Motorized bike build

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Wanted to try my hand at building a motorized bike. My girlfriend has a moped and it would be fun to have something so we can both ride around. 

I found a cool vintage bike on Craigslist. It was owned by a guy who used to work at a Pontiac plant. He did the custom paint and corduroy seat. I really like the color scheme and will keep with a vintage cafe racer theme.

The bike rides nicely but the seat could use more padding. I will definitely be upgrading the brakes before riding to disk brakes. I may add a vintage style springer fork since the roads here are crap.

I ordered all my stuff from Bikeberry.com. They have a ton of stuff and their website is well organized. 

For the motor I went with the Bikeberry 80cc Flying Horse stage 1 kit.  (link) This has the performance intake, muffler, and carb. 

I ordered the BBR softer motor mounts and the keg style gas tank which I think will look better than the stock tank. 

Here we go! I moved everything to the basement since it’s so cold in the garage.

Here is the motor.

The mounting stalk for the keg tank is way too long and presses on the rear tire. I am going to have to shorten it and weld to the bracket. When done it will fit snugly under the seat.

Started painting. Did a low gloss engine enamel for th engine. Gloss black for the mounting brackets. Good for some of the hardware and bolts on the engine. Doing red for the gas cap and a couple other things. Should look pretty cool.