Amazing Lawn Mower Motorized Bike (Part 2/2)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Well boys and gals we finished the lawn mower motorized bike. This motorbike functions using an angle drive to convert the vertical rotation of the lawn Mower engine into a horizontal output to drive the rear wheel. I took it off road and despite needing a new tail-bone it functioned very nicely, not quite a dirt bike but oh well. Anyway If you like this project be sure to check out the channel for more motorized bikes, dirt bikes, go karts, gas scooters, motorcycles, quads, atv's and a crap ton of other stuff!
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The more you build, the more I get inspired to finally build something myself. Always wanted to do stuff like this as a kid, but either didnt have access to tools or lacked parental support.
do it! I was building dog poo when I first started, Still am!
Nice!! Find a way to add a heavyer flywheel and it will solve your stall/torque issue. In the lawnmower, the blade acts as a flywheel gathering inertia overcoming stall.
Yes. Also, a set of rings. But, a Briggs 3 hp will fit that fine. They are very heavy.
Well it also has a flywheel on top, which has the blower fins on it, and the magnets for the magneto.
"I look like a crazy..." while having a lawn mower bike frankenstein in the back, I think you do more than just look. Love the vids.
Anna
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Why don’t you use a small centrifugal clutch? It would simplify the build and your engine wouldn’t stall out all the time.
Because that's too logical. And I like belts drives n' stuff!
Yeahh what the guy said 🙄
David Wichner DAVID
David Wichner im Jet Tofte on AZ minibikers. We have talked a couple times. Nice
@@azoff-road1911 hahahah whats sup i didnt expect this 😅😆
I got this vid 09/16/2020 as UA-cam recommended. It's a masterpiece. Good to see that YT didn't recommend me way too late , just 3 days.
Cheers buddy! Thanks for watching
finally someone put an old briggs mower engine to good use
I use mine to cut grass 😂
I would put that same system in a go kart. If its and old enough one, you'll have a metal cam and not a plastic one, so you'd be able to put a little weld on it and make a ghetto performance cam. I learned that from Cars and Cameras on UA-cam
I appreciate your all your hard work and effort and engineering skills great job!
Back in 1968 I built my first motorbike with a horizontal shaft 4 horsepower engine . I used 12 inches of angle iron and 2 u bolts to bolt to the frame. Centrifical belt clutch and one wizard rear pulley on a 26in wheel.
No welder, no cutting the bicycle frame ,no high-tech tools just me in the 6th grade building a motorbike that went about 35 to 40 miles an hour.
Sometimes a simpler design is less complicated and less breakdowns.
That's great for a 6th grader! I was just a flashlight holder for my dad, didn't actually get to use any of the tools. Stuff didn't interest me till after I stopped talking to him. He made me feel disinterested in understanding or working on things bc it was never fun. Now I love building and watching stuff like this
@@Freebyrd1991 " after you stopped talking to him" ?
A spontaneous piece of motorized sculpture!
Cross country trip? Just add a fancy fuel tank backpack!
Hey man sweet build turned out real nice! Great to c them vertical shafts getting sum love. Cant wait for the next one! 👍🤘
Ha yeah don't see many youtube builds them huh!
Glad you're getting vendor support. You deserve it. Keep building your imagination.
Thanks man!
Stepping up your game with the tubing bender....
No doubt!
"It's an Oliver, from back in 2021". "Dang Pa, they sure knew how to make 'em".
It would be neat to run two separate belt drives next to one another with two different pedals, that way you could have one geared more for speed and the other for off-road torque.
My dad and I place a lawn mower engine on top of an old boat engine mid section and lower unit. Made a new drive shaft with a 9/16 universal socket for a u-joint. great running little motor wish I still had it and a few pictures.
Nice! That's what's cool about posting to youtube, It's just a time-capsule of all my projects
You're a gifted mechanical genius!
This thing is sick maybe you can put a riding lawn mower motor on 1 of the chopper bicycles next. I like how you got this running and wanna use this idea on a different size or mini bike to ride places.
did you put a clutch? Cause i want to build a bike like this and i cant figure out how to make the bike stop without to shut the engine every time
Try adding a torque converter or use the principal to make a manual ratio changer. Have it operated by your right foot. Use your left hand for brakes. Maybe fancy led lights all over it too!!! It’s kewl!!
Nice video. I like how you keep it realistic, and not to crazy. This is something most people could do in their garage. Keep up the good work 💪
I appreciate that!
Interesting build. The belt drive reminds me of a 40s gibson tractor. Please please fit a spark arrestor!
it also needs the heavy flywheel , from a pressure washer engine to maintain torque .
