Written on August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am by mbike

Is it possible to put a lawn mower engine on a mountain bike?

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1. Fred M says:

   August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

   do you really want to ruin a MTB by adding over 30 pounds to it and making it really unsafe to ride? where will you put the gas tank? where will you mount the motor?
2. markcgibson says:

   August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

   Yes tie it to the handlebars. (duct tape may work too.)
3. jman4117 says:

   August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

   Probably, but you’d end up with a bike that would be a pain to ride and wouldn’t be street legal.
4. tony b says:

   August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

   Hi yes you can
   I am not sure how street legal it is… what you d is you put it on the back. You have to fix a belt front the egine to the real wheel .. Or you fit a solid wheel to the drive shaft of the engine and havint running in contact with the tire of the bike. Your problem is controlling the power. you need to rig it so that the whel on the mover can be lifted off the tire..
   Basically it can be done but the motor is heavy and difficult to control. There are some smaller versions on line made from weed wacker engines. easy to fit and easy to control.
5. Bob Lahblah says:

   August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

   You can do anything with enough engineering skill. I wouldn’t even try it though. My friend put a weed eater motor on his. It’ll do 25mph and gets around 200 miles per gallon. It comes in a fairly cheap kit. I’ll show you pics of it if you want to e mail me. I’ll even find the link to the web site and give it to you.
6. J7 says:

   August 25, 2010 at 3:41 am

   yep you can!

   But this works better and their a kick in the bu t t

   http://www.kingsmotorbikes.com/index.html