoping the end result will end up like (same exact bike and engine as mine, but with apehangers and a drop springer “lowrider style” front fork) ![http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/sleepertec/07101817.jpg](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/sleepertec/07101817.jpg) Plans are to ride it to and from class daily, and to paint lime green accessories that came stock (have the fenders, but they are also pearl lime green like the chain guard). ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/2 "2010-09-20T20:27:20Z")
hmm wonder if it will make it back up the hill. that is a long ass hill to ride up. ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/3 "2010-09-20T20:29:38Z")
It should… I don’t think I’ll be taking the main roads back up, but the side streets. They aren’t as steep and there is next to no traffic on them. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/4 "2010-09-21T03:32:25Z")
deebo will take your shit ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/5 "2010-09-21T05:04:07Z")
Not in the middle of the day, dood ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/6 "2010-09-21T05:10:33Z")
Move to town and ditch Jefferson. ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/7 "2010-09-21T05:43:11Z")
Cool project. One of my friends did an electric wheel conversion to his bicycle and has been commuting to work that way. Another way to beat the hills. [http://www.wildernessenergy.com/](http://www.wildernessenergy.com/) Edit: that 66cc moped kit on the ZoomBicycles site is a lot cheaper than the electric conversion. Good choice. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/8 "2010-09-21T06:00:29Z")
> [@Glass Replacement??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/glass-replacement/42508/16): > > Not in the middle of the day, dood debo is a daywalker [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFJThMDLYM4) ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/9 "2010-09-21T07:03:38Z")
LMAO shaggy ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/10 "2010-09-21T08:06:48Z")
> [@Where do you take your used oil?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-do-you-take-your-used-oil/42573/8): > > Move to town and ditch Jefferson. Let me know if you can find a place that doesn’t have holes in the floor, black mold spewing out of every crevace, or exposed wires under a leaky roof. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/11 "2010-09-21T09:24:26Z")
195 Beazel St. Well, it used to be nice? ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/12 "2010-09-21T10:09:43Z")
Beazel St. is now the main access to the newly expanded river lot… right next to Eberly? A lot of things have changed since you went here what… 15 years ago? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_WS6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Silver\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_WS6)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/13 "2010-09-21T10:19:06Z")
nice keep us posted !! ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/14 "2010-09-21T10:26:24Z")
> [@Pontiac G8 Sport Wagon & Ute Coming to U.S.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pontiac-g8-sport-wagon-ute-coming-to-u-s/41636/72): > > Beazel St. is now the main access to the newly expanded river lot… right next to Eberly? > > A lot of things have changed since you went here what… 15 years ago? 🙂 6 ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/15 "2010-09-21T10:51:14Z")
I was yanking your chain Chad don’t get upset ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/16 "2010-09-21T11:00:38Z")
yeah i know… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/17 "2010-09-21T16:31:20Z")
Cool little project. I agree with shaggy though. Watch out for debo. ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/18 "2010-10-04T14:22:02Z")
Victory is mine. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/namebrand21/zack2.gif](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/namebrand21/zack2.gif) ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/19 "2010-10-05T05:17:41Z")
🤣 ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296/20 "2010-10-05T06:46:36Z")
🤣 nice how does it run? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-really-sure-where-to-post-this-but-it-is-a-street-bike-of-sorts/205296.md?page=2)