Your problem solving skills are impressive! Your new tools seem to be in a very good home.
Your mower engine has an aluminum flywheel due to the blade being the centrifugal force for three of the four strokes. You need a cast iron flywheel from a horizontal shaft motor or make a weight to attach to the crank to take the place of the cast iron.
Awesome build, first time seeing a belt clutch on one of these, seems like a great idea and easier way to make a manual clutch than fabricating a whole transmission.
Glad you liked it!
It’s at least the second one he’s done! Dude where are you videos?!?
This is the definition of a Lone rider riding his cool motorcycle like a badass.
ha Thanks bud
Mr. Kim here and you sure are talented well you just keep going
I wouldn’t be able to let my nuts flap in the breeze just quite so close to that ramshackle jackshaft like that. You really could end up with a jacked shaft. Truly inventive work you did throughout this project. Now I’ve seen what’s required, I don’t think that I’ll be making any vehicles from the old lawnmower anytime soon!
I think you have bigger problems if your nuts are flapping that low. Just kidding! Thanks for watching !
I love those food pedals. The mechanism looks cool. Nice
I haven't watched in awhile, lots of great new shop tools.
Welcome back!
Fantastic little build! What is the “junkyard piece” you mentioned in the last video that made the vertical shaft engine usable for this application????
Your creativity always puts a smile on my face, thanks Oliver you are the man and as always "Howdy from Texas "!!
Cheers Greg, thanks for the continued support!
Hey good afternoon, congratulations on the awesome engineering behind your project. The innovation involved in this old-style bike is quite astounding :)
Be advised that your vertical shaft engine probably has no ball bearings... you could add a 6205 bearing or similar to the mounting flange if you want to :)
Also the clutch setup is not ideal for a single cylinder engine. In case you want to improve the take-off behavior, you need to increase flywheel mass. So the engine doesn't cut out that easily when the clutch is engaged. Greetings and good tinkering.
Lawnmowers have a blade that is mounted directly to their PTO this means they can be made with lighter flywheels. If you changed the flywheel out from one off of a pressure washer that was weighted it would probably function better.
Thanks for the tip
I see you have acquired and upgraded many new tools. Very nice.
sure did! thanks
Ty for posting again man. Now in this time of age youtubers make bank and you have awesome content. Can't wait to see them subs climb like craY
I watched part one last night and I was hoping you would drop part to soon glad to see you back with another awesome 1 of a kind build keep up the awesome work and thanks for your service
haha good timing! thank you for watching
All those sweet tools and you don't have a roller chain breaker? Nice job, very creative design.
haha my old one broke
@@OliverMotorized ha you broke the breaker. Sorry I had to. Nice bender too, I hope to get one soon.
What type of welding is that? Looks incredibly useful and fairly easy
Your innovation is so amazing. Thanks for sharing.
finally a use for a vertical shaft engine. misty hell i thought it was that B&S engine just smoking. Now what is your next project going to be?Wish I had your talent. thanks.
I tipped the engine over a few times when measuring so oil musta got in the cylinder haha
Not criticizing, just a question.... Instead of that awkward foot pedal, why not just spring load the tensioner and use a hand lever to loosen the belt when pulled, like a motorcycle clutch? Awesome build!
The smoke out here is insane where I live as well! Stay safe, make sure you/ your family has a plan!
Thank you, you too!
That was a nice build. You got skills! Enjoyed the show.
I noticed you like doing things the hard way. Or is it spend as little as possible? Your fun to watch for sure.
ha a little of both I suppose, Thanks!
Yes! A plasma cutter table, & a tubing bender, plus a nicely laid out tool & compressor area, pure genious, money well spent. I loved the nice, clean gusset assembly under the engine. 2 suggestions, go back to the bigger belt driven pulley & find a carb with an idle adjustment you can open up to richen the transition from idle to midrange. That single speed carb just cannot handle the transition, it is simply to lean. Hack on a little carb from GoPowrrSports, like a mikuni clone. Get their suggestions. That very shaft has much fiber manners in it's future! Again, welcome back Sir 😎. Your quality of work has greatly improved & you're still entertaining, congrats!
Fix bad sentence: That vertical shaft engine has much finer manners in it's future
Thanks Paul for the suggestion! Sounds like I need a new carb and a flywheel
That bike is awesome 👍.
A few mor gussets at the head and around the seat tube wouldn't hurt. Fantastic engineering with that vertical shaft motor. It has to be a first. 🏆
Cheers! thanks for the comment. I think you're right about the gussets
Oliver Motorized - Yeah, lotsa stress on that frame.
