Sand Rover DONE! (finished pics pg 5, sand video pg 7)

[yoothgeye]

COOL MAN!!!! It looks like you have the gearing about perfect.
I freeze framed the video multiple times.
The bike REALLY looks great!!!!
Bravo!

Oh yes, I was worried about gearing, but no longer, it's very low effort and before I started airing down the tires I could spin the back tire... alot, which sometimes you need to do.

 

[erichitscar]

AWESOME!!! I'll take 2!

 

[KJV]

Re: Sand Rover is FINISHED!!!! (finished pics page 7)

Can't wait to find softer sand.

try polly island ; about 1/2 hour drive south. :mrgreen:

 

[FatBoy]

Very Cool im glad it works on sand!Now watch how many guys want to build one for there self..Great job! :mrgreen:

 

[kingfish254]

Dude, you have to take a look at the tires that Josh just put on his OCC!!!!
I want two !!!!

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[OUTLAW]

go over to motor bikes and check out my Burrito, it has a 16"x130mm motorcycle tire on a 4" schwinn chopper rim. lol.

Outlaw

 

[user 135]

Re: Sand Rover is FINISHED!!!! (finished pics page 7)

..little, going to keep playing with lower tire pressure until I hit the sweet spot, front still wants to plow a little when turning,

I wonder if you could add some sort of rib to the front tires, like real sand tires have. http://www.sandtiresunlimited.com/rb.html

 

[josh_from_ga]

@ outlaw: your bike is what gave me the idea. it looked way too awesome to not try it.
p.s. El Grande still looks better than BoB, but dont tell everyone

 

[yoothgeye]

Re: Sand Rover is FINISHED!!!! (finished pics page 7)

..little, going to keep playing with lower tire pressure until I hit the sweet spot, front still wants to plow a little when turning,

I wonder if you could add some sort of rib to the front tires, like real sand tires have. http://www.sandtiresunlimited.com/rb.html

The ultimate would be a center rib front and a paddle rear, but that wouldn't be nearly as cheap as what I've done already, and I never really let out enough air to really get the floatation that I could have.

 

[kingfish254]

Check out the tire mounting jig I made for Fugsley with a little redneck engineering. The second side of the the tire popped on in less than 2-3 minutes with no tools at all!

 

[scrumblero]

my friend sent me a pic while vacationing.... made me think of this build.. :mrgreen:

 

[kingfish254]

I think that is yoothgeye in Myrtle Beach!

 

[yoothgeye]

my friend sent me a pic while vacationing.... made me think of this build.. :mrgreen:

Haha, that bike must've come from Walmart... the fork is on backwards. :roll:

 

[Gold Street Customs]

my friend sent me a pic while vacationing.... made me think of this build.. :mrgreen:

Haha, that bike must've come from Walmart... the fork is on backwards. :roll:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[kingfish254]

When are you going to post some pics of Sand Rover in action at the beach!!!????!!!!

 

[yoothgeye]

When are you going to post some pics of Sand Rover in action at the beach!!!????!!!!

I thought I had... oops.

This is at Nags Head, I think I only had the video from Myrtle beach.

 

[kingfish254]

Very cool! That looks like fun.
It wouldn't surprise me if I end up going back to the OCC tires at some point. I think they are more practical.
But the Harley tires are so freaking cool!

 

[yoothgeye]

Very cool! That looks like fun.
It wouldn't surprise me if I end up going back to the OCC tires at some point. I think they are more practical.
But the Harley tires are so freaking cool!

Thanks.

My tire supplier brought me a tire off a Goldwing last night, it's so nice, great tread, 16" but SUPER wide. If I can get a rim to mount this tire on, I will build a bike around it. Looks more like a sport bike tire to me, it's cool.

 

[OUTLAW]

that looks great. ya, the org. tires would work better in the sand. the motorcycle tires are prob to heavy to ride in the sand. I like this bike. nice job.

Outlaw :mrgreen:

 

[Bize]

I wasn't sure about this one at first, but after seeing the finished pics, I'm digging it! It really all came together. Nice work