Thank you, I got very lucky with this build. The chance that the sprockets would match up with the power of the weed eater was slim but worked out well.
Wow! I did this exact thing with the same scooter except I used a 29cc Husqvarna engine from a weed eater, I put the fuel tank where the batteries where and ran the kill switch and the throttle cable up to the handle and bolted the motor on using scrap metal. I also rebuilt the carb and put a oversized air filter on but seeing how fast yours is, its probably 3 times faster than mine! I re painted the whole thing blue and black and put a new tire in the back with good treads and overbuilt it way too much but it still rattles itself apart! im also deciding on making a youtube vid about it but I still gotta get that thing out!
This is what we used to do back in the day when UA-cam hadn't even been made a thing yet. Dumpster dive for motors and scooter, fix them up, and rip around the neighborhood. Good times.
Very nice work. Nice and neat and as professional as anyone could do in a garage shop. But I have a suggestion. Your "gear ratio" is not high enough. You are slipping your centrifugal clutch a lot, especially before you reach fast speeds. It would be better if you could use a two stage "transmission". First stage is a vacuum cleaner belt with pulley sizes calculated to reduce RPMs to one third. Output of this goes to the second stage, which is your chain. This will give you a lot more low end torque and save excessive wear on the clutch. Even better would be to find a variable pulley setup like is in a golf-cart, but much smaller to match the low torque and higher RPM of a weed-eater engine. Weed eaters run FOREVER on a gallon of gas. With the right ratio of belts and chain, which would take some experimentation, you could get some unbelievable gas mileage. Come to think of it, you might look into a "gear reduction" chainsaw engine. It already has a set of gears inside that would do better than the vacuum cleaner belt stage. You will have to figure out how to change out the cutting-chain style sprocket for a regular roller chain sprocket, unless you want to use the cutting chain as a drive chain. This can actually be done. You just grind all the teeth off the chain and make sure you don't leave any sharp edges. Or, you can buy a toothless chain. I have seen one on a saw that had a wood-planer attachment on the end of the bar.
Thanks for the support brother. You’re a smart fella. I’ll have to bust the scooter out again and do an engine swap. I appreciate your idea, that sounds like it would work well!
@@thattacomakid7205 Since my last comment, I have run across the ideal solution for your speed reduction problem. I found it on a kid's vehicle. Brand was Razor. It has a large and small sprocket turning together on the same bearings to reduce the speed of the drive wheels and increase the torque, just like you need to do. It even uses #25 roller chain sprockets. I can't give you the model of kid's car this was as it was pretty old and I took it all apart and salvaged the parts, and probably trashed the part with the model number, if the sticker was still readable. I can tell you it looked a bit like a go-cart or a race car. It had tiny little air tires about 7 inches diameter. This thing had 2 batteries and the motor under a plastic cover behind the seat. Under the cover is the two stage chain "transmission". You want the set of sprockets in between the motor and the axle. The small and large sprockets are on the same hub, which appears (I have not yet took it apart) to have bearings in the hub, and the whole thing is just bolted on part of the frame, much as an idler pulley has a bearing in the middle and is bolted in place. I would guess it has a ratio of about 3:1 or maybe 3.5:1. This would be a good thing to start with. See if you can find one of those little "dune buggies" or "race cars" or "go-karts" or whatever they call it. My cousin gave me two that his kids had outgrown. I just had to go dig them out of the barn.
I have that Scoot as well, But I've used Honda GX35 as my Engine choice. Damn I'm so happy with it. and well I also customized the Scoot frame myself, I installed a Hydraulic Shock Absorbers at the Front Wheel, and Spring shock Absorber at the Middle Place of the Scoot that connects the Engine So it'll just bounce everytime i go on Bumps lol I run 60kph atleast with GX35 Honda
Theres no way your doing 50mph on that long term if at all. You would smoke the clutch after a mile at that speed. I know from personal experience. I put a 27cc craftsman weedeater MTD motor on a huffy. Smoked the clutch just going around the block and it only went 15mph. So i put a 50cc chonda gx50 clone on it with a gearbox reducer and get about 35mph. Id guess your actually getting around 15mph out of that if you weigh around 150lbs.