I had one similar to your setup added another pulley to tighten the belt so when you pushed yours it would get even tighter
I like the foot pedal clutch
Question : Since usually a mower engine uses the blade as a flywheel and without it the engine won't even start, what did you do to fix it ? ...simply the inertia of 90 deg. gearbox is enough ?
Be safe man, I’m in northern Oregon and the smokes been bad. Love the builds and one day would love to ride man!
Got the nice plasma table and tubing bender, but still break your chains the old skool way? Great builds though, glad to see your back at it. Be safe over there.
ha! I had a chain break, but the damn thing broke after 2 attempts.
@@OliverMotorized oh that sucks
That's a pretty kewl set-up.I thought,'Don't all frames start out as pipe dreams'?(went there)
har har my friend
I liked before I even saw the episode, love ya man, and as always you know "Howdy from Texas "!!
Right on! Thanks Greg!
It needs a clutch lol good job!!
flabergasted by a young man with such advaced skills
Great to see you back, Oliver! It looks like you are really stepping up to the next level with CAD, plasma table, and the tubing bender. Can you do a video of your shop and all the cool stuff you have in it tool-wise? I am particularly interested in that tubing bender.
Maybe sometime in the future I'll do a shop overview! In the meantime, the tubing bender is a Rogue Fab -- lots of you tubers have done reviews I'm sure a quick search will turn up a bunch lol. Thanks!
Awesome build
Wow very nice coming up on some nice tools for the shop great build.
For sure!
You win the mechanical look award :) I think it weighs as much as my Harley too ;)
Respect from Portland oregon. Keep the projects coming.
👌🇺🇲👌🇺🇲👌
Thanks Jimmy!
If you add a small flywheel to the out put shaft, it might help on the take off
Oliver I love your stuff, but when I saw part 1 of this video I expected you'd have problems due to mower engines having MUCH lighter flywheels (mower blade provides the inertia)
Looks like you do have a bit of a problem with getting rolling when you first let in the clutch (in the video where you say "not enough torque")
Might be able to get an iron flywheel from a vertical shaft Briggs pressure washer or similar.
You are right! The lack of a flywheel means there is less momentum to help sustain engine rotation while depressing the clutch. Hmm... maybe I'll rob one off a Briggs like you said.
Thanks for the insight Kurt!
@@OliverMotorized Told ya ;)
Glad your back man. Not very much content like this on yt.
Like narration or stop and explain? Thanks for the feedback, Honestly!
Oliver Motorized I really enjoy the explaining what you are doing and giving us something to keep us listening. I don’t mind the montages but this vid had quite a few (don’t take me too seriously man) so glad you are back
Hillbilly Homeboy nah it’s ok I appreciate all the feedback I get. I kept this in mind with my latest video, so thank you.
What did you use to change the crankshaft power from vertical to horizontal? Like what thing did you use to change the crankshaft to go the right way? I’m looking for one
Nice job! I love those Briggs engines.
Good one! There's More engines from lawnmowers with more power maybe you could try some more. Greetings!
I got an 8hp begging to be put on somethn lol
@@OliverMotorized amazing! I work as a mechanic of lawnmowers here in Chile, if you ever need some info or help, please write me mariojv95@gmail.com
It would be awesome!
Hey Oliver,
Would love to see your girl do an unedited normal speed video on multiple bikes to show how many pulls it takes a female to get them started and running when the engine is cold too her touch
Thanks again for the shout out on the last video! I will give you a shout out on my next video 👍 Man you are a master on CAD! Nicely done 🙂 I was going to recommend the Rogue Fab bender but you beat me to it.
Ps I would like to talk sometime, let me know when you get this message and I will post back my e mail, after you get it I will edit out my e mail so I don’t get spammed 😂
The pleasure was mine, I watched your channel a lot while I was gone. Hence the new tools haha!
And sounds good, looking forward to it.
Unless you just love hacking stuff together not compatible forced to afro engineering extra sprockets belts and pulleys ...we used to get a whizzer motor and bicycle kit and bolt on a two stroke whizzer engine in a few hours and go like hell
Would you have preferred I just buy and filmed me assembling a kit?
donnie baker I think you are missing the point of his videos, it’s not always about taking the path of least resistance and taking the easy route. It’s about challenging yourself to try different things, can it be done?
When building projects like this, it tends to make you a better engineer at the end of the day because you learn a lot more then just following instructions and bolting on a engine kit.
