I bought one!- Yamaha Moto-bike build idea

[Fisch]

Well I found out last night that the stock Yamaha Moto-bike can take 24" wheels and tires really easy (Normally 20"). This makes the stock frame a bit more interesting size-wise.

The tank in the pictures would be replaced with a cafe one naturally.

I think if you ran an expansion chamber pipe to fill the space in front of the down tube. It would help.

I just bought a set of these forks, and 12" shocks which will raise the rear a bit from the 10" that are stock.
http://www.bmikarts.com/item/Fork-Assembly-300160-1440

I also saw this on motorbicycling showing an engine will fit this frame. Tiiiiight though!

Now I am posing on it again. Looks a little better than the shot on the first page! Still small though. But I guess no smaller than the cafe moped guys at this point.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

I also saw this on motorbicycling showing an engine will fit this frame. Tiiiiight though!

Think that's tight try putting one on a brats lowrider bike. I helped a buddy with one....had to drill through the top tube to run the throttle cable through the frame. Tight squeeze and it handled like crap. It was fun though.

 

[MERK]

Is this just a "look" thing? Or are you really going to try to ride it? On the MX frame pedaling doesn`t look like it`s going to be much fun...

 

[Fisch]

Is this just a "look" thing? Or are you really going to try to ride it? On the MX frame pedaling doesn`t look like it`s going to be much fun...

Pedaling geometry would be horrid on this for sure! If it were done I think the pedals would just be to get the engine started and nothing else really. It seems pretty similar to what the cafe moped racers have to deal with.

 

[iven]

well.. then the suspension would be an issue..
you would need longer rear shocks..

 

[Dboy9887]

Just saw this. I have been looking for one on these Moto bikes too, and to do the exact same thing. Roll on 26's. I was planning on a cool chopper front fork and yeah you would definitely need longer rear shocks and depending how high the rear sits you could drop the chopper fork easy! got a bada$$ looking cafe racer! type bike.