@@garyshrum4353haha right?! Youd need a 100cc 2 stroke at the minimum to do 50. Not to mention the speed wobbles from lack of a steering damper and the lack of suspension would make you wipe out if you weren't on a perfectly smooth surface.
I'm about to do the same thing with what looks like the same exact scooter. lol. we pulled the electric motor off and threw it on a bike for a school project, and I got the rest of the scooter parts.
I put a racing pocket bike engine on a scooter exactly like that one. Scary as f#ck. Lol. 30mph roll on wheelies. Super sketchy . Very first test ride I crashed the hell out of it. Easy fix then out to crash again. Total death trap. Love it.
Have you actually measured how fast you're going? It looks like you're going about 20 mph. But I would still like to know what is the actual top speed, how much gas did you put into it and how long does the gas last you for? I would love to modify my scooter like this so I can go to work in a scooter like yours instead of driving.
Make a how to cause I have a weed eater and scooter just need a how to lol gas prices are getting crazy In Cali and my job only 12 miles 6 going 6 coming
Going to pick my first one up today, a real Goped for $100, Id be happy if I could get 50 mph outta it lol ; I build custom minibikes as a hobby so I figured let’s dabble with a goped
30mph at best.
But very cool!
When it gains speed probably around 45 honestly
Hell ya who needs brakes!!! I love it!!!
Especially when it has a motor fuck breaks!!!
Had a front brake still, but not gonna do much 😅
Engine breaking
Very nice scooter! We didn't get razors in Europe, My town is full of M365 Xiaomis and countless knockoffs but no cheap scooters to buy.
Thank you, I got very lucky with this build. The chance that the sprockets would match up with the power of the weed eater was slim but worked out well.
boss how many (cc?) on your engine.
That is the most minimalist thing you could do to put a motor on a scooter and I applaud you for it.
1:59 that neighbor just loves your little invention
Nice improvising for the throttle don’t have to worry about hooking up a throttle cable to anything
That is amazing! We were talking about that today!
Wow! I did this exact thing with the same scooter except I used a 29cc Husqvarna engine from a weed eater, I put the fuel tank where the batteries where and ran the kill switch and the throttle cable up to the handle and bolted the motor on using scrap metal. I also rebuilt the carb and put a oversized air filter on but seeing how fast yours is, its probably 3 times faster than mine! I re painted the whole thing blue and black and put a new tire in the back with good treads and overbuilt it way too much but it still rattles itself apart! im also deciding on making a youtube vid about it but I still gotta get that thing out!
That’s awesome! It really does 27. But feels like 50. Also would love to see a video of yours!
So in other words your scooter was slower than if you walked
@@abdullatif-fr7vdno
That's very cool, I think I'd like to have something like that one day.
This is what we used to do back in the day when UA-cam hadn't even been made a thing yet. Dumpster dive for motors and scooter, fix them up, and rip around the neighborhood. Good times.
My brush cutter engine. Noice job
Love the video! Keep it up bro
Thanks Ben
Very nice work. Nice and neat and as professional as anyone could do in a garage shop. But I have a suggestion. Your "gear ratio" is not high enough. You are slipping your centrifugal clutch a lot, especially before you reach fast speeds. It would be better if you could use a two stage "transmission". First stage is a vacuum cleaner belt with pulley sizes calculated to reduce RPMs to one third. Output of this goes to the second stage, which is your chain. This will give you a lot more low end torque and save excessive wear on the clutch. Even better would be to find a variable pulley setup like is in a golf-cart, but much smaller to match the low torque and higher RPM of a weed-eater engine.
Weed eaters run FOREVER on a gallon of gas. With the right ratio of belts and chain, which would take some experimentation, you could get some unbelievable gas mileage.
