Aloha And welcome to my build!
I started this project as a way to have fun and promote drag racing here in Hawaii. We had a great opportunity to do so with the local drag strip. Their venue is a "Saturday night outlaw race" Its basically a open drag strip to any type of vehicle!
So this is what i started with, its called a Arnada. Basically a Taiwan Dio copy. It was cheap and i like the body style!
Been collecting some stuff for it over the past months.........
Custom 125cc pipe
Some nice wheels
engine I built for the bike
117cc
custom 125cc pipe
54mm Bore
51mm crank
33 keihin Carb
Kn KiKaku Large intake
Custom lighten flywheel
Custom stator
Hours of porting and "stuff"
First time out
9.42 @ 67 Mph in the 1/8 mile
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiyJgzotMnw"]YouTube - Moped Scooter Drag Racing = Darin vs. Jordan[/ame]
Well i ran the bike like this trying to get it faster. Best time was 9.2 @ 68mph , untill I killed it! So in my quest to try and make a fast dio motor. I decided to rethink my ways. I knew i wanted something original ,It started with this..
1989 honda elite E frame, with the newer body plastics. This was a way light frame than the original but there was some modifications that was needed to make the plastics work.
Removed the disk front end set up, figuring that we only run 1/8 of a mile so theres tons of run off to stop. Had to make my own seat mounts, headset bracket and some floor tabs. Got rid of the kool looking wheels and opted for stock ones, way lighter. I wanted it to look as much as possible as a Moped. Rebuilt the motor and added a few more goodies and more porting work. Ended up with this...
The first time out on this was 9.1@72 mph in the 1/8! What caught me by surprise was the launch. Since it was so much lighter , it picked the front wheel and was carrying it was the 60ft mark at the track! So i had to change my riding position to compensate for the new launch. Deciding what to do, i relocated the gas tank, I thought it was ugly there so i got it under the seat now. and added these.
lol also found this on ebay for .99 cents, 4.95 shipping
drags coming up next week. hope it al turns out well! The next step is nitrous, so the wheelie bars had to have been made anyways. I know its not a rocket compared to a minarelli based motor, but its all in fun for me!
thanks for looking
aloha
Darin
I started this project as a way to have fun and promote drag racing here in Hawaii. We had a great opportunity to do so with the local drag strip. Their venue is a "Saturday night outlaw race" Its basically a open drag strip to any type of vehicle!
So this is what i started with, its called a Arnada. Basically a Taiwan Dio copy. It was cheap and i like the body style!
Been collecting some stuff for it over the past months.........
Custom 125cc pipe
Some nice wheels
engine I built for the bike
117cc
custom 125cc pipe
54mm Bore
51mm crank
33 keihin Carb
Kn KiKaku Large intake
Custom lighten flywheel
Custom stator
Hours of porting and "stuff"
First time out
9.42 @ 67 Mph in the 1/8 mile
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiyJgzotMnw"]YouTube - Moped Scooter Drag Racing = Darin vs. Jordan[/ame]
Well i ran the bike like this trying to get it faster. Best time was 9.2 @ 68mph , untill I killed it! So in my quest to try and make a fast dio motor. I decided to rethink my ways. I knew i wanted something original ,It started with this..
1989 honda elite E frame, with the newer body plastics. This was a way light frame than the original but there was some modifications that was needed to make the plastics work.
Removed the disk front end set up, figuring that we only run 1/8 of a mile so theres tons of run off to stop. Had to make my own seat mounts, headset bracket and some floor tabs. Got rid of the kool looking wheels and opted for stock ones, way lighter. I wanted it to look as much as possible as a Moped. Rebuilt the motor and added a few more goodies and more porting work. Ended up with this...
The first time out on this was 9.1@72 mph in the 1/8! What caught me by surprise was the launch. Since it was so much lighter , it picked the front wheel and was carrying it was the 60ft mark at the track! So i had to change my riding position to compensate for the new launch. Deciding what to do, i relocated the gas tank, I thought it was ugly there so i got it under the seat now. and added these.
lol also found this on ebay for .99 cents, 4.95 shipping
drags coming up next week. hope it al turns out well! The next step is nitrous, so the wheelie bars had to have been made anyways. I know its not a rocket compared to a minarelli based motor, but its all in fun for me!
thanks for looking
aloha
Darin
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