1997 Sundiro Mantis

DrZ34 · Post by **DrZ34** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:37 pm

MySpree wrote:hey buddy, dont make fun of me. i am the person who started my mopeds with a screwdriver in the clutch. it works just fine. its really easy to start and once its running you just kick the screwdriver and go.

Crap i was just gonna post that trick a freind of mine showed me

Or a 8 penny nail work good , it self ejects when the motor starts

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:56 pm

still havnt tried anything yet. works got me running in circus so when i get time ill try something.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:14 pm

well i did all this today. works great. it runs good. its kinda a pain to push it every time. and the hole no idle thing. but its better then not moped-ing at all.

MySpree · Post by **MySpree** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:10 pm

you pull the locker out once you start it...

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:37 pm

my sundiro's carb is s*** so i have to push it quite a bit. the way its set up i can get it to go about 3/4's a turn Max at a time.

{also} today it broke. short lived but fun every second. ill play with it more. 5$ says its the carb.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:23 am

it wasn't the carb's setting off. the hole d*** carb was off.
one of the screws was barely in and the other site started to back out. it was just sucking air.
every thing i know about 2strokes and how every thing has to be perfect, goes out the window when working in this thing. on the cylinder the tail pipe screws are striped. the pipe is hardly on it. yet it runs amazingly. the carb was almost off and it ran. all the wiring is fried and it runs. i can plug any foaled plug in it and it runs. This thing blows my mind

any way i put the carb back on and it runs again. wheelies like a charm, it is like 4 pounds so i can pull the front up at any speed. What a fun little toy.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:42 pm

ok good my first "good" wheelie on my sundiro today. i wheelie my elite quit-a-bit but my elite has more mass. well riding my sundiro today i pop'ed it up and rode it right throw town. keep it going for a LONG time. (1/4 of a mile or so) then the bike started stuttering, it was to much for me. about 30-35 mph i went off the back. then face first into the ground.

i was wearing a hoodie and paints and still got road rash every were and a scratched up helmet but im fine. the sundiro is bare frame so nothing got broke on that. one * of a fun ride.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:21 pm

ok so im taking the motor off this friday. i completely forgot about what i had behind my shed. i went back there today to try and find some chain for something completely different. i have not been back there for a good year or so.
i got a mini bike frame just like this one.

mine has no motor and no back tire as of now. but everything else is there. I got it like 2 years back for 20$ and a 7hp motor that my uncle was going to get running for me. He lives a while away from me so i dont go to his house ever. my idea as of now is to just mount the front of Sundiro motor were the back tire is.
this thing is to short right now. so i think ill have to motor stick out some. and then re enforce my seat making it longer. ill keep you all updated.

mopedman · Post by **mopedman** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:09 pm

lol
falling is fun

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:10 pm

ok well i got some pictures.
What it looks like sitting were it has for close to a year.....

Sitting next to my sundiro thinking of how to mount the motor.

the bolt is a hair to short. i got an extra one an inch longer buried in 1/2 of leaves. i just got to find it.

as you can see i have a little more work to do. the check list stands as listed

[X] tear the motor off the sundiro
[_] mount center motor mount on new frame
[_] weld the top of the frame out another 1.5 feet.
[_] install the spring.
[_] get gas tank mounted.
[_] hook up all the brakes, gas, and choke.
[_] make a custom seat.
[_] tear it all back apart and paint over the puke green.
[_] put it all back together
[_] ride around town like a true pimp.

i got a little way to go.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:40 am

im hoping it ends up something like this...

Note-this was a 5 second job just to kinda brain storm. this is not what i consider photoshoped. dont laugh to hard.

huck731 · Post by **huck731** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:29 am

that looks pretty cool, with such a low center of gravity, i bet that thing will fly.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:09 am

the motor pushed the sundiro with my fat * on it to about 33mph or so. stock those dont go over 25mph. im not sure what i did to make it so fast when i had it all tore down but im happy with it.
This thing is going to be more style then speed. lol even the style of this thing is going to be low on the scale. I just always wanted to get this thing running and heres my chance.

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:46 pm

I think the motor should be further forwrd like mount it 6 inches further in. looks funny with the big engine hanging out the back like that.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:22 pm

i agree. but theres really no way i can mount that in there like that. i wish i could. im goint to weld some metal. the two top bars are going to go out another 1.5 feet. i dont know if at the end im going to have some bars hanging or something.
i wanted to make the thing longer anyway. its way to short right now.