Come to think of it, you might look into a "gear reduction" chainsaw engine. It already has a set of gears inside that would do better than the vacuum cleaner belt stage. You will have to figure out how to change out the cutting-chain style sprocket for a regular roller chain sprocket, unless you want to use the cutting chain as a drive chain. This can actually be done. You just grind all the teeth off the chain and make sure you don't leave any sharp edges. Or, you can buy a toothless chain. I have seen one on a saw that had a wood-planer attachment on the end of the bar.
Thanks for the support brother. You’re a smart fella. I’ll have to bust the scooter out again and do an engine swap. I appreciate your idea, that sounds like it would work well!
@@thattacomakid7205 Since my last comment, I have run across the ideal solution for your speed reduction problem. I found it on a kid's vehicle. Brand was Razor. It has a large and small sprocket turning together on the same bearings to reduce the speed of the drive wheels and increase the torque, just like you need to do. It even uses #25 roller chain sprockets. I can't give you the model of kid's car this was as it was pretty old and I took it all apart and salvaged the parts, and probably trashed the part with the model number, if the sticker was still readable. I can tell you it looked a bit like a go-cart or a race car. It had tiny little air tires about 7 inches diameter. This thing had 2 batteries and the motor under a plastic cover behind the seat. Under the cover is the two stage chain "transmission". You want the set of sprockets in between the motor and the axle. The small and large sprockets are on the same hub, which appears (I have not yet took it apart) to have bearings in the hub, and the whole thing is just bolted on part of the frame, much as an idler pulley has a bearing in the middle and is bolted in place. I would guess it has a ratio of about 3:1 or maybe 3.5:1. This would be a good thing to start with. See if you can find one of those little "dune buggies" or "race cars" or "go-karts" or whatever they call it. My cousin gave me two that his kids had outgrown. I just had to go dig them out of the barn.
Hell yeah DYI creation
Great invention but how is the engine mounted?
How did you mount the sprocket to the engine?
The sprocket is welded to the weed eater shaft. And the sprocket is from the original electric scooter motor. Thanks for being the first to comment 👍!
The sprocket was welded to the scooter shaft. I am going to make a video on it soon.
Did you have to modify the clutch ours screeches if you try ro go over 5mph
Awesome mate love it
Did u have to weld sprocket
looks like a scooter from a stickmin from a popular flash game
Great job!
I have that Scoot as well, But I've used Honda GX35 as my Engine choice. Damn I'm so happy with it. and well I also customized the Scoot frame myself, I installed a Hydraulic Shock Absorbers at the Front Wheel, and Spring shock Absorber at the Middle Place of the Scoot that connects the Engine So it'll just bounce everytime i go on Bumps lol
I run 60kph atleast with GX35 Honda
Man back in the late 90’s early 2000’s we did this all the time . And I mean all the time .
Haha saw those here in Miami all the time In the 2000s with chrome exhausts Dippin 😂😂
Sick dude!!
How did you mount the engine to the scooter? Great idea overall. I'm trying something similar myself
I will make a video today explaining the steps on how to build it. I tried typing it out but it was getting confusing.
How mount motor
With screws duh
Awesome!
Thank you!
We're can I buy one from
Well mine I built myself but there are versions of it online that you can buy for a few hundred bucks
@@thattacomakid7205 thanks for getting back at me which website is good to purchase from
How do you weld the sprocket on the thing?
with a welder
@@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx no shit
I just made almost the same thing except without a clutch so it's direct drive. You'll probably smoke that clutch really quick riding that.
Direct drive can't coast
@@alfredoghost2306 why do you need to coast just stay on the gas. It works really well so there aren't any issues other that having to kickstart it
@@michaellewis9589 hills? You live in the cornbelt?
@@alfredoghost2306 If you think going down hills is a problem with a weedwacker engine. No. Going up them is lol. Do you have one or something?
@@alfredoghost2306A weedwacker has barely any engine braking and if you coast for too long in a two stroke it can seize the engine anyways.