@@OliverMotorized yes as two day there are Chinese knock offs of the whizzer for like $59 bucks , just seen one for the first time the other day that looks just like the old whizzer engines .....but there is even a better way to do it your way by using a horizontal crankshaft engine ..like a 3 1/2 HP brigs from a walk behind garden rota-tiller..you can get new one from harbor freight cheap ..whizzer drives the back wheel with a large diameter belt pulley that looks like a thin bicycle rim fastened
To the spokes with washers and metal screes ..use a centrifugal clutch from a go-kart with a pulley instead of a sprocket and drive your bicycle with a belt that's it that's all you need
you are so talented
Great video and I love how you designed the engine bracket. Very fast and efficent! Also i see new equipment? The shop looks great!!
Thanks! lots of new equipment!
Nice build !
Thanks!
Dude you have so much potential, and some awesome tools... it feels like your just messing about.
I enjoy the projects I do!
Yeah I get it, but I think you are capable of a lot more.... maybe in the future you can design your own bike.... 👍🏻 Take it easy buddy.
On a vertical shaft engine designed for a lawn mower, the spinning blade acts as a flywheel so without it, there is little to no inertia built up untill the engine is at higher revs so this is why the bike keeps stalling when the belt is initially engaged.
Man, cool video... greetings from zimbabwe🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
Hey, thanks!
Very interesting, love how mechanical it is. Nice work
I love this. If you made it so that the pedal increased the throttle as you push on it, it would almost be like a vct system
Is the chain using a tensioner, how does gravity not win this battle?
festive sent me. this is all fun!
Wow that's realty cool. Where did you learn to fabricate things?
Thanks! Mostly youtube/trial and error.
Has a plasma cutter and a 3D printer.
Does not have a $15 chain cool.
Where did you get the right angle drive? Also, I wholeheartedly approve of the Saturn Ion.
haha, i'll get one sooner or later. I got the angle drive from the scrap yard.
You picked the right engine if you wanted to show creativity and craftsmanship, but I most state the if you wanted practicality and simplicity going with horizontal shaft would had been the perfect choice. Nice 👌
I love how you can afford a massive cnc plasma cutter- and you don't have welding gloves.
hi dont no if you will get this comment, but put on 2 belt teninesion er's , smaller at the frount and larger at the back. or just smaller at the frount. i did that with mine but i have a VANGUARD 22 HP i havent got to top gear yet
Thank you very much Oliver! Well done.
Keep it up and I wish you health.
Sincerely,
Alicia
Thank you Alicia!
Ever thought about using a automatic clutch?
The most complex bike drivetrain.
Need a snowmobile clutch set up on rear pulley..or check out Rzr motor. Nice welding !
Thanks for the tip!
Amazing video man, I’m looking to do the same and I have a few questions about if, is there any way I can contact you?
Cleanest project so far, really like it good job
Appreciate it!
Could have made the right side footrest an accelerator pedal alongside the handlebar one. One for getting going the other for cruising!
But either way, awesome build!!
Dang did you get some build quality training when you served because you just upped your skills ten fold! NIce Work!
haha nope, watched a lot of other youtube builders though.
Nice army tan tee :)
this is what all my neighbors think my mini bikes are "is that a bike with a lawn mower engine" they ask. ill show them this video to clarify
Yeah with other projects I’d have to clarify where the engine actually came from such as a rototiller
@@OliverMotorized is great watching your videos again
The vertical to horizontal gear you have. Did it come off some particular pics of equipment at junk yard? Im in need of one but not sure where to start looking at scrap yard.
Sorry I wish I explained it more in the video, because a lot of folks have asked about it! Unfortunately, I didn't see what it came off of. There was literally a bucket full of them though so I grabbed one.
Oliver Motorized you are lucky. I may have to go to my junk yard and just start looking around
Have you removed the governor from the motor?
Your builds are always unique and interesting. Glad to see you back to full fill my boring life 😂 .
Thanks Nick!
Hi I just subscribed I live in Springfield Oregon hoping for rain for once lol like your channel already thanks
Thanks for subscribing! And Seriously, when we need it the most the pnw doesn't rain.
@@OliverMotorized where are you located
Just a little north of you. Won’t say exactly though!
Thinking out of the box! Awesome.
That's the idea!
Good Lord! That's ALOT of fabrication to adapt a vertical shaft engine!-John in Texas
Probably spent more on the fabrication and pulley system then just buying a cheap harbor freight horizontal shaft that would have had him riding in style.
yeah I've done that before, This bike was mostly just to challenge myself in a different way!