What is gear combination sir
Theres no way your doing 50mph on that long term if at all. You would smoke the clutch after a mile at that speed. I know from personal experience. I put a 27cc craftsman weedeater MTD motor on a huffy. Smoked the clutch just going around the block and it only went 15mph. So i put a 50cc chonda gx50 clone on it with a gearbox reducer and get about 35mph. Id guess your actually getting around 15mph out of that if you weigh around 150lbs.
Thank you I was going through the comments to see who's the first one to say that this kid isn't going nowheres near 50 mi an hour!!???
@@garyshrum4353haha right?! Youd need a 100cc 2 stroke at the minimum to do 50. Not to mention the speed wobbles from lack of a steering damper and the lack of suspension would make you wipe out if you weren't on a perfectly smooth surface.
The clutch has held up perfect. It does 27, but you saw the video so GOTCHA BOI
@@thattacomakid7205 doesn't look like 50 miles an hour to me
@@brandonbajc2084you dont need 100cc to hit 50 a mildly modified gp460 46cc will do that easy.
what cc is that motor?
Usually 16-20cc
That thing is sick
What the hell, it actually rides about as well as a legit $2,000 Go Ped
No clutch? Is it connected directly to the motor
Yep. The weed eater has a built in clutch system.
I'm about 2 start and build mine about to order some parts
Nice adaptation! Get yourself motorcycle helmet, gloves and knee pads etc 👍
Had one as a kid in the 90s my neighbor hooked it up built the motor out of a chainsaw
I'm about to do the same thing with what looks like the same exact scooter. lol. we pulled the electric motor off and threw it on a bike for a school project, and I got the rest of the scooter parts.
Im planning to make the exact same thing as clay, but im keeping the electronics, so it will be hybrid
I put a racing pocket bike engine on a scooter exactly like that one. Scary as f#ck. Lol. 30mph roll on wheelies. Super sketchy . Very first test ride I crashed the hell out of it. Easy fix then out to crash again. Total death trap. Love it.
Have you actually measured how fast you're going? It looks like you're going about 20 mph. But I would still like to know what is the actual top speed, how much gas did you put into it and how long does the gas last you for? I would love to modify my scooter like this so I can go to work in a scooter like yours instead of driving.
He said 27 mph
Will this work with any scooter?
Anything with a sprocket to attach the chain to should work.
@@zangl2955 LOL
how fast does it actually go tho?
I got it going 27 with a speed app
nice
I've been wanting to do this, but this is very clever!
Go-peds can suck it!
yes!
Might be able to get a little more power with a different exhaust setup
There's no fucking way you're getting 50 miles an hour out of a Ryobi weed wacker
It’s called a thump nail for a reason
@@thattacomakid7205 awe
@thattacomakid7205 But there is no need to lie.
You can do seat
I did this to my razor mx350
Make a how to cause I have a weed eater and scooter just need a how to lol gas prices are getting crazy In Cali and my job only 12 miles 6 going 6 coming
Maybe 25 MPH
Lol it does 27, you were close
bro went 50
It would be cool if you could cut the weeds while you were cruising around 😂😂😂
I’m sorry but your not hitting 50 with a a 2 or 3 hp engine like 26cc
More like 25 but good scooter
Good moning you
Talk about click bait… in what world do you think this would hit 50 mph 🤣
Hey, you watched the video! Gotta do what I gotta do.
No way that does 50mph
Going to pick my first one up today, a real Goped for $100, Id be happy if I could get 50 mph outta it lol ; I build custom minibikes as a hobby so I figured let’s dabble with a goped
Not 50mph
Lmao
Yeah that isnt 50 mph not even close. That's 20 mph if not less. Nice scooter though I mod Razor scooters too.
Hey limp dick, it actually does 27. Suck it
50 mph🤔
50mph🤔
yeah you wish that thing went 50 maybe 30-35 mph max
It’s for the thumbnail. I got you to click on it :).
@@thattacomakid7205 exactly lol
Kool but noisey af
Added bonus the 2 stroke gives. I love that.
clearly no 50mph
Idk bout 50
Not 50mph plus your going down hill 😂😂
50mph 😂
More like 50kmh